Unravelling a financial cyber-attack

A Russian company contacted Kaspersky Lab asking to investigate an incident when more than $130,000 was nearly stolen from its corporate account. The company representatives suspected malware was behind this incident. That suspicion was confirmed in the very first...

The changing role of malware detection

Today malware detection as implemented by what some still refer to as the anti-virus industry has three main components, and although each component has been regarded as its “primary” function by different commentators at different times, all three still...

Protecting yourself from cloud service leaks

Anonymous hackers (or perhaps a single person) who somehow obtained explicit photos of various Hollywood celebrities, including many A-listers, like Jennifer Lawrence, and then publicised this material on the Internet, made many recent headlines. Kaspersky Lab says...

It’s time to take encryption seriously

Just like backup is something every business owner knows has to be done right but often isn’t, data encryption is emerging as another essential requirement which is routinely ignored. And just like backup, many business owners find themselves shutting the stable...

An holistic approach to data protection

Complexity around data protection in the enterprise is increasing, especially with hybrid cloud implementation patterns. Kelly Brown, senior director: Regional and Channel Marketing for EMC Corporation’s Data Protection and Availability Division, says: “Successfully...

Beware of the man in the middle

The motive for the vast majority of cybercrime is either to steal money or data. These attacks are sometimes small, targeting individuals, or sometimes massive, targeting large enterprises and stealing thousands of users’ details. In the majority of cases, attacks try...