Updated Android and iOS Versions of Kaspersky Security for Mobile Are Available
Oct 8, 2013 (Tue): Kaspersky Lab announces the release of its updated versions of Kaspersky Security for Mobile on Android and iOS platforms. This is the latest version of its application to protect and manage corporate mobile devices. Client applications are now available in Google Play and Apple App Store. The updated versions offer enhanced performance and include several useful new functions, such as notifications when employees...
Almost A Third of Users Have Received Bogus Bank Emails
Oct 2, 2013 (Wed): According to the Kaspersky Consumer Security Risks survey carried out by B2B International with Kaspersky Lab in Summer 2013, approximately 30% of users have received bogus emails claiming to come from banks. The fraudsters often use fake notifications from banks in order to trick users into handing over account credentials and giving away access to their money. Various services for online transactions (e-banking,...
Kaspersky Lab Exposes “Icefog” – A New Cyber-espionage Campaign Focusing On Supply Chain Attacks
Sept 26, 2013 (Thu): Kaspersky Lab’s security research team today published a new research paper on the discovery of “Icefog”, a small yet energetic APT group that focuses on targets in South Korea and Japan, hitting the supply chain for Western companies. The operation started in 2011 and has increased in size and scope over the last few years. “For the past few years, we’ve seen a number of APTs hitting pretty much all types of...
Taking a Malware Hit – More Than One in Three Attacks Costs Users Money
Sept 19, 2013 (Thu): Malware attacks mean financial losses for about 36% of users – with many people forced to pay to restore damaged devices to working order. This figure emerged from the summer 2013 global survey conducted by B2B International and Kaspersky Lab. It is widely but wrongly believed that malware causes no problems beyond slowing down a computer and possibly crashing certain websites. The truth is that malware attacks...
Easily Protect PCs, Macs, and Android Devices with a Single Product
Sept 13, 2013 (Fri): Kaspersky Lab announces the global availability of Kaspersky Internet Security – Multi-Device, a new security product that provides premium protection for the world’s most commonly-used devices. As tablet and smartphone sales continue to skyrocket around the world, these mobile devices access the same Internet as traditional computers, and therefore require advanced protection from online threats. Now, instead of...
Kaspersky Lab Wins AV-Test Innovation Award for Securing Online Financial Transactions
Sept 10, 2013 (Tue): Kaspersky Lab is pleased to announce it has received a coveted AV-Test Innovation Award for its protection of online financial transactions. The experts at AV-Test were unanimous in recognizing the overall effectiveness of Kaspersky Lab’s ability to protect financial transactions performed online. The award is primarily down to Kaspersky Lab’s Safe Money technology. Already available in Kaspersky Internet Security...
First Ever Case of Mobile Trojan Spreading via ‘Alien’ Botnets
Sept 6, 2013 (Fri): Over the last three months Kaspersky analysts have been investigating how the Obad.a Trojan, a malicious app for Android, is distributed. It transpires that the criminals behind the Trojan have adopted a new technique to spread their malware. For the first time in the history of mobile cybercrime, a Trojan is being spread using botnets controlled by other criminal groups. It also became clear that Obad.a is mostly...
NetTraveler is Back with New Tricks
Sept 6, 2013 (Fri): Kaspersky Lab researchers today announced a new attack vector of NetTraveler (also known as ‘Travnet’ or “Netfile”), an advanced persistent threat that has already infected hundreds of high profile victims in more than 40 countries. Known targets of NetTraveler include Tibetan/Uyghur activists, oil industry companies, scientific research centers and institutes, universities, private companies, governments and...
Kaspersky Lab launches Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2014 & Kaspersky Internet Security 2014
Aug 28, 2013 (Wed): Kaspersky Lab announces the release of the latest versions of its award-winning security solutions for home computer users. Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2014 and Kaspersky Internet Security 2014 boast enhancements to existing protection technologies, as well as a host of brand new features to ensure the highest levels of security for users’ PCs and their digital valuables. According to the cloud-based Kaspersky Security...
The High Cost of a Security Breach
Malaysia (July 18, 2013): US$649,000 is the average cost incurred by large companies in the wake of a cyber-attack, according to the 2013 Global Corporate IT Security Risks survey conducted by B2B International, in conjunction with Kaspersky Lab. Any cyber-attack can cause damages for a company, but how can those damages be quantified in financial terms? In 2013, experts at B2B International calculated the damages stemming from...
