Internal threats

Why in Dubai? First, I was there recently.  Second,  Dubai has become one of the most important cities in the world for holding IT conferences. All statistics are based on around 3 thousand found WiFi access points.  Let’s begin with the channels Dubai’s WiFi is running on: It’s logical to see that channel 6 and

In information security, talk about botnets equals talk about malicious actions that materialize through criminal action. In essence, we think there is always a hostile attitude on the part of those who administer them. Please correct me colleagues, refute this if I’m wrong, but I think conceptually you agree with me. BoteAR (developed in Argentina)

In information security, talk about botnets equals talk about malicious actions that materialize through criminal action. In essence, we think there is always a hostile attitude on the part of those who administer them. Please correct me colleagues, refute this if I’m wrong, but I think conceptually you agree with me.

It can happen to anyone… and when it does it usually catches everybody – the victim and his relatives – completely unprepared. I’m talking about kidnapping. Twice in my life I’ve been involved in helping the police track down and arrest gangs of kidnappers. The first case didn’t directly affect me or my family, but

How to travel in time when you may face an unexpected situation when the local authorities request your passwords?

In 2011, Apple was estimated to account for over 5% of worldwide desktop/laptop market share. This barrier was a significant one to break – Linux maintains under 2% market share and Google ChromeOS even less.

Malware wallpaper calendars for 2012

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.

As we turn the page to 2012, it makes sense to sit back and take a look at what happened during the past twelve months in the IT Security world. If we were to summarize the year in one word, I think it would probably be “explosive.” The multitude of incidents, stories, facts, new trends and intriguing actors is so big that it makes it very hard to crack into top 10 of security stories of 2011. What I was aiming for with this list is to remember the stories that also indicate major trends or the emergence of major actors on the security scene. By looking at these stories, we can get an idea of what will happen in 2012.

Here’s the latest of our malware calendar wallpapers.

A look at the top five database breaches and the technologies that may have helped limit the damage.

In this edition of Lab Matters, Ryan Naraine interviews Kaspersky Lab CTO Nikolay Nikolay Grebennikov about malicious threats on mobile devices. Grebennikov talks about the taxonomy of threats and explains Kaspersky Lab’s vision for protecting data on smart phones.

Here’s the latest of our malware calendar wallpapers.

On the first anniversary of Stuxnet, Roel Schouwenberg discusses gaping holes in Industrial Control Systems and the risks associated with these vulnerabilities.

Here’s the latest of our malware calendar wallpapers.