Press Releases
6 March 2019 Kaspersky Lab researchers have detected a new malware spreading through the Pirate Bay – one of the most popular torrent trackers. The malware aims to infect users’ PCs with adware and tools for additional malware installation. It has multilayered...
6 March 2019Kaspersky Lab researchers have detected a new malware spreading through the Pirate Bay – one of the most popular torrent trackers.
5 March 2019 Kaspersky Lab researchers have seen the number of attacks using malicious mobile software nearly double in just a year. In 2018 there were 116.5 million attacks, compared to 66.4 million in 2017, with a significant increase in unique users being...
4 March 2019Kaspersky Lab has released a new version of its freemium solution: Kaspersky Password Manager. The solution further simplifies the process of organising valuable private data – from passwords to documents and photographs.
2 March 2019 Kaspersky Threat Data Feeds are now available for customers through the ThreatConnect Platform. By incorporating these feeds into the threat intelligence framework that they are already using, organisations will get a clearer picture of the threats...
27 February 2019 Kaspersky Lab experts, investigating the experimental cloud infrastructure for advanced bionic prostheses, have identified several previously unknown security issues that could enable a third party to access, manipulate, steal or even delete the...
26 February 2019 In collaboration with other members of the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), Kaspersky Lab experts have formulated the Security Maturity Model (SMM) Practitioner’s Guide. This helps IoT operators define the level of security maturity they need...
21 February 2019The number of users attacked by malware out to steal premium access login data to popular adult websites more than doubled in a year, rising from around 50,000 users in 2017 to 110,000 users in 2018.
19 February 2019The new free tool integrates numerous threat data feeds with SIEM solutions to immediately leverage threat intelligence for monitoring, detection and incident response in security operation workflows.
19 February 2019The leading multinational cybersecurity vendor continues to deliver stable and positive dynamics.
2 February 2019 Kaspersky Lab researchers have detected multiple attempts to infect foreign diplomatic entities in Iran with homebrew spyware. The attacks appear to be using an updated Remexi backdoor. Several legitimate tools were also used during the campaign....
1 February 2019 To mark Change Your Password Day, 2019, Kaspersky Lab’s security researchers are advising users that unique, memorable passwords are stronger and more effective than regularly changing account passwords when it comes to keeping data secure online....
1 February 2019 To mark Change Your Password Day, 2019, Kaspersky Lab’s security researchers are advising users that unique, memorable passwords are stronger and more effective than regularly changing account passwords when it comes to keeping data secure online....
1 February 2019 To help parents take the right steps towards children safety on the Internet, independent software assessor AV-TEST has evaluated a number of solutions specifically designed to protect children while they are online – and has awarded Kaspersky Safe...
17 January 2019The new free tool integrates numerous threat data feeds with SIEM solutions to immediately leverage threat intelligence for monitoring, detection and incident response in security operation workflows
13 January 2019A new study from Kaspersky Lab has revealed that while our identity may not be worth a lot in terms of dollars, it is a significant asset to criminals in other ways.
2 January 2019 Kaspersky Lab experts have discovered that electric vehicle (EV) chargers supplied by a major vendor carry vulnerabilities that can be exploited by cyberattackers, and that the consequences of a successful attack could include damage to the home...
12 December 2018Kaspersky Lab technologies have automatically detected a new exploited vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows OS kernel, the third consecutive zero-day exploit to be discovered in three months.
11 December 2018Kaspersky Lab has provided expert recommendations for the “Good Practices for Security of Internet of Things in the context of Smart Manufacturing” study, to support a need for robust IoT security standards.
6 December 2018During 2017 and 2018, Kaspersky Lab experts were involved in incident response following a number of cyber-robberies targeting financial organizations in Eastern Europe.
4 December 2018Out of all the new malicious files detected in 2018, the amount that turned out to be backdoors rose by 44%, while the volume of ransomware increased by 43%.
4 December 2018Kaspersky Lab’s annual Academic Partner Summit took place last week where the winners of the Secur’IT Cup student competition were announced as Alisa Gazizullina and Vladislav Vinogradov from Innopolis University in Russia.
28 November 2018 The global outbreak in malicious cryptocurrency mining that unfolded in 2018 saw the number of attacks increase by more than 83%, with over five million users attacked online in the first three quarters of the year, compared to 2.7 million over the...
27 November 2018Cloud adoption is in full swing, with the latest IDG data showing that 73% of enterprises have at least one application, or a portion of their computing infrastructure, already in the cloud.