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The botnet generally propagates through EternalBlue, the same vulnerability that made the WannaCry and NotPetya outbreaks possible.

Psychologist Emma Kenny’s advice on how to keep children safe online in the digital age.

We analyze the fairy tale The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats in terms of cybersecurity

Scammers prey on people’s kindness. We tell you how to distinguish them from those who are truly in need.

Malware can masquerade not only as games and TV shows, but also as educational materials. We help you understand what this malware is and how to avoid being infected.

To this day, e-mail is one of the most important Internet services, which makes it a highly attractive target for theft.

Kaspersky researchers found malware in CamScanner, a text recognition app that was downloaded more than 100 million times from Google Play.

What the Hoax verdict means, and why such software is becoming more of a problem.

Scammers are using Google Calendar, Photos, Drive, and other services to distribute spam. Here’s how it works.

Scammers posing as CIA agents demand ransom for alleged possession of child porn, threatening arrest.

Eugene Kaspersky on why Kaspersky Lab became simply Kaspersky — and the plans behind that change.

A newly discovered vulnerability allows hackers to eavesdrop on WhatsApp users, read their chats, and install spyware just by calling them. Update the app now!

This phishing campaign is so convincing that even savvy YouTubers may be duped into giving crooks control of their accounts.

Cybercriminals are hijacking routers to steal people’s credentials for online banking and services.

A look at the complexities of public attribution and why nation-states doing it will have real-world implications.

How criminals use data harvested from users’ devices to fool antifraud systems and siphon money from victims’ accounts.

A story from RSAC 2019 on how domain fronting is used to disguise communications between an infected machine and a command server.

At RSAC 2019, a SANS Institute instructor talked about how DNS manipulations can be used to hijack a company’s IT infrastructure.

A bug in WinRAR allows malefactors to gain full control over your device. All they need you to do is unpack a rigged RAR file.

Researchers at RSAC 2019 reported on the current vulnerability landscape and built a model that helps with effective patching strategy.

To hijack popular Instagram accounts, scammers are sending phishing e-mails with fake copyright infringement notifications.