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January 22, 2019Kaspersky Lab Automatic Exploit Prevention technology, embedded in most of the company’s endpoint solutions, has detected a series of targeted cyber-attacks.
January 22, 2019 GCCPOL today hosted a cybersecurity session in collaboration with Kaspersky Lab, creating a platform for the exchanging of information and expertise between the two organisations about the latest cyber threats facing the GCC and wider region. The...
January 20, 2019 IT security leaders in businesses across the globe are stuck with their hands behind their backs when it comes to fighting off cybercrime. They lack influence in the boardroom and find it hard to justify the budgets they need; inevitably making...
January 16, 2019 Earth 2050 is an award-winning, interactive multimedia project that accumulates predictions about social and technological developments for the upcoming 30 years, with the aim of identifying global challenges for humanity and possible ways of...
January 13, 2019 While many of us have heard of, or even fallen victim to, cybercrimes such as data and identity theft, it seems that relatively few know the value of the information stolen from us. A new study from Kaspersky Lab has revealed that while our identity...
January 13, 2019A new study from Kaspersky Lab has revealed that while our identity may not be worth a lot in terms of dollars, it is a significant asset to criminals in other ways.
January 9, 2019 A new Kaspersky Lab report has shown that Generation Z is the most anxious to date, with the vast majority of young people admitting they are worried about something in their lives, and the majority do not seek professional advice to help them cope...
January 2, 2019 Kaspersky Lab experts have discovered that electric vehicle (EV) chargers supplied by a major vendor carry vulnerabilities that can be exploited by cyberattackers, and that the consequences of a successful attack could include damage to the home...
December 31, 2018 The global outbreak in malicious cryptocurrency mining that unfolded in 2018 saw the number of attacks increase by more than 83%, with over five million users attacked online in the first three quarters of the year, compared to 2.7 million over the...
December 23, 2018The year ahead will see the APT world split into two groups: energetic and inexperienced newcomers who want to play the game; and the traditional, well-resourced and most advanced actors.
December 16, 2018During 2017 and 2018, Kaspersky Lab experts were involved in incident response following a number of cyber-robberies targeting financial organizations in Eastern Europe.
December 9, 2018Cloud adoption is in full swing, with the latest IDG data showing that 73% of enterprises have at least one application, or a portion of their computing infrastructure, already in the cloud.
December 6, 2018Phone malfunctions, low batteries and theft: not being able to connect is making us mess up, survey shows
December 4, 2018Despite a lack of resources and funding, growing companies are achieving great efficiencies by using applications to help manage projects, sales and customer service operations.
September 27, 2018 Kaspersky Lab, global cyber security solutions provider, has partnered with, Redington Value, value-added distribution division of Redington Gulf, to provide its wide range of industry leading products and services to organizations across the gulf...
September 20, 2018 Legitimate remote administration tools (RAT) pose a serious threat to industrial networks: they are installed on 31.6% of industrial control system (ICS) computers, but often remain unnoticed until the organization’s security team finds out that...
September 19, 2018 When a data breach strikes, the damage can reach further than a business’s finances, reputation, and customer privacy. A breach can also severely impact the careers of individuals at the company involved. According to
September 18, 2018 According to the Kaspersky Lab IoT report, in the first half of 2018, IoT devices were attacked with more than 120,000 modifications of malware. That’s more than triple the amount of IoT malware seen in the whole of 2017. Kaspersky Lab warns that...
September 17, 2018 Kaspersky Lab has recently saw a large-scale distribution campaign of the Trojan Asacub. According to company’s experts, the number of users who face Asacub reaches 40 thousands daily. Asacub is primarily aimed at Russian users, since the...
September 17, 2018In the second quarter of 2018, Kaspersky Lab’s anti-phishing technologies prevented over 107 million attempts to visit phishing pages
September 13, 2018The holiday season is upon us, and that means that millions of people are getting ready for a trip abroad.
September 10, 2018 The Kaspersky Lab Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has discovered several infections from a previously unknown Trojan, which is most likely related to the infamous Chinese-speaking threat actor – LuckyMouse. The most peculiar trait of this...
September 10, 2018A disturbing 'suicide challenge' game that is targeting young WhatsApp users has triggered several warnings to parents after being linked to the death of a 12-year-old girl in South America.