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“British Prime Minister David Cameron to Ban Encrypted Messengers” — Headlines like this are appearing here and there. But what happened exactly?

A researcher has developed a nasty bootkit capable of taking complete control of Mac OS X devices. Here is what you need to know.

CES 2015 was a superb event in terms of the amount of new technology per square foot. But, from an information security standpoint, it did not appear all that positive.

We collected the 10 best tweets related to an IT security event in 2014.

Gaming is enormously popular. Thus, it’s an easy target for cybercriminals looking for a never-ending source of money.

On the one hand, drones are bound to violate privacy, whether on purpose or not. On the other, we’ve yet to discover and unleash their full potential.

We have constructed a list of promises that you should make to yourself this year to stay safe both online and offline.

Anyone who goes online could be hacked. During Christmas time, this possibility doubles as we make a number of purchases and get so excited that we forget about security.

For the second time in three years, Sony is the main character in a massive and humiliating cyberattack.

A new variant of the Zeus banking trojan has emerged, targeting consumer accounts at 150 banks in 15 countries.

Everyone is afraid of hackers, phishers and other online criminals dwelling in the shadows of the Internet. But this particular story is not about the online world, instead, it is about real life, and it will teach you to always remain alert.

As you know, it is quite important to have a strong password. But what is a strong password?

One of the most highly anticipated prospects of the 21st century has been the possibility of enabling robots to drive cars. But how soon could this be possible?

Applying the incorrect settings to your router may lead to serious problems. Here is a short guide to protecting your home Wi-Fi network.

Kaspersky Lab experts analyze the security and privacy trends that emerged in 2014, including anonymous Tor browsing, ransomware, APT attacks and more.

Kaspersky Lab experts make predictions about what trends will emerge in the security industry in 2015.

We are almost one and a half decades into the century of biometry and gesture controls, but our cars still have a steering wheel and two to three manual controls. Is this going to change?

We tend to think that protecting ourselves against future threats is most important. But, perhaps we need to take a step back and solve some of the major problems that we already know about.

Catch up on our most popular posts from November.

In this Talk Security podcast, Threatpost’s Chris Brook and Brian Donohue discuss the move to encrypt the Web, the Regin APT campaign and more.

A new APT campaign called Regin targets the usual victims plus a prestigious cryptographer and the GSM standard on which most cellular communications occur.