Press Releases
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April 23, 2025 Kaspersky continues to prove excellence in cybersecurity, receiving nine prestigious AV-TEST Best Awards for both consumer and business products. The independent AV-TEST Institute recognized Kaspersky’s solutions for their superior protection,...
April 22, 2025 As the latest social media trend sees users jumping on the AI Action Figure craze by uploading personal information and photos to generate hyper-realistic AI dolls or action figures of themselves, Kaspersky urges individuals to be cautious about the...
April 18, 2025Ahead of the upcoming Comic Con Middle East happening in Abu Dhabi, Kaspersky reminds of cyberthreats associated with gaming.
April 17, 2025 Kaspersky’s annual Global Partner Conference, held from April 9th to 12th in Istanbul, brought together over 100 valued Kaspersky partners from across the globe to celebrate innovation, exchange ideas, and recognize shared success within the partner...
April 16, 2025 According to the findings from a recent Kaspersky survey*, among respondents from the UAE, more than half (53%) of children aged 11-17 years old hide their online activities from their parents and other grown-ups. To do this, 29% of youngsters set...
April 15, 2025 Throughout 2024, Kaspersky participated in 95 independent tests and reviews, with its products being awarded first place 91 times and 92 TOP3 finishes, achieving the highest results among all competitors for the 12th time in a row. Kaspersky’s...
April 14, 2025 Kaspersky has expanded its interactive Partner Locator service by adding a dedicated section for Authorized Training Centers. The expanded capability provides resellers, Kaspersky partners, and cybersecurity professionals worldwide with easy access...
April 11, 2025 Kaspersky announces its financial results for 2024, throughout which the company showed robust performance, marked by an 11%* increase in sales, which hit an all-time record and amounted to USD 822 million**. In the Middle East the company reported...
April 10, 2025 Kaspersky has launched a major update to Kaspersky Research Sandbox, introducing version 3.0 with advanced capabilities for deeper file analysis, interactive threat investigation, and significantly reduced hardware requirements. Designed for...
April 9, 2025 The new Netflix series Adolescence quickly sparked a wave of conversations about teenage mental health and digital safety. The chilling four-part narrative follows a 13-year-old boy who, after months of cyberbullying and immersion in toxic online...
April 8, 2025 Kaspersky has uncovered that a Trojan-Downloader dubbed TookPS is being spread through malicious websites imitating popular remote access and 3D modeling software. First observed by Kaspersky experts in early March, this Trojan infects users’...
April 3, 2025 Kaspersky has uncovered a new, sophisticated version of the Triada Trojan preinstalled on counterfeit Android smartphones allegedly sold through unauthorized retailers. Embedded in the system firmware, the malware operates undetected and grants...
April 2, 2025 A recent survey* by Kaspersky has showed that 56% of employees and business owners using computers in the UAE region faced a situation when colleagues (29.3%), friends or relatives (26.8%) made jokes with their unlocked computer. These jokes...
March 28, 2025 How much do you trust your device memory? Definitely more than you should. According to the statistics only 33% of users back up their data regularly, and more than 77% of people have already experienced data loss. An annual tradition which started...
March 27, 2025 Kaspersky has identified and helped patch a sophisticated zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome (CVE-2025-2783) that allowed attackers to bypass the browser’s sandbox protection system. The exploit, discovered by Kaspersky’s Global Research and...
March 26, 2025 Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team has found that the Fog Ransomware group, known for its attacks on a range of industry sectors, began to link the IP addresses of their victims to their stolen data and publish this information on the Dark...
March 25, 2025 Kaspersky has recently contributed its threat intelligence data to an INTERPOL-led law enforcement action that aimed to disrupt cross-border criminal networks across the African region that cause significant harm to individuals and businesses. With...
March 24, 2025According to the recent Kaspersky Incident Response analyst report, long-lasting attacks that persist for more than a month accounted for 35.2% of the total attacks in 2024.
March 20, 2025 In the 2024 AV-Comparatives Endpoint Prevention and Response (EPR) Test, Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert (now part of Kaspersky Next EDR Expert) has once again finished with the highest rating of ‘Strategic Leader’. This marks the...
March 20, 2025 Kaspersky has been acknowledged by VDC Research as a company that has managed to establish a significant position in the burgeoning Operational Technology (OT) cybersecurity market. This recognition underscores Kaspersky's commitment to providing...
March 18, 2025 Kaspersky has announced a major update to its Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack (KATA). With the launch of KATA 7.0, organizations can now benefit from enhanced Network Detection and Response (NDR) capabilities with deeper network visibility, internal...
March 17, 2025 Valid accounts are increasingly being leveraged as an initial attack vector in 2024, representing 31.4% of cases. Public-facing applications still hold the top position with 39.2% of cases. These findings were reported in the recent Kaspersky...
March 13, 2025Cybercriminals are targeting popular YouTube creators with fake copyright claims, forcing them to distribute cryptocurrency mining malware disguised as internet restriction bypass tools to thousands of viewers.
March 11, 2025 Kaspersky researchers have tracked a shift in focus for the infamous advanced persistent threat (APT) group SideWinder toward nuclear power facilities in South Asia, marking a significant escalation in targeted espionage. The threat actor has...