Kaspersky researchers investigating the control device for an active smart home ecosystem have identified several critical vulnerabilities. These include bugs in the cloud infrastructure and potential remote code execution that would allow a third party to get ‘super user’ access to the controllerRead More…
Kaspersky has uncovered a significant rise in the use of malware designed to harvest consumers’ digital data, known as password stealers. According to Kaspersky’s data, the number of consumers targeted by stealers increased from less than 600,000 people in the first half of 2018 to over 940,000 during the same periodRead More…
Kaspersky research has found that cybercriminals are taking advantage of growing demand for video games by distributing malware through fake copies of the most popular ones. More than 930,000 users were hit by such attacks in the 12 months from early June 2018 to early June 2019.Read More…
Kaspersky and INTERPOL have signed a new five-year agreement to reinforce their collaboration in the fight against cybercrime around the world. This is the second agreement between the two parties following the first signed in 2014.Read More…
A major remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in products from Kaspersky Lab, which pushed out a patch to customers in early April. The flaw, called CVE-2019-8285 and assigned a CVSS score of 8.0, was reported to Kaspersky by a team called “Imaginary.” The experts found a way to remotely execute arbitraryRead More…
Kaspersky Lab researchers have detected a new malware spreading through the Pirate Bay, one of the most popular torrent trackers. The malware known as Trojan-Downloader.Win32.PirateMatryoshka and Trojan.Win32.InstClick aims to infect users’ PCsRead More…
Kaspersky Lab increased its global unaudited IFRS revenue to a total of USD 726 million, representing a 4% YOY revenue increase. During a year of evolving market conditions and continuous geopolitical pressure, the company achieved success as a result of the trust customers and partnersRead More…
Kaspersky Lab experts have detected a sharp increase in phishing activities from criminals offering users various romantic goods on the eve of St. Valentine’s Day. The total number of user attempts to visit fraudulent websites with a romantic theme that were detected and blockedRead More…
