18 Sep Virus News: Number of the week: 69% of users prefer not to pay to keep their data safe
Most PC and laptop owners want to keep their digital data safe and sound: in the modern world losing this information means losing a part of one’s personal identity
17 Sep Virus News: New investigation points to three new Flame-related malicious programs: at least one still in the wild
Research conducted by Kaspersky Lab in partnership with ITU’s IMPACT, CERT-Bund/BSI and Symantec reveals Flame platform dates back to 2006 and is still being developed
12 Sep Virus News: Number of the week: 62% of users never heard of the most dangerous threats
Stuxnet, Duqu, and Zeus are the names of the most dangerous online threats, and have been reported even outside of the specialist computer press
11 Sep Virus News: Every third computer in Western Europe and North America attacked while online in the first half of 2012
An in-depth analysis of the nature of cybercrime in North America and Western Europe in the first six months of 2012 by the experts at Kaspersky Lab found that the computers of 33.4% of Internet users in Western Europe and North America were attacked at least once while browsing the web
11 Sep Virus News: Companies are more concerned about their employees’ performance than IT security
Keeping employers off certain sites and blocking the launch of third-party applications are among the most popular ways of ensuring IT security, a survey has found
05 Sep Virus News: Number of the week: 34% use primitive and easily brute-forced passwords to protect their data
A brute-forced or stolen password can give access to a user’s every last detail – starting with personal photos and finishing with credit card details
31 Aug Virus News: The top Internet dangers for kids
As the Internet plays an increasingly prominent role in children’s lives, parents are getting increasingly worried about the ease with which undesirable content can be accessed online
29 Aug Virus News: Kaspersky Lab Publishes New Research about Wiper, the Destructive Malware Targeting Computer Systems in April 2012
In April 2012 a series of incidents were publicly reported about a destructive malware program, codenamed Wiper, which was attacking computer systems related to a number of oil facilities in Western Asia
29 Aug Virus News: Number of the week: 50% of users cannot recognize a phishing message
The standard data theft method is social engineering – a potential victim is lured onto an infected web-page or is duped into opening a file attached to an e-mail
27 Aug Virus News: Over 40% of companies worldwide are not prepared for cyber-threats
According to research conducted by B2B International in July 2012 in collaboration with Kaspersky Lab, companies already recognize cyber-threats as one of the most pressing business problems

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Virus News

Number of the week: 69% of users prefer not to pay to keep their data safe

New investigation points to three new Flame-related malicious programs: at least one still in the wild

Number of the week: 62% of users never heard of the most dangerous threats

Every third computer in Western Europe and North America attacked while online in the first half of 2012

Companies are more concerned about their employees’ performance than IT security

Number of the week: 34% use primitive and easily brute-forced passwords to protect their data

The top Internet dangers for kids

Kaspersky Lab Publishes New Research about Wiper, the Destructive Malware Targeting Computer Systems in April 2012

Number of the week: 50% of users cannot recognize a phishing message

Over 40% of companies worldwide are not prepared for cyber-threats