Press Releases
November 25, 201643% of businesses experienced data loss due to a targeted attack, 20% of enterprises had four or more data breaches within a year
November 24, 2016After analyzing information on more than 31 million Wi-Fi hotspots around the world, Kaspersky Lab has found that every fourth (28%) is unsecured and poses a risk to users' personal data.
November 22, 2016Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are sometimes used by cybercriminals to distract businesses while hackers sneak in through the back door, a survey* from Kaspersky Lab and B2B International suggests.
November 21, 2016 Malware has become the most frequent online threat faced by consumers, reveals research from Kaspersky Lab and B2B International: nearly half (42%) have come across, or been targeted by malware online, with a fifth (22%) falling victim to it as a...
November 17, 2016Kaspersky Lab announces that its Industrial CyberSecurity Platform has won this year’s World Leading Internet Scientific and Technological Achievement Award at the 3rd World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, China this week.
November 16, 2016Kaspersky Lab’s discovery in 2016 of an APT able to create new tools for each victim has effectively killed off ‘Indicators of Compromise’ as a reliable means of detecting infection, according to the company’s Threat Predictions for 2017.
November 15, 2016Kaspersky Lab’s development project FFForget to help people save their digital memories and regain control over their data
November 11, 2016In the latest MRG Effitas 360 Assessment and Certification Programme, Kaspersky Internet Security was the only security application – out of 17 products tested – to be awarded a Level 1 certification, the highest result in the test.
November 10, 2016 The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia has approved an application filed by Kaspersky Lab regarding Microsoft’s abuse of its dominant position in the market, in particular, the creation of competitive advantage for its own anti-virus...
November 10, 2016Research conducted by iconKids & Youth for Kaspersky Lab has uncovered the harsh impact of Internet over-dependency among children across the globe.
November 8, 2016Small businesses faced eight times more ransomware attacks in the third quarter of 2016 than the third quarter of 2015.
November 2, 2016Parents need to do more to protect their kids from the growing number of online threats, but many currently lack visibility of the dangers their children are facing
November 1, 2016Research from Kaspersky Lab shows that the debate over whether ransomware victims should pay up could be redundant because large numbers don’t actually get their files back even if they have paid the cyber criminals
November 1, 2016Kaspersky Lab is pleased to announce that it has been recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Endpoint Security Suites, Q4 2016
October 31, 2016Kaspersky Lab has released a report on botnet-assisted DDoS attacks for the third quarter of 2016 based on data received from Kaspersky DDoS Intelligence
October 28, 2016Kaspersky Lab has announced a new partnership with TÜV Rheinland to enhance the cyber resilience of the transportation industry, particularly in the field of railway cybersecurity
October 10, 2016 A stealthy threat actor known as StrongPity has spent the summer luring users of encryption software to its watering holes and infected installers, according to a paper presented at Virus Bulletin by Kaspersky Lab security researcher, Kurt...
September 26, 2016The latest research from Kaspersky Lab and B2B International has raised concerns about the safety of over-55s online
September 22, 2016Kaspersky Lab experts have investigated how cybercriminals could exploit new ATM authentication technologies planned by banks
September 19, 2016Kaspersky Lab is proud to announce completion and full availability of its Machine-Readable Threat Intelligence Platform, part of the Kaspersky Security Intelligence Services product range
September 16, 2016The Corporate IT Security Risks 2016* study shows that for the majority of victims DDoS attacks are not a one-off occurrence, with many companies subjected to multiple attacks in the last year.
September 15, 2016 Kaspersky Lab researchers examined a number of digital kiosks and interactive terminals used in modern cities for different purposes - from paying for different services through to entertainment – and discovered that a lot of them contain...
September 14, 2016 Kaspersky Lab has announced that it has been awarded a new patent from the United States, for a technology that counteracts the tricks of financial cybercriminals. The new technology detects the implementation of HTML code into a page opened by a...
September 14, 2016 Kaspersky Lab experts have discovered a new malicious app on the Google Play store: “Guide for Pokémon Go”, capable of seizing root access rights on Android smartphones and using that to install/uninstall apps and display unsolicited ads. The app...