Verizon’s 2020 DBIR is out, you can download a copy or peruse their publication online. Kaspersky was a contributor once again, and we are happy to provide generalized incident data from our unique and objective research. Read Full Article
Cyberthreats on lockdown
The pandemic has affected us all in some way, so it would be surprising if cybercriminals were an exception. Spammers and phishers were naturally the trailblazers in this but the entire cybercrime landscape has changed in the last few months. Read Full Article
Remote spring: the rise of RDP bruteforce attacks
With the spread of COVID-19, organizations worldwide have introduced remote working, which is having a direct impact on cybersecurity and the threat landscape. Read Full Article
The State of Stalkerware in 2019
Six months ago, we created a special alert that notifies users about commercial spyware (stalkerware) products installed on their phones. This report examines the use of stalkerware and the number of users affected by this software in the first eight months of 2019. Read Full Article
The 2019 DBIR is out
We are happy to support a large, voluntary, collaborative effort like the 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report. While our data contribution is completely anonymous, it is based in some of the 2018 data set that our private report customers receive. Read Full Article
Large-scale SIM swap fraud
If someone steals your phone number, you’ll face a lot of problems, especially because most of our modern two-factor authentication systems are based on SMSs that can be intercepted using this technique. Read Full Article
Digital Doppelgangers
From the famous Cardingplanet forum to Darknet stolen card stores – financial cybercrime schemes were not dead at all during all these years. They have evolved and become more dangerous than ever. Read Full Article
Pirate matryoshka
Cybercriminals are always coming up with new kinds of fraud. In this particular case, they employed a method for delivering malicious content through torrent trackers to install adware on user computers. Read Full Article
Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2018. Top security stories
All too often, both rely on manipulating human psychology as a way of compromising entire systems or individual computers. Increasingly, the devices targeted also include those that we don’t consider to be computers – from children’s toys to security cameras. Here is our annual round-up of major incidents and key trends from 2018 Read Full Article
Threat predictions for industrial security in 2019
It should therefore come as no surprise that our predictions from last year are still linked to currently unfolding trends. And while the fog has yet to clear, we decided to focus on the major problems that will affect the work of professionals involved into the industry, in 2019. Read Full Article