- 13 Feb
Virus News
Maria Namestnikova, Senior Spam Analyst, Kaspersky Lab“St. Valentine’s Day. Year in, year out it is becoming more and more of a reason for spammers to get to work. Users start receiving spam mail-outs offering presents for the romantic occasion in January - since spammers want a whole six weeks to reap the benefits of this yearly occasion.So what would you do if you were a spammer at this time of year? You’d look for a way to attract the attention of users, for example using in the subject line and in the body of the text of a mail-out message “attractive” words that prompt users to open a message. The newest of such “attractors” in the spammer world has become the word “coupon”. This is often simply substituted for the word “discounts”, attracting attention to goods or services. But there is another way to promote goods and services via “coupon spam”: companies put their offerings on a coupon service and then via spam advertise them to try and reach a bigger audience. As I see it, it’s not very effective, since usually the level of trust in firms which advertise via spam is very low. Plus, users’ annoyance normally only
- 09 Feb
Business News
Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions, announces that it successfully achieved significant sales growth in 2011
- 04 Feb
Business News
Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions, announced today a recapitalization plan as part of an initiative to streamline the company’s shareholders base.
- 03 Feb
Product News
Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions, announces that it has been granted a new patent in the USA
- 02 Feb
Virus News
According to Kaspersky Security Network data, over the last three months Trojan bankers have been detected on an average of 2000 unique users’ computers every day
- 01 Feb
Business News
Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions, is set to unveil its tailored security solution for Android-based tablets at the world’s largest international mobile technology exhibition later this month
- 01 Feb
Comparative Tests, Virus News
A special study by AV-Test.org looked into the burgeoning market in free antivirus solutions – and confirmed that while these packages can do some things, their limitations are quickly exposed in the face of modern threats
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