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We begin our synopsis of this week by looking forward to next week when Microsoft will – at long last – discontinue its support of the once ubiquitous, forever vulnerable,

The criminals continue to do their bad business and law enforcement agencies successfully chase them down. That happens every month, so here are the most interesting cases from March. A

March brought with it a host of new security stories, and with those stories came our continued promise to keep you informed while providing protection against cybercriminals. From our interactive

In the news this month: more transparency reports, Microsoft zero days, data breaches, and NSA revelations. WhatsApp – the popular global messaging service – is acquired by Facebook, much to

You have a particularly high chance of encountering fake news on April Fool’s Day. In addition to joking headlines of mainstream media outlets, you can encounter a link to dedicated

In the days of cyberwars and cybermafia, it’s hard to recall times when computer viruses and worms were just research projects or pranks.  Back then, there were no monetary incentive

Last week was something of a slow week for those of us that spend our days writing about computer security news. However, while there may not have been an abundance

Perhaps it has happened to you. One day you open your Internet browser and instead of going to your usual homepage, you go to the landing page of a search

Last week brought us a host of news stories, including a handful of highlights. As usual, we have collected the most interesting security news and are bringing it to you

A number of Samsung’s popular Galaxy devices reportedly contain an alleged backdoor that could give attackers remote control of vulnerable handsets, effectively turning successfully exploited phones into mobile spying machines.

If you try to think of the most secure place in the world, you probably think of some military bunker or U.S. President’s hiding vault. But for us ordinary folks,

This is a story of when security works, but it may also be the story of a new way to exploit the internet for dirty money: As you can easily

Late on a Friday afternoon in the middle of February Apple quietly issued a fix for a critical certificate validation bug in iOS that essentially could have given an attacker

Our CEO Eugene Kaspersky held his keynote on March 11, 2014 at the CeBIT Global Conference. He presented some examples to the audience, explaining the dangers of the world we

No doubt it has been a crazy week for anyone even remotely interested in Bitcoin. Mt. Gox, once the largest Bitcoin exchange marketplace out there, has shut down, putting a

As always, we continue to closely monitor the progress of law enforcement agencies as they chase down cybercriminals. Here are some cases from the last month. 3 years for DDoS-attack

The Olympics are over, but there’s one more top performer to consider for a gold medal: Kaspersky Lab, whose antivirus and computer security products performed more successfully than any other

Learn the ins and outs of TOR and what kind of sites this technology makes available in your system.

The growth of cyber threats targeting mobile devices has grown hand-in-hand with the increasing ubiquity of mobile devices in everyday lives. The range of threats grows just as rapidly as

Even though February is the shortest month of the year, we still have plenty of top stories to share with you, keeping you in the know when it comes to

Kaspersky Lab’s Brian Donohue rounds up the latest security news from the month of February 2014. Download podcast for offline listening