10 arrests that shook the cybercrime underworld
Crime in the virtual world has long been a tough nut to crack for law enforcement agencies and the courts. Getting to the bottom of a cyberattack and then gathering
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Crime in the virtual world has long been a tough nut to crack for law enforcement agencies and the courts. Getting to the bottom of a cyberattack and then gathering
Mobile threats are the new kids on the malware block – with the first viruses for mobile devices emerging as recently as 2004. However, over the last two years this
User friendliness and ease of use are up there with reliable protection when deciding on IT security solutions. One might think that these two requirements are incompatible – a complex
RSA is like the Hogwarts of Security, the annual reunion for cyber jedi masters or the secret fight club for private security companies, governmental agencies and international organizations. We’ve got
The Mobile World Congress, which is currently under way in Barcelona, is the world’s premier telecoms industry event. It’s the place where the most important announcements are made on issues
Due to a lack of malicious activity targeting Mac OS X it has been considered a relatively safe operating system for some time now. But times change, and that complacency
Home PCs and laptops remain an important place for storing sensitive information, including personal emails, logins and passwords, photos, financial data and more. Of course, this information needs to be
Updated: January 30, 2015 These now-familiar square images you see in ads, magazines and posters have proved to be the easiest and cheapest way to link the real and the
Stefan Tanase, Kaspersky Lab’s Senior Security Researcher, Global Research & Analysis Team, answers users’ questions about social networks, malware and everything in between. There is a saying: “information is power”
It may not seem like it when you look at the various threats facing consumers online right now, but experts say that we may have reached a point where we’ve seen
The last year has seen a lot of changes in the threat landscape, with the emergence of a number of new cyber espionage tools such as Gauss and Flame, as
In recent years, cybercriminals have stepped up their efforts to get hold of users’ money. Credit card numbers, login details for online banking, passwords and codes – all this and
The good old days, when the owners of mobile phones and smartphones had little to fear from malicious programs and could keep all their personal info in their devices’ memory,
In a three-month period this year, Kaspersky Lab products detected and prevented nearly 1.5 billion attempts to infect users’ computers. These included attacks on mobile devices and malware targeting Mac
Apple popularized the app-store concept and the iPhone and its companion store have gained a reputation for security over the years. While iOS on its own is quite secure, there
Hackers spent much of 2012 laying the groundwork for what they have in store for not only big business and strategic government and military targets, but consumers as well in
A report out earlier this year indicated that robbing banks in the UK is a risky business, and not very lucrative at that: Bank burglars in Great Britain net an
Hi, folks! For the last two weeks each and every fan of official Kaspersky Lab Facebook pages worldwide had the chance to ask our CEO, Eugene Kaspersky, anything at all
Facebook’s active-user count is rapidly approaching one billion. The world’s largest social network, which has long been a popular target for cybercriminals, will only become a more relevant outlet for
Wireless Internet access has to go down as one of the handful of best technological advances in the last 10 years. It’s hard to even remember what it was like
There’s no two ways about it, cybercrime is big business. Accurate estimates are hard to come by, but you can safely assume it’s well into the billions of dollars. Likely