business security #TheSAS2015: a business angle We are now halfway through the first day of Kaspersky Lab’s Security Analyst Summit, a security conference taking place in Cancun, Mexico.
Electronic Payments Why electronic payments get attacked? While fast and convenient, electronic payments are a risky matter if not secured properly.
awards Year of Plenty: the latest roundup of Independent Tests awards for Kaspersky Lab’s products It’s always nice to see high marks and awards from independent testing labs. The latest roundup shows that Kaspersky Lab’s product performance is consistently great over the time.
IT Security IT security questions that every small business needs to ask themselves Understanding something means getting the correct answers to questions. In this post, we have picked – and answered – three questions that need to be asked to ensure business data security.
Cybersecurity Aware and prepared: IT trends for businesses to consider It can be hard for businesses to keep in mind everything they need to do to be protected. We have identified five trends in cybersecurity that are affecting businesses, directly or indirectly, at a formidable level.
Cybersecurity Protecting your business in a few minutes and with a few clicks: it’s that easy With Kaspersky Small Office Security there’s no need to waste a lot of time ensuring your business is a cyber safe environment.
Cybersecurity How a single cybersecurity incident can kill your business “A single cyberincident can kill a business” may sound like an exaggeration, but it is not. In this blog post we prove it with two different stories.
Cybersecurity Security assessment approaches in your small business What is the best way to start assessing your company’s cybersecurity issues? First, look around at what you have.
disclosure Google vs Microsoft: Game of Flaws As part of its Project Zero security initiative, Google disclosed a few vulnerabilities in Windows, some ahead of a planned patch. Google simply adhered to its “publicize in 90 days after private vendor disclosure” policy, but where are end users’ interest in this “game of flaws”?
business security Digital realities in 2045: future technologies and security issues Kaspersky Lab has just released its forecast of digital realities for 2045. Big changes are anticipated for the entire IT world and businesses. Security challenges will change as well.
endpoint protection platforms Why Gartner Magic Quadrant is important: the podcast Gartner named Kaspersky Lab a “leader” in the Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms rating for the fourth consecutive year. In this new podcast, Brian Burke, Kaspersky Lab’s global director of market intelligence and analyst relations, explains why Gartner’s Magic Quadrant matters.
Cybersecurity An outlandish Top 10 of cybersecurity events in 2014 There are various ways to assess the threat landscape, but it’s what companies think of it that is most important. We decided to pick the top 10 events of 2014 by a single criterion: the popularity of the corresponding stories. And here is what we came up with.
business security Cryptolocker and its consequences for businesses Cryptolocker is still making the rounds, even though its peak seems to have passed. Or is it just an illusion? How does it affect businesses? Read some real stories and explanations in the new blogpost at Kaspersky Business.
APTs in 2014 Year 2014 in security: looking back over one’s shoulder 2014 is over, as are the holidays. Time to look back at the business security highlights of past the year.
cybercriminals Soaked in exploits: WordPress under attack again A third-party plugin for WordPress CMS – RevSlider – made vulnerable up to 100K WordPress-based sites, with more than 10K blocked by Google for re-distributing malware they fell victims prior
NAS Shellshock NAStiness: a worm is backdooring storage devices using Bash flaw Shellshock bug proved to be “wormable”, and is exploiting the vulnerable network attached devices (by QNAP at least), scanning for more potential victims. While it is not exactly a Christmas
APT campaigns in 2014 Attacks towering: the number of corporate targets increased 2x in 2014 The number of corporate-targeting attacks increased this year more than two times compared to 2013. Why?
banking trojans Chthonic, son of ZeuS: a new endurance trial for banks A new malware hits banks and their clients worldwide. Codenamed Chthonic, it is actually an evolved version of notorious Zeus banking Trojan.
retail 2014: the year of retailers getting hacked over and over again 2014 was marked by a streak of major cyberattacks on large retailers in the US. In most cases, PoS malware was at play. Now retailers are scrambling to improve their Point-of-Sale terminal security. It’s encouraging, but a pity that it took so long.
APTs The distant ships under the horizon: Kaspersky Lab launches APTs monitoring tool Kaspersky Lab launches “Targeted Attacks Logbook” – a visual tool to monitor known Advanced Persistent Threats. In this post, we take a look at how to handle this pretty instrument.
Cybersecurity No penguin left behind: Epic Turla APT’s Linux component discovered Kaspersky Lab experts unveiled new Linux-targeting malware related to the infamous Turla APT. Such modules were known to exist before, but never met in the wild. Until now.