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160 articles

Resolutions for a cybersecure 2024
  • tips

Cybersecurity resolutions: how to make 2024 safer

Cybersecurity trends to consider and new threats to protect against in 2024.

  • Stan Kaminsky

  • January 5, 2024

Scamming Booking.com clients through hotel accounts
  • scam

Hacked hotel accounts on Booking.com

Attackers are hijacking hotel accounts on Booking.com, and stealing their clients’ banking data through its internal messaging system.

  • Alanna Titterington

  • December 22, 2023

Scamming investors through apps from official stores
  • scam

It’s a gas: how online scammers dupe “investors”

How unfortunate investors in commodities, cryptocurrency, and other assets get scammed in apps found in official stores.

  • Kaspersky Team

  • December 18, 2023

Invoices for delivery of non-existent correspondence
  • scam

Money for Nothing

During the pre-holiday period, attackers are sending invoices to companies for the delivery of non-existent documents.

  • Andrey Kovtun

  • December 13, 2023

Kaspersky multi-layered protection for your online finances
  • products

Five Kaspersky technologies to protect your finances

How Kaspersky products provide multi-layered financial protection, and what threats it can protect you from.

  • Kaspersky Team

  • November 13, 2023

How scammers are exploiting X Premium (Twitter Blue)
  • twitter

Scammers with blue checkmarks on Twitter X

Fraudsters are buying blue checkmarks to impersonate well-known brands on X (ex-Twitter) and scam users.

  • Alanna Titterington

  • October 12, 2023

Beware of scammers! Dangerous apps in the App Store
  • iOS

Dangerous investments: App Store scammers

We’ve found several scam investment-apps in the App Store that dupe users out of personal information.

  • Sergey Puzan

  • September 29, 2023

How to manage subscription costs
  • subscriptions

How to control your subscriptions and save money

You’re spending way more on subscriptions than you expect. How to take control of them and save money?

  • Stan Kaminsky

  • September 12, 2023

Are QR codes dangerous?
  • QR codes

(Un)safe QR codes

Why QR codes can be dangerous, and how not to spend US$20,000 on… bubble tea.

  • Anastasia Starikova

  • August 29, 2023

Privacy and security threats of short links
  • privacy

The perils of short links

How URL shorteners work, how they can be used, and the privacy and security threats they pose.

  • Alanna Titterington

  • August 25, 2023

Airbnb security tips
  • travel

Airbnb security: tips for safe travel

Four threats you might face when using Airbnb, and tips for avoiding them.

  • Alanna Titterington

  • August 4, 2023

Travel phishing and online scams in 2023
  • scam

Going on vacation? Beware of scammers

Online dangers faced by travelers in summer 2023.

  • Kaspersky Team

  • July 6, 2023

The most spectacular crypto thefts and how to defend against them
  • cryptocurrencies

Eight of the most daring crypto thefts in history

Crypto Olympics, or the full gamut of blockchain attacks: the biggest, most sophisticated, most audacious cryptocurrency heists of all time.

  • Stan Kaminsky

  • June 23, 2023

How DoubleFinger malware steals crypto
  • cryptocurrencies

Double trouble: crypto-stealing DoubleFinger

We explain how the advanced malware DoubleFinger downloads GreetingGhoul, a stealer that preys on cryptocurrency wallets.

  • Kaspersky Team

  • June 12, 2023

Hijacking a YouTube channel without a password
  • scam

Hacking YouTube channels with stolen cookies

How scammers can hack your YouTube channel without knowing a password and second factor.

  • Anastasia Starikova

  • June 6, 2023

Review and analysis of fake Trezor cryptowallet
  • cryptocurrencies

Case study: fake hardware cryptowallet

Full review of a fake cryptowallet incident. It looks and feels like a Trezor wallet, but puts all your crypto-investments into the hands of criminals.

  • Stanislav Golovanov

  • May 10, 2023

Purging your company’s LinkedIn page of fake employees
  • LinkedIn

Fake accounts on LinkedIn: time for a purge

Why you should purge your company’s LinkedIn page from fake employee profiles, and how to do it.

  • Alanna Titterington

  • May 2, 2023

Hot crypto wallet, cold crypto wallet: what are they, and how are they stolen from?
  • cryptocurrencies

Five types of attacks on hardware crypto wallets

Hardware crypto wallets are effective at protecting your cryptocurrency, but they can still be stolen from. Let’s address the risks their owners need to be protected from.

  • Stan Kaminsky

  • April 20, 2023

Scam e-mails from “cloud-mining platform”
  • scam

Bitcoin-cloud mining scam

Scammers are pretending to offer users tens of thousands of dollars, supposedly accumulated in an account on an “automated cloud-mining platform”.

  • Olga Altukhova (Svistunova)

  • March 24, 2023

Copyright infringement, add a link
  • scam

Copyright infringement backlink scam

How scammers force website owners to add potentially dangerous links by threatening harsh consequences for copyright infringement.

  • Andrey Kovtun

  • March 16, 2023

How to protect funds being stolen from bank cards with a chip and NFC
  • safe money

How cybercriminals steal funds from bank cards — and how to protect yourself from such theft

We investigate why chip cards are no panacea, and what precautions should be taken when making a payment.

  • Stan Kaminsky

  • March 10, 2023

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