Tag: kaspersky lab

April 22, 2019

Microsoft Office has become cybercriminals’ preferred platform when carrying out attacks, and the number of incidents keeps increasing, Kaspersky Lab researchers said during the company’s annual conference, Security Analyst Summit, in Singapore. Boris Larin, Vlad Stolyarov and Alexander Liskin showed […]

January 22, 2018

Revenues and reputation have taken a hit in the wake of the US Department of Homeland Security’s decision to prohibit use of its products and services by the feds, the company says. Security vendor Kaspersky Lab has filed a motion […]

October 26, 2017

Concerns over handling classified US data one of the reasons why Kaspersky Lab CEO ordered file deletion, company says. Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab, under scrutiny for allegedly helping Russian agents steal classified US government data, today conceded its software had collected […]

October 17, 2017

Kaspersky Lab has always worked closely with vendors to protect users. As soon as we find new vulnerabilities we immediately inform the vendor in a responsible manner and provide all the details required for a fix. On October 10, 2017, […]

July 25, 2017

A China-linked cyber espionage group tracked by security firms as Lotus Blossom, Elise, Esile and Spring Dragon has used more than 600 malware samples in its attacks over the past years, according to Kaspersky Lab. Spring Dragon has been around […]

October 7, 2016

Terror groups, not nation states, are the most likely to unleash devastating cyber weapons, according to Eugene Kaspersky, chief executive and co-founder of security firm Kaspersky Lab. “I am 99.99% sure some nation states have developed top secret cyber weapons,” […]

December 7, 2015

Kaspersky Lab has spotted new attacks by the Sofacy group which make use of several upgraded techniques designed for aggressive persistency and greater invisibility of malicious activity in the attacked system. Sofacy (also known as “Fancy Bear,” “Sednit,” “STRONTIUM” and […]

November 6, 2015

More than half of consumers don’t believe Internet of Things (IoT) devices have the necessary security in place to keep their data secure, according to new research from Auth0. Adding insult to injury, developers shared consumers’ worries, with 90 percent […]

June 11, 2015

The group behind the Duqu cyberespionage tool has compromised at least two telecommunications operators and one electronic equipment manufacturer, in addition to a cybersecurity firm and venues that hosted high-level nuclear negotiations between world powers and Iran. On Wednesday, Moscow-based […]

March 12, 2015

#kaspersky lab researchers continue to analyze the #software and digital artifacts tied to the Equation Group, a nation-state threat actor that has been active for almost twenty years, and to present their discoveries to the public. They shared more information […]

August 7, 2014

By Jim Finkle LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab said they have uncovered a cyber espionage operation that successfully penetrated two spy agencies and hundreds of government and military targets in Europe and the Middle East since […]