Kaspersky Lab
Busted: Kaspersky AV Tracks Your Every Click
Kaspersky Lab’s endpoint security products track your web activity. And it allowed any other website to track you ...
Is ‘REvil’ the New GandCrab Ransomware?
The cybercriminals behind the GandCrab ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) offering recently announced they were closing up shop and retiring after having allegedly earned more than $2 billion in extortion payments from victims. But a ...
Who’s Behind the GandCrab Ransomware?
The crooks behind an affiliate program that paid cybercriminals to install the destructive and wildly successful GandCrab ransomware strain announced on May 31, 2019 they were terminating the program after allegedly having ...
Microsoft Office: The New Hot Target for Hackers
New research finds cybercriminals have changed their focus from web vulnerabilities to Microsoft Office, and it is extremely easy to exploit holes in the popular software. Recent research from Kaspersky Lab reveals ...
Stalkerware? Spouseware? Creepware? Just Call It Horrific
The Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) is stepping up its fight against Stalkerware. It’s asking for help from AV vendors, phone platform makers, and law enforcement. It’s time to put an end to it ...
Patch Tuesday, March 2019 Edition
Microsoft on Tuesday pushed out software updates to fix more than five dozen security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems, Internet Explorer, Edge, Office and Sharepoint. If you (ab)use Microsoft products, it's ...
Former Russian Cybersecurity Chief Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison
A Russian court has handed down lengthy prison terms for two men convicted on treason charges for allegedly sharing information about Russian cybercriminals with U.S. law enforcement officials. The men -- a ...
Slingshot Malware Uses IoT Device in Targeted Attacks
A new and very advanced malware attack has been discovered by Kaspersky Lab. The malware named Slingshot, due to a string in one of the hijacked system DLLs, is a sophisticated attack ...
Lithuania Bans Kaspersky Lab Products on Critical Systems
It seems the U.S. government’s ban on Kaspersky Lab products is having echoes in other countries. The Lithuanian government also wants the company’s products removed from computers that control critical infrastructure. At ...
More Than 120 Malware Detections Triggered on NSA Employee’s Computer
Kaspersky Lab has concluded an internal investigation into an incident that led to the company being accused of using its antivirus program to copy secret files from the personal computer of an ...
