Press Releases
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May 9, 2023 Deepfake creation tools and services can be found on darknet marketplaces. These services offer generative AI video creation for a variety of purposes, including fraud, blackmail, and stealing confidential data. The prices for creating or purchasing...
October 9, 2022 According to Kaspersky’s Financial Cyberthreats report, attacks are becoming increasingly corporate rather than consumer focused. As it’s seen from Kaspersky Security Network, financial threat detections targeting businesses were growing in the...
August 18, 2022 Kaspersky researchers have analyzed what risks innocent-looking browser extensions pose to users and the activities of cybercriminals hiding threats under add-ons. In the first half of 2022, more than 10,000 users were affected by threats, hiding in...
May 5, 2022 Stalkerware – which enables someone to spy on another person’s private life using a smart device – affected more than 32,000 Kaspersky mobile users globally last year. Along with other technologies, stalkerware is often used in abusive...
February 25, 2018 According to Kaspersky Lab’s “Spam and phishing in 2017” report, criminals have been following a global agenda and have been using hot topics such as FIFA 2018 and Bitcoin to fool users and steal their money or personal information in the last 12...
May 9, 2017Amid a sharp drop in the number of malicious mass mailings, spam actors are learning new ways to bypass spam filters to succeed in their attacks.
February 23, 2016According to the latest Kaspersky Lab Security Bulletin, the volume of spam emails in 2015 decreased to 55.28% of overall email traffic – a fall of 11.48% on the previous year.
December 27, 2015Delivery notifications could dampen the festive mood this holiday as cybercriminals exploit users’ online shopping sprees with phishing messages masquerading as genuine emails from big name delivery brands
May 8, 2014In the first quarter of 2014 spammers started imitating messages from mobile applications
April 2, 2014 According to the data collected for Kaspersky Lab’s study ‘Financial cyber threats in 2013’, cybercriminals are trying harder than ever to acquire confidential user information and steal money from bank accounts by creating fake sites mimicking...
January 26, 2014The experts at Kaspersky Lab have summarized spammer activity for 2013
November 11, 2013The percentage of spam in total email traffic during the third quarter of the year came to 68.3%, down 2.4 percentage points from the second quarter.
November 7, 2013The ongoing conflict and complex political situation in Syria have created the perfect conditions for new ‘Nigerian’ scams.
August 22, 2013In Q2 the percentage of spam in total email traffic increased by 4.2% from the first quarter of 2013 and came to 70.7%
July 30, 2013According to Kaspersky Lab, the percentage of spam in email traffic in June was up 1.4 percentage points and averaged 71.1%. Malicious attachments were found in 1.8% of all emails, a drop of 1 percentage point compared to the previous month
October 11, 2011Kaspersky Lab, the largest antivirus company in Europe, presents its spam report for the GCC in the third quarter of 2011. The results show that Saudi Arabia is a local leader as a source of spam
June 21, 2011Compared with the previous month, the volume of spam in email traffic increased 2.1 percentage points, making up on average 80.8% of the total.
May 19, 2011Kaspersky Lab announces the publication of its spam report for April 2011.
May 18, 2011Kaspersky Lab presents its statistics for IT threats following the results of its quarterly malware report
March 28, 2011Spammers are gradually regaining their position following the closure of major botnets in the second half of last year according to Kaspersky Lab’s February report on global spam activity
March 21, 2011Kaspersky Lab announces the publication of its spam report for February 2011
February 24, 2011The USA re-entered the Top 20 sources of spam for the first time in two months, according to Kaspersky Lab’s January report on global spam activity
February 22, 2011Kaspersky Lab announces the publication of its spam report for January 2011
February 17, 2011Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions, announces the publication of its annual analytical spam report for 2010.