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71 articles

  • fraud

Blackmail demand claims to have nailed you watching porn

They say they have video of you watching porn, threaten to send it to your friends, and demand ransom in bitcoins? Don’t pay! We explain how this scam works.

  • Leonid Grustniy

  • December 21, 2018

  • spam

Don’t be a spammer

Antispam expert tips: How to send mass e-mails right — so they don’t get flagged as spam.

  • Maria Vergelis

  • December 20, 2018

  • spam

These Christmas gifts and greetings are the worst

Why you shouldn’t open messages with e-cards from strangers, or believe that someone gave you an Amazon gift card for Christmas.

  • Tatyana Shcherbakova

  • December 20, 2018

Online fraud: 5 most common spammer tricks
  • phishing

Online fraud: 5 most common spammer tricks

The 5 most common ways spammers can trick you into paying them or giving up your personal information.

  • Maria Vergelis

  • December 11, 2018

  • humor

The weird and wonderful side of information security

Password-based love? Sites that ban humans? In this post, we look at five fun and slightly bizarre projects to get you thinking about security.

  • Leonid Grustniy

  • July 9, 2018

  • phishing

GDPR bustle: Even scammers have new privacy policies

How scammers are exploiting the GDPR fuss to extract personal data.

  • Tatyana Shcherbakova

  • May 29, 2018

[crypto-phishing-featured]
  • bitcoin

Phishing for cryptocurrencies: How bitcoins are stolen

If someone offers cryptocurrency for nothing, remember the only free cheese is in a mousetrap. Here’s what’s really going on.

  • Alex Drozhzhin

  • January 22, 2018

Booby trapped app: The amazing world of Tinder bots
  • SAS

Booby trapped app: The amazing world of Tinder bots

It turns out there are bots in Tinder and OkCupid. Who wants that?

  • Alex Drozhzhin

  • April 20, 2017

Today, effectiveness depends on the flexibility and reliability of the self-learning systems created by experts
  • HuMachine

HuMachine intelligence fighting snow shoes

The war with cyber-evil long ago turned into a war of algorithms. And effectiveness depends on the flexibility and reliability of the self-learning systems.

  • Eugene Kaspersky

  • March 10, 2017

Who Calls: Let’s fight phone spam together!
  • products

Who Calls: Let’s fight phone spam together!

Kaspersky Who Calls can help you tell the difference between telephone spam and a normal call. Together, we can eliminate annoying cold calls!

  • John Snow

  • January 31, 2017

Sometimes Nigerian spam comes with near-constant belly laughs
  • email

Sometimes Nigerian spam comes with near-constant belly laughs

Have you ever received a letter from a Nigerian prince? A Nigerian astronaut? How about Daenerys Targaryen? If so, you know that we are talking about funny Nigerian spam — and this post covers it all!

  • Marvin the Robot

  • June 30, 2016

How to pay for the Olympics and never get your tickets (or your money back)
  • tips

How to pay for the Olympics and never get your tickets (or your money back)

So you just paid for tickets to the Olympics, and now you’re planning your trip to Rio de Janeiro? Check that ticket twice: you may have been scammed.

  • Kate Kochetkova

  • May 25, 2016

Snapchat caught in phishing campaign
  • phishing

Snapchat caught in phishing campaign

Over the weekend, Snapchat was compromised via a phishing email pretending to be from company CEO.

  • Jeffrey Esposito

  • February 29, 2016

  • phishing

Spam and Phishing in Q3: Dirty Summer Tricks

There are some interesting findings in our Q3 spam report.

  • Yuri Ilyin

  • November 16, 2015

  • malware

Spam and phishing in Q2: spam percentage stopped decreasing

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

  • Yuri Ilyin

  • August 28, 2015

Security do's and don’ts: Keeping weirdos aside
  • tips

Security do’s and don’ts: Keeping weirdos aside

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

  • Marvin the Robot

  • July 20, 2015

  • phishing

Spam and phishing in Q1, 2015: banks and banking Trojans

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.

  • Yuri Ilyin

  • June 24, 2015

  • antispam

Antispam technologies: secure mail for people and business

Fighting unwanted and often dangerous correspondence is a must for comprehensive protection of infrastructure and requires solutions which are based on effective antispam technologies.

  • Denis Makrushin

  • June 23, 2015

Anti-Spam: protecting your Inbox
  • tips

Anti-Spam: protecting your Inbox

Cybercriminals frequently use spam as the primary channel to spread malware. Of course, this is something we should take care of.

  • Denis Makrushin

  • June 16, 2015

  • spam

Thieving spam: it’s no longer about just advertising

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

  • Yuri Ilyin

  • April 3, 2015

7 Steps to Avoid Phishing Attacks on Your Facebook Account
  • tips

7 Steps to Avoid Phishing Attacks on Your Facebook

There are several ways to avoid phishing attacks on your Facebook account. The common theme in each is to be highly suspicious of any online request for your personal information

  • Aaron Stern

  • April 2, 2015

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