malware

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.

Your legitimate copy of Angry Birds 2 may be infected with malware that steals your private data. How could this happen?

Kaspersky Lab, together with B2B International, has conducted a new survey of IT security risks.

Kaspersky Lab joined hands with the Dutch police to arrest the criminals behind the CoinVault dangerous ransomware.

A virus damaging hardware is one of the most widely believed myths in the infosec domain. And, at the same time, it’s the most non-standard one. And it’s not totally a myth, after all.

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.

Kaspersky Lab’s researchers have found that Russian-speaking Turla APT group is exploiting satellites to mask its operation ant to hide command-and-control servers.

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

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

It’s not feasible to call a security solution, either for individual users or for businesses, “an antivirus.” There’s more than that.

Is it still correct to use the term “antivirus?” Cybersecurity today is much more than just antiviruses; still essential, but alone it is no longer enough.

Security experts often mention exploits as one of the most serious problems, although it’s not always clear why exploits are so special and scary. We’ll try to explain here.

Cybercriminals often pretend to be nice and amiable. Here are a few rules how not to become a victim of these malicious folks.

Andrey Pozhogin, cybersecurity expert at Kaspersky Lab, provides his expertise on the growing trend of ransomware attacks and what users and companies can do to protect themselves.

The TeslaCrypt ransomware family is notable for targeting games-related files, as well as the usual documents. In the new version, it became even more dangerous.

Want to defeat a cybercriminal? Stay calm, be smart, and check twice. Here is a list of security rules for every smart person who cares about cybersecurity.

Vitaly Kamluk answers our readers’ questions about malware counteraction and various security issues.

Hackers and cyberspies are not something you only see at the movies. The Internet is actually crawling with weirdos and criminals who are just looking for a chance to infect your smartphone or steal your gaming account.

Kaspersky Lab security expert Vitaly Kamluk answers our readers’ questions about DDoS and botnets counteractions.

Kaspersky Lab has discovered an advanced attack on its own internal network and is sharing its investigation results. TL;DR – Customers are safe; neither products nor services have been compromised.

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