Threats

Cybercriminals attack Telegram users with an old trick for masking malware as pictures.

Belgian police and Kaspersky Lab obtain decryption keys for files hit by Cryakl.

Adult content is an ace in the hole for cybercriminals attacking Android devices.

While you’re watching YouTube, someone might just be using your device to mine cryptocurrency.

The cryptomining boom is helping scammers make money out of thin air. The latest method involves fake currency and ransomware.

Sex sells, as they say in advertising. In cyberspace porn serves as one of the most popular tools for malicious activity.

If someone offers cryptocurrency for nothing, remember the only free cheese is in a mousetrap. Here’s what’s really going on.

People put a lot of time, effort, and money into the online games they love. And yet many of them don’t bother to protect their gaming accounts properly.

Many people assume that an HTTPS connection means that the site is secure. In fact, HTTPS is increasingly being used by malicious sites, especially phishing ones.

The Skygofree Trojan comes with a powerful array of spyware features, some unique — like turning on audio recording by geolocation and stealing private messages.

Xiaomi’s robotic vacuum cleaner was hacked by security researchers. However, it proved much more secure than most other smart devices.

Hacked programs freely distributed online are found to be equipped with a hidden NiceHash cryptocurrency miner.

What miners and Web miners are, why you need to protect yourself, and how Kaspersky Lab products can assist

A new study by Kaspersky Lab showed how insecure smart devices really are. We explain how to cope.

Guess the villain — was it hackers or wild animals?

Attackers pretending to be acquaintances asking for money — the story is old, the approaches new. We show you how to avoid the e-bait.

Next year is likely to see malware creators and distributors switch from ransomware to malicious Web miners.

A representative of the US Department of Homeland Security claims that he hacked into a Boeing 757.

This versatile mobile banking Trojan morphs into ransomware on detecting a removal attempt.

The CryptoShuffler Trojan does its utmost to go unnoticed, stealing Bitcoins on the sly.

In October 2017, Kaspersky Lab initiated a thorough review of our telemetry logs in relation to alleged 2015 incidents described in the media. These are the preliminary results.