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Summer is a great time for vacation for everyone but criminals, for whom it’s among the busiest times of year. That’s because travelers make for easy marks, and their high

In addition to the above examples, there were two other large scale and highly scandalous invasions in July and August of last year. The victims were users of the popular

Congratulations to our third stage winner in Kaspersky Lab’s 7 Volcanoes contest – Patsy from Ireland! Patsy first discovered the magical land of Petra in Southern Jordan as a young boy when

It used to be that high school kids spread the news about a party at the house of someone whose parents were out of town  by word of mouth. Cell

Contemporary educational institutions in the US are now as computerized as any corporation or government agency and, in the case of technologically oriented universities, sometimes to an even greater extent.

We always talk about the need to leave no trace of your activities on the Internet. Some folks may call us a little bit paranoid, after all, what could be

So far we’ve talked about the different ways you can configure our anti-virus products: for example, you now know how to auto-scan a USB stick and limit children’s access to

It’s summer, that time of year where we go on vacation, take lots of pictures — and, of course, upload them to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. And because we want

Exciting news! Olga Rumyantsev has conquered Mount Elbrus as she continues on her quest to climb the 7 tallest volcanoes in the world. This is the fourth highest volcano Olga

You may want to think twice about using your iPhone as a wireless hotspot. A group of researchers from the Department Informatik at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany developed software allowing

A little over a year ago, most of us woke up one day and discovered that Google Docs was gone, replaced by this weird new thing called Google Drive. Then

If computers themselves are relatively new in the grand scheme of things, then mobile devices are incredibly new. And likewise, just as we’ve spent the better part of the last

On June 19, Opera Software, the developer of one of the most popular Internet browsers- mainly used on mobile devices, admitted that the company’s internal network infrastructure was attacked and

The ancient stratovolcano, Elbrus, is Europe’s highest peak and takes its place amongst the “Seven Summits,” a must for any self-respecting mountaineer. So naturally Olga Rumyantseva could not pass it

As an experienced Internet user, you know how to stay safe online by avoiding dangerous links, restricting children’s online activity, protecting sensitive data and performing quick on-site authorization. Still, threats

If there’s one group of people who love vacation more than the vacationers themselves, its thieves. Tourists and travelers have always made easy marks for criminals, but now that everyone

The large American supermarket chain, Raley’s Family of Fine Stores, which is comprised of 120 stores in California and Nevada, became the target of a “complex criminal cyber-attack.” The company

The cyber threat landscape is constantly evolving and keeping up with those changes is an intense project. Kaspersky Lab has a team of research experts who are relentless in sniffing

There is a common belief that Apple operating systems are well protected against cybercriminals. This belief used to be true, but Apple users are quickly becoming an attractive target for