Web threats

Two Top Twenties have been compiled from data generated by the Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) throughout February 2009.

2007-2008 was the start of a new period characterized by a rapid increase in the number of Trojan programs designed to steal information, mostly related to bank accounts and online games.

Unlike our previous six-month and annual statistical reports, this report is completely based on data collected and processed using the Kaspersky Security Network (KSN).

We have seen quite a few different and controversial comments regarding the recent attack on usa.kaspersky.com/support. People have questions and want answers: what really happened and what risk did the penetration create?

As a member of group dealing with the incident analysis I would like to…

Two Top Twenties have been compiled from data generated by the Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) throughout January 2009.

Kido can be very painful to get rid of. That’s why we’ve decided to release a free tool which can be used to clean infected machines.

Drive-by downloads became increasingly common in 2008. With webmasters becoming more aware of security issues, the criminals out there are always looking for new techniques to ensure that their malware survives longer.

Two Top Twenties have been compiled from data provided by the Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) throughout December 2008

Two Top Twenties have been compiled from data provided by the Kaspersky Security Network in November 2008.

Yesterday we detected the onset of the latest mass hack attack – websites being hacked and links placed on them that lead to malicious servers.

Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been seeing new modifications of the PDF exploits spread and managed by the El Fiesta toolkit.

Two virus rankings have been compiled as a result of Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) activity in September

In its second month of compiling data, the new Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) technology revealed some significant changes amongst the most widespread malicious programs.

Cooperating with the Dutch police

If you read the IT media, you may have seen reports about the new worm we detected yesterday – Net-Worm.Win32.Koobface. We’ve got four variants so far, and there may well be more to come.