Press Releases
14 March 2023 In their latest Spam and Phishing report, Kaspersky experts discovered that throughout 2022 the company’s anti-phishing system successfully blocked 507,851,735 attempts to access fraudulent content in 2022, which is twice the number of attacks...
19 January 2023 On January 19, Kaspersky researchers reported on a new domain name system (DNS) changer functionality used in the Roaming Mantis campaign. Now cybercriminals can use compromised Wi-Fi routers in cafes, airports hotels and other public places to...
5 December 2022Kaspersky research identifies new techniques and emerging groups
14 November 2022 Kaspersky researchers presented their vision of the future for advanced persistent threats (APTs), defining the changes in threat landscape that will emerge in 2023. Attacks on satellite technologies, mail servers, the rise of destructive attacks...
1 November 2022 In the third quarter of 2022, Kaspersky researchers uncovered a previously unknown Android espionage campaign dubbed SandStrike. The actor targets a Persian-speaking religion minority, Baháʼí, via distributing VPN app that contains highly...
14 October 2022 Kaspersky researchers discovered a new malicious version of a popular WhatsApp messenger mod dubbed YoWhatsApp. Popular for having features that the official app does not offer, this mod spreads the notorious Triada mobile Trojan, which can download...
5 October 2022Hackers using channel to gather information on victims personal lives, family details and uncover home addresses
15 September 2022Trojan threat using gaming videos as disguise to steal passwords and bank details from unsuspecting gamers
8 September 2022Computers being used by oil & gas, energy and automotive industry are being heavily targeted shows report
15 April 2022 The ransomware dubbed Yanluowang targets companies around the world, encrypting files on their computers and blocking access to their systems, so that victims cannot access their data. Previously, victims’ only solution was to pay a ransom to the...
16 December 2021 From January 20 to November 10, 2021, Kaspersky experts uncovered a new piece of malware that has targeted more than 35,000 computers across 195 countries. Dubbed “PseudoManuscrypt” for its similarities with the advanced persistent threat (APT)...
14 December 2021 Kaspersky has uncovered a previously unknown IIS module (a piece of software aimed at providing additional features to Microsoft web servers) they have since dubbed Owowa that steals credentials entered by a user when logging into Outlook Web Access...
9 December 2021 Kaspersky researchers analysed the lifecycle of phishing pages and discovered that one third of phishing pages cease to exist within a single day, making the first hours of a page's life the most dangerous for users. This is the moment when a vast...
29 November 2021 In a recent investigation, Kaspersky researchers uncovered a previously unknown malware dubbed Chinotto targeting North Korean defectors and human rights activists. The malware operated by an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actor ScarCruft is...
26 October 2021 Advanced persistent threat (APT) actors continuously advance their ways of working. While some choose to remain consistent in their strategy, others adopt new techniques, tactics and procedures. In Q3, Kaspersky’s researchers witnessed Lazarus, a...
25 August 2021 Kaspersky analysed anonymised data, voluntarily provided by Privacy Checker, a website that contains helpful advice on privacy settings for various internet services and platforms. The results reflect which services and platforms’ internet users...
20 February 2017According to Kaspersky Lab “Spam and phishing in 2016” report, about 20% of all spam emails in Q4 2016 distributed ransomware Trojans
18 August 2016In Q2 2016, the average level of spam emails in overall email traffic equaled 57.3 per cent, according to the quarterly report on Spam and Phishing by Kaspersky Lab.
16 May 2016Kaspersky Lab experts found the first spam emails mentioning the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in early 2015, a year before the event is set to take place
12 May 2016The latest Kaspersky Lab Spam and Phishing Report has discovered that although the quantity of spam emails has been decreasing, they have become more criminalized
5 February 2016According to the latest Kaspersky Lab Security Bulletin, the volume of spam emails in 2015 decreased to 55.28% of overall email traffic – a fall of 11.48% on the previous year.
29 September 2014 Kaspersky Lab has analysed the evolution of spam in August. According to the company’s experts, the UK was the number one target for spammers based on the number of mail antivirus detections, whilst the US ranks first among countries which are...