encryption New OpenSSL bugs are found in numbers: bad or good? OpenSSL reported six new vulnerabilities just eight weeks after Heartbleed. Does it mean that OpenSSL is heading for a disaster, or is it on its way to healing?
AAA ratings Dennis Technology Labs awarded top ratings to our solutions We’re pleased to announce another three accolades from an independent test lab. Dennis Technology Labs awarded our home and business products with AAA rating.
Apple iOS 8 arrives. Security consequences? Apple has announced new versions of its operating system. OS X and iOS become closer, gradually merging into a single environment. How well is it protected?
corporate security Information security digest: May’14 May 2014 appears to be very stormy and volatile in regards to information security. Still overshadowed by Heartbleed and Windows XP “official demise” from April, it has brought a lot of troubles on its own.
encryption TrueCrypt: an unexplained disappearance Something very weird is going on with the popular free whole-disk encryption suite TrueCrypt. The story is still developing, but it does look like the suite ceases to exist right
cyberstat portal Kaspersky Lab launches Cyberstat portal Kaspersky Lab has launched new a Cyberstat portal, which shows how vast the present day cyberworld is and how quickly it expands.
Business Losses in 2012-2013: the cost of frauds In recent years, payment and banking services have been drawing closer attention of all sorts of criminals. The number of crimes related to stealing money via electronic communications keeps growing.
Windows XP Windows XP: bad things live on? Earlier this month, I have spent a week in Protaras, a very nice resort town located at the Eastern part of Cyprus. It’s a brilliant place for a getaway especially
case study Facts behind Ferrari’s choice for IT security New facts and figures on our partnership with Ferrari.
eBay A confirmed eBay leak: another password alert The season seems to be open: The dust hasn’t yet settled after the Heartbleed semi-apocalyptic revelation, and now eBay has confirmed that its security had been badly breached, with service
AV-Test.org AV-Test.org approves Kaspersky Security for Virtualization The famous indendent lab AV-Test has just completed another round of its comparative tests of security solutions – this time the ones intended for use within the virtual environments. Three
targeted attacks Threat landscape in the era of targeted attacks Last week, Kaspersky Lab hosted a webinar to discuss the threat landscape in the era of targeted attacks. Here’s a summary and slides from this event.
KSC Software Assistant Review, part 2 We continue our overview of the Kaspersky Security Center functionality and Software Assistant technologies in particular.
corporate network Managing Software Within a Corporate Network IT workers sometimes have to manage several dozen or even several hundred PCs at once, which makes an automated management solution absolutely necessary. Kaspersky Security Center’s Software Assistant makes accomplishing routine IT tasks extremely easy.
security Habits vs. Security: filtering out file hosting services with Web Control Habits are easy to form and hard to break in all facets of life, including technology usage. Sometimes a user’s habits may not seem so harmful, at least from their
Antivirus So what is the fuss about the ‘Death of AV’? So, you may have heard that antivirus has been pronounced dead – again. It has happened before and, no doubt, will happen again. Usually, such “big” announcements are used when
updates IE 0day and Windows XP: Microsoft’s tough decision Microsoft had to deal with a new less-than-pleasant vulnerability in Internet Explorer browser, which affected all of its versions starting with IE6 in all of its operational systems including the
enterprise environment Kaspersky Security for Virtualization: more visibility, less headache Aside from protecting virtual environments without straining servers, Kaspersky Security for Virtualization offers a number of advantages to admins. For instance, there is no need to reboot or put servers into maintenance mode to deploy our solution.
Instant-On Gaps Battling the strain: Kaspersky Security for Virtualization vs. Instant-On Gaps Traditional ‘agent-based’ solutions should not be used in virtual environments, especially those in dynamic use. Instant-On Gaps are the most common problem here: it strains servers and creates a serious vulnerability window for a VM. Kaspersky Security for Virtualization has been designed specifically to eliminate this problem.
cybercriminals Security incidents digest, April 2014 April 2014 was destined to be the month ‘when Windows XP’ died, but this didn’t happen. The ‘Heartbleed’ bug outshone everything else. Still, there were incidents (unrelated to Heartbleed) worth mentioning.
online banking Reputation and Trust: why banks need protection against online fraud Banks require new tools to prevent fraudsters from getting to others’ money and Kaspersky Lab’s new Fraud Prevention platform is just the tool to use.