blackmail The case of a money bag and an encryption key On the trail of Cabir’s “jubilee”, a new story about Nokia’s Symbian surfaced, involving stolen code, blackmail, charity donation, and a bag with several million euros. One day it could become a script for a criminal drama, but for now it is a story about sensitive data mishandling.
Ferrari Inside Ferrari: how IT aids the best human talent The Ferrari plant in Maranello, Italy, is a smart blend of the latest technology and centuries-old skills of craftsmanship. Ferrari is the producer of the best cars in the world, and to stay ahead they often employ newer technologies that later become a major trend elsewhere.
data security ITW-vulnerability in Linux: please come in stealthily A serious elevation-of-privileges vulnerability had been discovered in Linux in late April. Bugs like this are especially problematic for businesses, and require a prompt reaction.
Cabir Five stories about Cabir, the first malware for smartphones Yesterday marked the 10 year anniversary of the first smartphone malware being discovered. Today, Cabir worm looks harmless: it doesn’t steal money or passwords, nor does it delete users’ data. But it drains the battery within
Cybersecurity The Three Ps of Data Storage It’s time to reconsider our stance on data storage, and in the process, perhaps we can force a little cybersecurity education. One solution is to apply “The Three Ps” to every data storage decision a company makes (at least about PII or valuable secrets).
encryption Thou shalt encrypt thine messages This is a short excerpt from what is said to be unearthed medieval manuscript, describing a way of keeping secrets. While we are not sure it’s authentic, the method described seems quite useful today.
cybercriminals Cardiac Exsanguination: a Heartbleed damage round-up Two months have passed since the Heartbleed disclosure. Now it is time for a round-up: What damage did it inflict and what can we expect?
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 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.