personal data

You may not know this, but when you request something from a search engine, buy a product from an online shop, visit your favorite blog or read the latest news

Nowadays, free public Wi-Fi is available almost everywhere in our cities. We can access the Web from the streets to the subway and buses, not to mention venues ranging from

Today a smartphone has become an integral part of our life. We constantly use phones for work, study, travel, and they are increasingly starting to know more about us than we

Following recent terrorist attacks accusations against encrypted means of online communications once again became louder. However the proposed solutions could create even more problems. Governments around the world – from

If you sit and think about it for a second, online phishing is not that far from actual fishing. The one major difference is that the online fishermen are criminals.

So your hotel stay has come to an end and its time for checkout. When it comes to the Internet, there are two schools of thought when it comes to

A year ago our colleague David Jacoby, a researcher at GReAT, successfully attempted to hack his own home and discovered a lot of curious things. David’s experiment inspired many Kaspersky Lab

Why would cyber-criminals want to control your Facebook account? At the very least, they could “like” weird things and promote questionable goods and services on your behalf. However, Facebook is

Recently Kaspersky Lab experts have found a sly method that allows fraudsters to steal personal information without access to the user’s login and password. The cyber criminals do not try

In theory, it’s common knowledge that “there’s no such thing as a free lunch”, but when it comes to practice, some forget about the ‘free lunch’ proverb and prefer another

The top privacy data leaks in 2014 include: data breaches at Target and Home Depot, hacks of JP Morgan and Barclays banks, and leaks at Orange and Dropbox.

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 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.

This is how a seemingly simple SIM card in your smartphone can contribute to the loss of money and personal data.

Kaspersky Lab revealed a cyberspy campaign, Darkhotel, which had been active for seven years in a number of luxury Asian hotels.

Using an in-room tablet in a hotel is an easy way to share your precious private data with the whole world and make it public.

You can manually set up Safe Money with ease even if your bank or payment system is not included in our database.

The story of Naoki Hiroshima and his single letter twitter handle underscores the importance of taking a holistic approach to Internet security and reiterates the reality that the security of

Valentine’s Day is upon us and there is no sweeter gift to give to your significant other than the gift of security. If you’ve been following our posts then you’re

We have already talked about keyloggers – malware tools that intercept and record keyboard inputs. Every time you type your credentials to enter a social network, a payment system or