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A pixel-art infographic with 30 years of information security developments, from the Cascade virus to the most recent days.

How one of the key technologies behind the Kaspersky Lab’s antivirus engine came to be.

A recap of the most important events in the cybersecurity industry and Kaspersky Lab’s history for the last 20 years.

Kaspersky Lab sponsors and supports archaeological excavation near Akrotiri settlement in Greece, which can shed light on the history of Minoan civilisations.

A recent story suggests Google is secretly recording your conversations and discussions. Are they really doing that?

Today is the first annual Tin Foil Hat Day. What is it?

SIM cards can be cloned. How is it possible and what does it have to do with cybercriminals?

A SIM card, or Subscriber Identity Module is a familiar element of a mobile phone. It can be easily swapped or replaced, yet, it was not born at the same

One of the most interesting ciphers designed to eliminate the vulnerability to symbol frequency analysis was the Vigenere cipher. Which later became the basis of unbreakable one-time pads.

A legendary Soviet spy, Richard Sorge, is famous for conveying the exact date of the German invasion into the Soviet Union, and for letting the command know Japan had no plans of attacking the USSR in the Far East.

Five lessons from the story of the Enigma cryptographic machine which are still relevant.

During WW2 modern cryptography principles were often coupled with ‘amateur’ ciphering methods. Curiously, the latter ones often proved to be equally reliable.

In the days of cyberwars and cybermafia, it’s hard to recall times when computer viruses and worms were just research projects or pranks. Back then, there were no monetary incentives