Threats

Global IT security problems like the recent Petya attack are of clear concern to large corpora-tions — but they affect common people as well.

Snapchat’s new feature raises security concerns.

Facebook has been crawling with reposts that claim to be giving away thousands of free airline tickets. We uncover the truth.

Many users of devices running Android are tempted to root them. Here we explain the good and bad sides of having superuser rights.

Adware found on 250 million computers spies on users and can install other software.

How a couple of simple permissions let an application steal passwords, log user actions, and do many other nasty things.

Car hacking is a hot topic these days. Good news, everybody: Kaspersky now protects connected cars.

Learn what antivirus warning messages mean now so you can respond properly if something dangerous happens.

How messages with confirmation codes from banks are intercepted and what can you do to protect yourself.

Applications that offer to pay you for installing other applications tend to shove malware at you.

What makes the self-replicating encryptor WannaCry so dangerous and how to prevent infection.

We investigated three cases of ATM robbery — involving remote-controlled malware, a Bluetooth keyboard, and a drill.

Samsung releases more and more devices with Tizen OS. At SAS 2017, we found out that this OS is highly insecure.