Report: Symantec And Kaspersky Excluded From Approved Antivirus List In China
The U.S.-based antivirus firm Symantec and Russia’s Kaspersky Lab have been added to the growing list of foreign tech firms banned from China, according to latest reports.Chinese government-owned...
View ArticlePeople Are Flipping Out Over This Spy Software Created By An Unknown Government
An unusually sophisticated malware called “Regin” has attacked internet and telecommunications companies in 14 countries since 2008, Symantec and Kaspersky Labs said in separate reports. Symantec...
View ArticleA Russian cyber-security company is impressing the skeptics
There is more than one reason to harbour doubts about Eugene Kaspersky and the computer-security company that bears his name. He graduated from an institute close to the KGB and later worked for the...
View ArticleResearcher shows a ridiculously easy way to hack into smart bracelets like...
A Russian security researcher was able to hack into his own smart bracelet in a relatively easy way (well, easy for a programmer).Roman Unuchek, a mobile threats expert at Kaspersy Lab, built an...
View ArticleOne of the biggest security firms in the world admits it was hacked
Russia-based Kaspersky Lab, one of the biggest and most well-known cybersecurity research firms in the world, has admitted to being hacked.In a blog post published earlier today, Kaspersky Lab CEO and...
View ArticleCyber expert: People are missing the real question we should ask about Israel...
The global cybersecurity firm that uncovered sophisticated spyware in the computers of European hotels hosting the Iran nuclear talks has reported on the powerful Israeli-linked virus before....
View ArticleThe NSA has been targeting one of the largest antivirus companies in the world
Newly unearthed documents obtained by The Intercept indicate that the National Security Agency (NSA) as well as the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) have been targeting the largest...
View ArticleHackers will love internet-connected fridges and other appliances, warns a...
Eugene Kaspersky is the founder of one of the world’s most prominent anti-virus companies, known for uncovering some of the biggest digital threats.Now, he has a word of advice for people thinking...
View ArticleA hacker cartel is using a mysterious Flash vulnerability to steal sensitive...
Hackers are using a mysterious, as yet undiscovered, Flash vulnerability, to steal sensetive business data from Macbook and Windows users, according to researchers at Kaspersky Lab.Kaspersky Lab...
View ArticleWhy Adobe Flash won't die, even though we all want it to
There are few pieces of software that are as hated as Adobe Flash.After a near 20-year history, Adobe Flash– a piece of code designed to let web browsers play things like videos, GIFs and animations –...
View ArticleThe malware that's been holding gamers' files hostage for $500 is now even...
A family of malware known as TeslaCrypt has been plaguing gamers for months. It gained notoriety a few months back as one of the most serious online blackmail schemes, and now it seems to have gotten...
View ArticleA look inside the insanely successful life of Russian mathematician and...
Eugene Kaspersky is the Russian entrepreneur behind the antivirus company Kaspersky Lab. His company is known as a leader in the industry, frequently discovering important cybersecurity weaknesses.But...
View ArticleRussian antivirus firm Kaspersky faked malware to harm rivals, according to...
Beginning more than a decade ago, one of the largest security companies in the world, Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab, tried to damage rivals in the marketplace by tricking their antivirus-software programs...
View ArticleAn incredibly dangerous ATM malware program has returned
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Payments Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Take extra care next time you pull money out of an ATM.Kaspersky Lab, an...
View ArticleA top hacker-hunter at Russia's largest cybersecurity firm has been arrested...
A key cybercrime investigator at Russia's biggest cybersecurity firm, Kaspersky, was arrested on charges of treason last month, Russia's Kommersant newspaper reported on Wednesday.Kaspersky Lab...
View ArticleA Russian security software company is raising eyebrows among officials in...
The United States says it is reviewing government use of software from Russia's Kaspersky Lab amid concerns that Moscow could use the product to attack US computer systems.Defense Intelligence Agency...
View ArticleThe FBI is interviewing American employees of Russia's top cybersecurity firm
The FBI interviewed at least a dozen employees of the elite Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab on Tuesday night, visiting them at their homes on the east and west coasts to gather facts about how...
View ArticleNew Android malware that spreads via text can steal victims' credit card...
It's wise not to enter your credit card details into shady-looking apps and websites if you don't want your details stolen.But sometimes, not even the apps you know and trust are safe.A piece of...
View ArticleRussian hackers reportedly stole NSA information on how the US defends itself...
Russian government hackers stole information on how the US infiltrates foreign computers and defends itself against cyberattacks, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.The hackers were able to...
View Article'The nail in the coffin': Russia's top cyber firm may have made a...
Russian hackers reportedly stole top-secret intelligence from the National Security Agency by exploiting Kaspersky antivirus software.Experts say that, depending on what was stolen from the contractor,...
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