The popularity of cloud services is growing, and threat actors are here to exploit the trend. Read Full Article
Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2014. Predictions 2015
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 targeting obsolete Japanese blogging tool
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
Forecasts for 2014 – Expert Opinion
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
Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2013. Forecasts
In 2014 we expect significant growth in the number of threats related to economic and domestic cyber-espionage. Read Full Article
KSN: An Analysis of Web Browsers
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
SOURCE Boston Security Conference and Training 2012 Day 2 – Dan Geer Keynote, Android Modding and Cloud Security
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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Lab Matters – Cloudy with a chance of stolen data
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
Money from the cloud
Not so long ago we wrote about cybercriminals using infected computers to generate virtual money via Bitcoin Read Full Article
Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2011
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