air conditionersHacking air conditioners leads to the whole block’s blackout
Researchers expose how a criminal can hack air conditioners to crash the power grid.
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ATMs7 reasons why it’s oh so easy for bad guys to hack an ATM
What’s wrong with ATMs’ security and what should the banks do about it
Top 10 Tweets from the SAS 2016
The SAS 2016 has come and gone. Here’s a look back on the top 10 Tweets from the conference to relive the magic.
breachMedicine under fire: how to hack a hospital
At SAS 2016 Sergey Lozhkin revealed how he hacked his friend’s hospital and medical equipment.
AdwindChatting Adwind with Vitaly Kamluk
Vitaly Kamluk of the Kaspersky GReAT discusses Adwind during the SAS 2016.
Using math to catch a cybercriminal
Observing cybercriminals’ behaviour one can find consistent patterns and thus find out who the criminal is in real life
A Touch of Artistry: Poseidon’s APT Boutique
Targeted attacks are visibly commoditizing, choosing cost efficiency over sophistication. If a combination of social engineering, tweaks to widely-available malware and legit apps can do the trick, why bother to create something original and exquisite?
The Poseidon’s Domain
At The SAS 2016, Kaspersky Lab researchers discussed the newly discovered Poseidon Group. A custom APT boutique chasing commercially valuable data
The wind that smells like RAT: The story of Adwind MaaS
Successful malware writers quickly figured that offering their creations to ‘people-with-a-purpose’ could be very profitable. Yet offering a service proved even more lucrative.
bankingBank Busting and Beyond: Metel, GCMan and Carbanak 2.0!
From ancient times, the banking business has been associated with the danger of theft. The advance of technology has provided criminals with extra opportunities.
Welcome to Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit 2016!
Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit has begun! In this post we’re running a liveblog from the event – thoughts and impressions of the participants, updated in real time. So everybody’s welcome!
Adwind malware-as-a-service hits more than 400,000 users globally
At SAS 2016 our GReAT experts talk about a Java-based multi platform malware used by hundreds of cybercriminals for a handful of purposes
Dozens of banks lose millions to cybercriminals attacks
Fraudsters portfolio updated: now they’ve learnt to steal money from banks directly. How did it happen?
Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit: a few words about training
Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit is planned for next February. Among the highlights of SAS 2016 are trainings for the attending participants, with top Kaspersky Lab’s researchers and other security experts at the helm.