Web threats

Kaspersky experts review last year’s predictions on consumer cyberthreats and try to anticipate the trends for 2024.

As Black Friday approaches, Kaspersky analyzes phishing and spam activity around major sales events, and reviews statistics on online shopping threats in 2023.

We look at how user data privacy is handled by large language model-based chatbots: ChatGPT, Microsoft Bing, Google Bard, Anthropic Claude, You.com, and Bing.

In this report, we share our latest crimeware findings: the ASMCrypt cryptor/loader related to DoubleFinger, a new Lumma stealer and a new version of Zanubis Android banking trojan.

IoT threats: how devices get hacked, what malware is uploaded, and what services are on offer on the dark web in 2023.

PC malware statistics for Q2 2022 includes data on miners, ransomware, banking Trojans, and other threats to Windows, macOS and IoT devices.

Recent BlueNoroff and Roaming Mantis activities, new APT related to the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, ChatGPT and threat intelligence, malvertising through search engines, cryptocurrency theft campaign and fake Tor browser

A recent campaign by Satacom downloader is delivering a cryptocurrency-stealing extension for Chromium-based browsers, such as Chrome, Brave and Opera.

Kaspersky researchers discuss infection methods used by Mirai-based RapperBot, Rhadamantys stealer, and CUEMiner: smart brute forcing, malvertising, and distribution through BitTorrent and OneDrive.

How deals and arrangements are made on the dark web, what parties are involved, what escrow services and arbitration are and how these affect the security of deals.

Kaspersky observes a growth in malvertising activity that exploits Google search ads to promote fake software websites that deliver stealers, such as RedLine and Rhadamantys.

In H2 2022, the percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked increased by 3.5 percentage points compared to the previous six-month period, reaching 34.3%.

Statistics on spam and phishing with the key trends in 2022: two-stage spear phishing, hijacking of social network and instant messaging accounts, import substitution, and survey phishing.

Explaining web beacons (web bugs, spy or tracking pixels), what companies use these on websites and in e-mail, how and why.

Kaspersky’s predictions about the threats to corporations in 2023: media blackmail, fake leaks, cloud attacks, and more advanced ransomware.