Next year Kaspersky Lab experts anticipate high-stakes targeted cyber-attacks pinpointing the banks. We expect fraudsters will try to develop new malware that can take cash directly from ATMs. 2015 is also likely to bring even more privacy concerns, security worries about Apple devices and renewed fears about connected devices. Read Full Article
Cybercriminals are very actively targeting web sites which are not well-managed, so as to abuse them for their malicious activities. Damage to web sites in Japan has increased since last year, which is alarming to Japanese Internet users. Kaspersky Labs… Read Full Article
In 2014 we expect significant growth in the number of threats related to economic and domestic cyber-espionage, with cyber-mercenaries/cyber-detectives playing an active role in such attacks. The full report is available here
In 2014 we expect significant growth in the number of threats related to economic and domestic cyber-espionage. Read Full Article
Today, cybercriminals are quick to exploit vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader, Flash and Java to infect users’ computers. There is a simple reason for this popularity: exploits of vulnerabilities found in these products can infect computers regardless of which operating systems… Read Full Article
Dan Geer’s Keynote Speech kicked off Day 2 of SOURCE Conference Boston this morning. The talk itself was heady and complex, something to keep up with. Notable talks were Jeremey Westerman’s “Covering *aaS – Cloud Security Case Studies for SaaS, PaaS and IaaS”, and Dan Rosenberg’s “Android Modding for the Security Practitioner”.
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Director of Kaspersky Lab’s global research and analysis team Costin Raiu appears on Lab Matters to discuss the security ramifications of the growing dependence on cloud computing. The discussions center on the convenience of using consumer cloud services and some of the risks involved with outsourcing security to third-parties. Read Full Article
Not so long ago we wrote about cybercriminals using infected computers to generate virtual money via Bitcoin Read Full Article
Shadowed by the Duqu madness yesterday, Oracle released a slew of critical updates. Most interesting, but perhaps with little impact, is the Java SE BEAST update. Read Full Article
The title of this post suggests that I’ve been thinking of one of the cyber-criminals that uses SpyEye, maybe in admiration! But actually his cyber-criminal actions overshadow anything else. Read Full Article