spywareEyePyramid: happy-go-lucky malware
A story of two amateurs who were able to spy on Italian officials for years without getting caught.
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Faking out fake tech support
A criminal ring in India posed as technical support and tricked many people, but they couldn’t fool David Jacoby, our senior security researcher.
RansomwareRansoc: a convincing threat
Ransoc ransomware gathers data from victim’s social networks and hard drives, and uses it to blackmail victims.
13 countries join our ransomware fighting project
Three months in, we report on the development of No More Ransom and the goals we’ve already achieved.
Lurk: Seek and destroy
How Kaspersky Lab helped the Russian police catch the cybercriminals behind the Lurk banking Trojan and Angler exploit kit.
The Lurk financial cybercrime group: What businesses can learn
What lessons can businesses learn from the story of our investigation of the activity of the Lurk gang?
leaks2016: Top 5 data leaks so far
In this roundup, we talk about five true leaks and some lessons to be learned from them.
Lottery scams for the digital age
True tales of rigged lotteries, stolen millions, and the investigations that brought the thieves down.
dataNot everybody on the Internet is whom they seem to be
Online dating fraud cost victims millions last year. Be vigilant and protect yourself!
Ask the expert: Jornt van der Wiel talks ransomware
How to protect yourself from ransomware? Are there any cross-platform cryptors? How much time does it take to catch a cybercriminal? Jornt van der Wiel discusses all of that and more
tips5 golden rules for social network users
Everything you need to know about safe posting on any social network, boiled down to five crucial rules.
Change your iCloud password NOW
If the rumours are true, 40 million Apple iCloud accounts have been hacked.
Drones armed with guns, chainsaws and vulnerabilities
We’ve seen drones armed with chainsaws and guns. More alarming though is how easily they can be hacked.
AtmosAtmos: yet another ZeuS variant is threatening businesses
Yet another ZeuS variant is threatening businesses.
Real cybercrime fighting on the small screen
What happens when real cyber experts head to TV to stop cybercrime?
Using math to catch a cybercriminal
Observing cybercriminals’ behaviour one can find consistent patterns and thus find out who the criminal is in real life
Year 2015: And so what was it like?
We take a look at what happened in cybersecurity throughout 2015.
Russian cybercrime underground: doing “business” in plain sight
The Russian Mafia is a long-standing media staple in the West, portrayed with many myths, but reality is possibly surpassing all of them.
Quarterly IT Security reports: a roundup
Kaspersky Lab’s quarterly IT Threat Evolution report is in and so is Kaspersky DDoS Intelligence Report for Q3 2015. Let’s take a look into what happened this last quarter.
Paying up or not? Ransomware situation isn’t getting easier
An FBI representative speaking at the 2015 Boston Cyber Security Summit gave a piece of advice on ransomware which the San Francisco Chronicle called “disquieting”: he said it’s recommended victims