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Konstantin Goncharov explains the bottom line of tech giants’ epic fails in the new edition of cybersecurity news digest.

What is the difference between real and theoretical threats?

Our vocabulary continues to evolve as we see slang enter our lexicon. From Googling to memes once-thought silly words have become accepted. This evolution is also impacting the way we write and punctuate statements online.

Today’s weekly news digest covers the stories about various mistakes in coding, and how they can be used for different purposes, including earning money.

Despite our dismay about too much computer in our kids’ lives, it’s a process, which cannot be stopped now. Since we cannot stop it, let’s steer it in the right direction!

Our today’s weekly news digest covers three stories about the mistakes coders make when programming robots, the way other people exploit those design flaws, and then the reckoning.

In the new installment of our explosive hit series “Infosec news” you’ll find: the breach of Bugzilla, Carbanak is coming back and Turla uses Level-God hard to track techniques to hide servers.

The new trend on IFA 2015 is all about integrity and security. Meet Kaspersky Lab’s observations from the trade show.

Information security digest: the greatest iOS theft, farewell to RC4 cipher, multiple vulnerabilities in routers

Kaspersky Lab’s Q2 report on spam and phishing has arrived, and brought little surprises.

A year ago, an infamous leak which exposed some celebrities’ nude photos sparked the discussion around password safety. What can you do protect your accounts?

“The Girl in the Spider’s Web”, the 4th book of Millenium series released today. Our security expert David Jacoby tells how he consulted the author of the book on what exactly hacking is.

In this post there are two seemingly unrelated pieces of news which nevertheless have one thing in common: not that somewhere someone is vulnerable, but that vulnerability sometimes arises from reluctance to take available security measures.

Don’t be a slowpoke, follow Dr. House’s rule: everybody lies, especially on the Internet.

Security researcher Chris Rock discovered, that it’s very easy to kill a human. All you need is just a computer with Internet access, some knowledge and common sense.

A contactless bank card is a super-convenient thing. However, its ease of use would make you wonder whether stealing your money is equally easy.

If it is not possible to get rid of a risky software for some reason, it is better to exist in a “presumption of guilt” mode, with an efficient security solution keeping it in check and preventing exploits from successful attacks, targeted ones included.

Vitaly Kamluk answers our readers’ questions about his work with INTERPOL and other digital investigations.

In Q1 of 2015, the amount of spam in the world’s email traffic is less than it was a few years ago, but still too high. Junk mail goes from annoying to dangerous when infected by cybercriminals.

What do a billionaire inventor Elon Musk, the Google Now on Tap service, and the recent “Ex Machina” movie have in common? They all are about artificial intelligence.

How did you like it the last time you saw your friends? Did you have a nice chat with them? Or were you all only taking pictures of your meals to post them on Instagram and talking to each other on Facebook?