Press Releases
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May 4, 2017Threat actors turning their attention to wipers
May 2, 2017Kaspersky Lab experts reconstruct an ATMitch case – and discover a mysterious way to cash out with ATMs
April 30, 2017Kaspersky Lab has announced renewed Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform, a solution to detect advanced threats and targeted attacks for enterprises.
April 26, 2017 Eugene Kaspersky, Chairman and CEO of Kaspersky Lab, has returned from the 1st Antarctic Biennale expedition – a creative and extraordinary journey that brought together artists, researchers, tech visionaries and philosophers, in search of a...
April 24, 2017Kaspersky Lab has updated its Kaspersky Cybersecurity Index, a set of indicators that allow the evaluation of the level of risk for Internet users worldwide.
April 19, 2017People are turning to social media in order to show-off to friends, collect as many ‘likes’ as possible and to feel good about themselves.
April 11, 2017Kaspersky Lab’s researchers have discovered an emerging and alarming trend: more and more cybercriminals are turning their attention from attacks against private users to targeted ransomware attacks against businesses.
April 9, 2017Kaspersky Lab has complemented its solution to protect children against digital threats with new features for iOS and Android platforms.
April 6, 2017The Moonlight Maze cyber-espionage attacks sent shockwaves through the US in the late 1990s – two decades later, researchers uncover the original attack tools and find a link to a modern APT
April 5, 2017Kaspersky Lab has published the results of its more-than-year-long investigation into the activity of Lazarus – a notorious hacking group allegedly responsible for the theft of 81 million dollars from the Central Bank of Bangladesh in 2016.
April 2, 2017Kaspersky Lab has come top of the tests in 2016, with a series of “best in class” awards for its endpoint security and small business products in the latest round of reviews by independent IT security institute, AV-TEST
March 29, 2017Digital clutter is a phenomenon that plagues modern digital devices, with the increasing levels of information stored on smartphones, tablets and computers put at risk by users’ poor digital hygiene.
March 27, 2017On average a single cybersecurity incident now costs large businesses $861,000. Meanwhile, small and medium businesses (SMB) end up paying $86,500.
March 22, 2017After analyzing information on more than 31 million Wi-Fi hotspots around the world, Kaspersky Lab has found that every fourth (28%) is unsecured and poses a risk to users' personal data.
March 19, 2017 Kaspersky Lab, a long lasting partner of Abu Dhabi Racing and sponsor of the Daman Speed Academy (DSA), congratulates Amna Al Qubaisi who sealed her maiden Senior Max class championship title at the Yas Marina North Circuit with one round to spare...
March 15, 2017Today Kaspersky Lab presented a new version of its freemium solution Kaspersky Password Manager.
March 13, 2017Social media gives us the freedom to communicate with our loved ones, whenever and wherever we want.
March 9, 2017Financial institutions are under pressure to ramp up security, with trends such as the increased take-up of mobile banking putting banks’ IT infrastructure defenses at growing risk of cyber-attack
March 8, 2017In the wake of the Shamoon malware attacks, a new wiper targets Middle East and shows interest in European targets
March 1, 20172016 saw a near-threefold rise in mobile malware detections compared to 2015 – with a total of 8.5 million malicious installations identified
February 22, 2017Kaspersky Lab is the first industrial cybersecurity vendor to partner with the organization through its Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity solution.
February 19, 2017Kaspersky Lab researchers have examined the security of applications for the remote control of cars from several famous car manufacturers.
February 18, 2017On February 17th, prior to the official Opening Ceremony for the FIDE 2017 Sharjah Grand Prix, Kaspersky Lab conducted cybersecurity training for 18 Grandmasters, as part of its commitment as official cybersecurity partner of FIDE and World Chess.
February 16, 2017 With Valentine's Day just behind us, Kaspersky Lab has identified the peculiarities of romantic behavior on social networks. It turns out that users who mostly access the Internet on a Mac desktop stand out for their greater displays of amorousness...