Kaspersky demystifies Shellshock

Shortly after the disclosure of the “Bash” bug called “Shellshock”, Kaspersky Lab indicated that it saw first attempts by criminals to take advantage of this widespread vulnerability also known as CVE-2014-6271. The critical vulnerability in...

Phishing rages on in August

Analysing the evolution of spam in August, Kaspersky Lab has seen phishing activity increase almost 1,5 times, with 32-million detections. Yahoo! was attacked so often (6,4%) that it displaced Windows Live as one of the top three organisations attacked by phishers,...

Small firms don’t secure BYOD

Very small businesses (VSBs) with fewer than 25 employees have the same rate of mobile device adoption as large enterprises. However, most VSBs lack the security awareness, technical expertise and budget needed to properly protect company-issued or employee-owned...

Experience Ferrari in Monaco with Kaspersky

Kaspersky Lab has announced a contest for African users of Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2015, Kaspersky Internet Security – multi-device 2015 and Kaspersky PURE 3.0. Participants need to show their knowledge by answering seven questions about Scuderia Ferrari. The top...

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...