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The Internet has made planning and booking a vacation easier than ever before. But beware, there are lots of scammers who are ready to pounce on unsuspecting victims booking their vacations this time of year.

We put too much trust in the Internet. And we need to understand that security products and solutions should compliment a secure mindset.

Headlines dominated by just two stories this week: a seriously widespread crypto bug known as Heartbleed and Microsoft’s end of security support for Windows XP

Cryptographic hash functions are a ubiquitous tool in computing, used for everything from identity verification to malware detection to file protection.

There is a serious flaw called Heartbleed in OpenSSL encryption library that could expose user login credentials, communications content, an more

Android devices store data on the SD card and the internal space where apps are kept.

On October 25, 2001 Microsoft launched its newest operating system solution: Windows XP. In just three days, Microsoft sold over 300,000 boxed XPs: the new OS featured a number of

We begin our synopsis of this week by looking forward to next week when Microsoft will – at long last – discontinue its support of the once ubiquitous, forever vulnerable,

The criminals continue to do their bad business and law enforcement agencies successfully chase them down. That happens every month, so here are the most interesting cases from March. A

March brought with it a host of new security stories, and with those stories came our continued promise to keep you informed while providing protection against cybercriminals. From our interactive

In the news this month: more transparency reports, Microsoft zero days, data breaches, and NSA revelations. WhatsApp – the popular global messaging service – is acquired by Facebook, much to

You have a particularly high chance of encountering fake news on April Fool’s Day. In addition to joking headlines of mainstream media outlets, you can encounter a link to dedicated

In the days of cyberwars and cybermafia, it’s hard to recall times when computer viruses and worms were just research projects or pranks.  Back then, there were no monetary incentive

Last week was something of a slow week for those of us that spend our days writing about computer security news. However, while there may not have been an abundance

Perhaps it has happened to you. One day you open your Internet browser and instead of going to your usual homepage, you go to the landing page of a search

Last week brought us a host of news stories, including a handful of highlights. As usual, we have collected the most interesting security news and are bringing it to you

A number of Samsung’s popular Galaxy devices reportedly contain an alleged backdoor that could give attackers remote control of vulnerable handsets, effectively turning successfully exploited phones into mobile spying machines.

If you try to think of the most secure place in the world, you probably think of some military bunker or U.S. President’s hiding vault. But for us ordinary folks,

This is a story of when security works, but it may also be the story of a new way to exploit the internet for dirty money: As you can easily

Late on a Friday afternoon in the middle of February Apple quietly issued a fix for a critical certificate validation bug in iOS that essentially could have given an attacker

Our CEO Eugene Kaspersky held his keynote on March 11, 2014 at the CeBIT Global Conference. He presented some examples to the audience, explaining the dangers of the world we