Tenth anniversary of mobile malware

Ten years ago, Kaspersky Lab reported the discovery of Cabir – the first ever worm designed to attack mobile phones. Unlike most modern malware samples, Cabir wasn’t equipped with a wide range of malicious functions. Instead, it made history by proving that it was...

Kaspersky Lab unveils FriendOrFoe app

Kaspersky Lab presents FriendOrFoe – a free app for Facebook that allows users to assess just how “valuable” their friends are, and even shows what others think of them. The app will reveal which of those hundreds of followers are genuine fans, who reposts and...

Kaspersky Lab wins blog award

Kaspersky Lab has announced that it has been awarded a gold award for Best Blog for Securelist in Info Security’s Global Excellence Awards. The Info Security’s Global Excellence Awards programme was created to honour the achievements and positive...

Lessons learnt from Heartbleed

David Jacoby, senior security researcher: Global Research & Analysis Team at Kaspersky Lab, discusses the lessons we have learnt from the Heartbleed vulnerability. At Kaspersky Lab, my job not only involves analysing malware and vulnerabilities, or merely talking...

Financial malware attacks on the increase

Cybercriminals are increasingly trying to gain access to the online accounts of users. Last year, the number of cyber-attacks involving financial malware increased to 28,4-million – 27,6% more than in 2012. This is according to Kaspersky Lab’s Financial Cyber Threat...