Online fraud victims left high and dry

At least 41% of users who lost their money as the result of financial cyber-fraud failed to get a single cent returned to them. This is according to a Kaspersky consumer security risks survey conducted by B2B International. In theory, even if scammers have managed to...

Kaspersky patent suit dismissed

Kaspersky Lab was been vindicated in a lawsuit initiated by Lodsys, a company located in Texas that operates as a Patent Assertion Entity. Kaspersky Lab, along with 54 other companies including Atari, Symantec and Estee Lauder, were originally named in Lodsys’...

Exposing security weaknesses

Experts from Kaspersky Lab and Outpost24 recently carried out a security audit at a number of European organisations and studied the prevalence of un-patched vulnerabilities globally to get a better understanding of the IT (in) security landscape. Their joint report...

Kaspersky uncovers new threats

Kaspersky Lab’s security research team has 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...

Kaspersky Lab analyses cyber-espionage

Kaspersky Lab’s security research team published a report that analyses an active cyber-espionage campaign, who Kaspersky Lab experts expect are primarily targeting South Korean think-tanks. This campaign, named Kimsuky, is limited and highly targeted. According to...