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September 6, 2018 More than 40% of all industrial control system (ICS) computers protected by Kaspersky Lab solutions were attacked by malicious software at least once during the first half of 2018. The most impacted countries turned out to be Vietnam, Algeria and...
September 3, 2018Kaspersky Lab’s latest report has revealed the online activities of children across the globe during the summer holidays, based on statistics from the company’s Parental Control modules.
August 30, 2018Kaspersky Lab researchers have published a report on botnet activity in the first half of 2018, analyzing more than 150 malware families and their modifications circulating through 60,000 botnets around the world.
August 21, 2018 A sophisticated cyber-operation code-named Dark Tequila has been targeting users mainly in Latin America and in particular Mexico, for at least the last five years, stealing bank credentials, personal and corporate data with malware that can move...
August 20, 2018Kaspersky Internet Security has surpassed a host of rival solutions to receive the annual MRG Effitas Online Banking/Browser Security Award
August 16, 2018 An analysis of penetration tests conducted by Kaspersky Lab researchers on corporate networks during 2017 reveals that three-quarters (73%) of successful perimeter breaches were achieved using vulnerable web applications. The findings are summarized...
August 13, 2018Kaspersky Lab registró más de 746 mil ataques de malware diarios durante los últimos 12 meses en América Latina, lo que significa un promedio de 9 ataques de malware por segundo.
August 2, 2018Kaspersky Lab researchers have detected a new wave of financial spear-phishing emails designed to make money for cybercriminals.
July 26, 2018Kaspersky Lab researchers have examined the security of 13 car sharing applications from household manufacturers across the globe – including those from Russia, the US and Europe.
July 24, 2018In today’s digital world, it has become commonplace for couples to depend on devices to communicate and stay connected to each other.
July 22, 2018Kaspersky Lab experts have discovered the distribution of an unusual fraudulent scheme that tricks users into parting with their time and their data, for no return.
July 20, 2018Kaspersky Lab researchers have found a new crypto-currency miner – PowerGhost – which has hit corporate networks in several regions, mostly in Latin America.
July 19, 2018Kaspersky Lab experts have discovered the distribution of an unusual fraudulent scheme that tricks users into parting with their time and their data, for no return.
July 17, 2018Smartphones have long been just as important for businesses as PCs or laptops, with employees in 20% of companies in UAE accessing corporate intellectual property using their personal mobile devices and tablets.
July 12, 2018During the second three months of 2018, Kaspersky Lab researchers observed an active landscape of APT operations, based mainly in Asia and involving both well-known and less familiar threat actors.
July 10, 2018Kaspersky Lab experts have exposed a relatively new fraudulent trend: the development of cryptocurrency is not only attracting investors, but also cyber-criminals seeking to boost their profits.
July 8, 2018 Kaspersky Lab researchers have helped uncover a number of unknown vulnerabilities that have left gas stations around the world exposed to remote takeover, often for years. The vulnerabilities were found in an embedded gas station controller of which...
July 5, 2018If you’re in a relationship ask yourself this question – are you the cyber-savvy one of the two?
July 3, 2018In the first quarter of 2018, Kaspersky Lab’s anti-phishing technologies prevented more than 3.6 million attempts to visit fraudulent social network pages, of which 60% were fake Facebook pages.
June 28, 2018With half (47%) of people in the UAE still failing to protect their mobile devices, and only 25% using anti-theft solutions
June 27, 2018The number of internet users that have been attacked by malicious crypto currency mining software has increased from 1.9 million to 2.7 million in just one year.
June 25, 2018As their businesses grow, companies increasingly embrace new business tools and cloud services in an attempt to make their employees’ working lives more efficient and flexible, as well as reduce expenditures.