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Another month has passed with exciting security news and helpful tips to manage your online safety provided by Kaspersky Lab. We’ve rounded up the best posts from January in case

The year has just begun, but law enforcement agencies around the world have already caught a number of major cybercriminals. As in the past, we continue to closely monitor the

For as long as I’ve been working in the security industry, which – in the spirit of full disclosure – hasn’t been a very long time, I have been shocked

The Christmas and New Year holidays, alas, were not a pretext for any real decrease in the number of information security incidents, as experts and users continue to face malware

Information security sites are brimming with discussions surroudning a new program, which is classified as 150% malicious since it causes great harm and spreads malice like all blockers do. It

In December 2013 information security incidents proliferated, unfortunately. Even if the number of incidents remained within the average values, their significance, alas, was not moderate. The interests of millions of

2013 will be remembered by both security professionals and everyday people for the number of events that took place in information security. Various incidences, from Edward Snowden’s revelations to the

We’re officially into the month of December, which means another month of posts has passed. If you missed anything from November, not to worry, we’ve rounded up some highlights to

DDoS attack without head… A powerful and very unusual DDoS attack was discovered in mid-October. The attack was unusual in that it employed a version of the Phantom JS headless

Ransomware in general is not exactly the nastiest malware out there, but a new variant – called CryptoLocker – is particularly worrisome because it actually does what most ransomware merely

On the night of June 5, 2013 a coalition led by the FBI and Microsoft broke up a botnet of two million connected PCs that was being used by cybercriminals

Security professionals and enthusiasts are aware of rootkits, but general audiences typically don’t know about this kind of malware, which is specifically designed to hide itself and its activity in

Botnets are large networks of PCs infected with a specific kind of malware. Learn more on how to protect your devices from this type of malware.

Kaspersky Lab experts have discovered a new trojan virus attacking skype users. Find out how to recognize it before you fall victim.