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

We received more accolades from AV-Comparatives in late August, and we would like to take a moment to share them.

Headlines raise alarm: the greatest hack in history finally reached iOS. Is that really so and who are the potential victims?

RAT stands for Remote Administration Tool. While it may sound rather innocuous, the term “RAT” is usually associated with the software used for criminal or malicious purposes.

They teach a lot of things in schools, but they never tell you how to be safe in Internet. We have several simple advices on cybersecurity for you, that will help you stay away from trouble.

Infosec digest: exploit kit Neutrino in Wordpress, yet another GitHub DDoS, Wyndham responsible for breach, while Target is not.

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.

One can find a number of reasons why this very bug cannot be patched right now, or this quarter, or, like, ever. Yet, the problem has to be solved.

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.

Kaspersky Lab has just released its Q2 report on DDoS activities on the Web, showing that this part of the global threat landscape is extremely volatile and permanently evolving.

Kaspersky Lab has rolled out a new cyberthreats report covering Q2. While it is consumer-oriented, certain findings are extremely relevant to business.

Predictability of human beings can barely be overestimated when it comes to passwords. But what about lock screen patterns, are we predictable as well when we’re creating them?

Recently we wrote about the Jeep Cherokee hack incident. At Black Hat security researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek finally explained, how exactly the now-famous Jeep hack happened.

Since Windows 10 arrived two days ago, new security-related concerns have surfaced. First and foremost, they’re about control over the data on Windows 10-based PCs and other devices.

Cybercriminals know how to benefit from your mobile devices. Be vigilant and follow our recommendations to secure your smartphones and tablets.

Minidionis is yet another backdoor from the same APT group responsible for CozyDuke, MiniDuke, and CosmicDuke – this time with some “cloud” capabilities.

A bottle of good scotch in exchange for a day without a smartphone? Would I dare? That’s a piece of cake! That’s what I thought. As it turned out, it’s not that simple nowadays

More than a half of mobile devices users carry out financial transactions on them, and roughly the same amount stumbled upon a financial threat recently. Yet, in most cases, there are no security solutions and/or passwords in place.