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A new, Chinese-language APT has emerged, seeking geopolitical information and targeting nations in and around the South China Sea

Kaspersky Lab experts have investigated one of the most active APTs (Advanced Persistent Threats) in Asia, operating specifically around the South China Sea area. It was named “Naikon” after the  “nokian” User-Agent substring within an attack components’ code.

Personal smartphones and tablets are used to store working data, both personal and corporate passwords, and other sensitive information. So, it is troubling that mobile protection often lags behind.

Five lessons from the story of the Enigma cryptographic machine which are still relevant.

Mid-April in Singapore was pretty hot not only because of tropical climate, but also because of INTERPOL World – a huge conference/exhibition organized by INTERPOL to give security product vendors

Yet another APT of the ‘Dukes family’ is hitting high-profile targets, including the US government office.

Yet another Duke APT is hitting high-profile targets, including the US government office. This time it’s CozyDuke (also known as CozyBear, CozyCar or “Office Monkeys”,  in honour of the video it employs as a decoy).

The annual RSA Conference in San Francisco, California of Internet-of-things insecurity and how no amount of money can fix computer security

The necessity of a product that is positioned in-between the enterprise-level suites and home-users solutions became apparent only a few years ago.

Kaspersky Lab experts have discovered a new APT campaign that targets government institutions, mainly in the APAC region. It was named “Hellsing” after the string containing the project directory name found within the attack components’ code.

Security is a tough matter for small businesses for multiple reasons; startups and small entities tend to save on their IT wherever possible, and that’s where security failures are common.

The cybersecurity has become the everyone’s business, and it raises the demand for continuous update of information for everybody, both high-level security professionals and common corporate users. And especially for the latter, since it is them criminals attack most of the time.

An annoying story of ‘free’ WiFi hotspots by St. Petersburg-based Smart WiFi. Nothing is for free, though, as you end up paying with your vk.com credentials

As cybercrime keeps focusing on profit, the share of plainly malicious spam, spreading out Trojans, phishing links, etc., will grow.

A large-scale “pharming” campaign targeting home routers took place in South America, the latest in a trend Kaspersky Lab’s experts have been monitoring for awhile. Home routers are frequently used

Fraudsters hacked Skype and tricked people from a contact list to send them about $5,000 over the course of a few days. Skype support, local banks and the police refused to do anything.

One dollar lesson is a new interactive project by Kaspersky Lab that aims to help you stay protected from online money frauds. Learn three simple lessons right now!

Today we discuss the most important news on information security from January.

Kaspersky Lab has discovered the first APT campaign launched by Arabic speakers, operating in the Middle East.

Kaspersky Lab has discovered an ultra-massive money-stealing campaign codenamed Carbanak APT with total losses summing up to $1 bn so far.

The Carbanak APT group managed to steal a total of $1 bln from dozens of banks worldwide