Press Releases
12 April 2022Stalkerware – which enables someone to spy on another person’s private life using a smart device – affected more than 32,000 Kaspersky mobile users globally last year.
8 April 2022In 2021, Kaspersky's security portfolio held the leading position in the TOP3 metric.
6 April 2022 Kaspersky’s new patented blockchain technology eases the data management process and ensures the lawful sending and processing of information. It also guarantees authentication reliability of parties involved during data transfers and ensures...
22 March 2022Based on its performance in 2021, Kaspersky Safe Kids has been recognized by AV-TEST as having a comprehensive split of features necessary to protect children across devices using Android, Windows and iOS.
7 March 2022 According to a commissioned survey conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Kaspersky, IT security leaders seeking to boost internal threat intelligence (TI) programs would prefer to delegate five out of eight major TI aspects to external...
23 February 2022 In 2021, the financial threats landscape witnessed positive changes with the overall number of users affected by malware reduced significantly, including a 35% drop in PC malware. Still, financial organizations, as cybercriminals’ most lucrative...
21 February 2022 In 2021, Kaspersky saw a steady decline in attacks on mobile devices, while cybercriminals consolidated their efforts to focus on more dangerous (and profitable) threats instead. New mobile malware has become increasingly complex, featuring new ways...
21 February 2022Kaspersky increases its shareholder power in the capital of the MyOffice suite to enhance its business development and diversification strategy.
16 February 2022 Kaspersky has received its highest evaluation from customers on Gartner Peer Insights™ for its Kaspersky Managed Detection and Response. As of February 8 , 2022, the company has received an overall rating of five out of five, based on 33 verified...
15 February 2022Global cybersecurity and privacy company Kaspersky and IT distributor LEADER have struck a new partnership across Australia & New Zealand, commencing February 2022.
14 December 2021 Kaspersky has uncovered a previously unknown IIS module (a piece of software aimed at providing additional features to Microsoft web servers) they have since dubbed Owowa that steals credentials entered by a user when logging into Outlook Web Access...
9 December 2021 Kaspersky researchers analyzed the lifecycle of phishing pages and discovered that one third of phishing pages cease to exist within a single day, making the first hours of a page's life the most dangerous for users. This is the moment when a vast...
7 December 2021 Incident response (IR) is when companies call in a team in the aftermath of a breach to limit the damage and prevent an attack from spreading. At Kaspersky, IR is handled by the Global Response Emergency Team (GERT) and is reserved for mid-size to...
8 November 2021 When compared to Q3 2020, the total number of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks increased by nearly 24%, while the total number of smart attacks (advanced DDoS attacks that are often targeted) increased by 31% when compared to the same...
27 September 2021 Kaspersky researchers have discovered an advanced Trojan, dubbed the BloodyStealer, sold on darknet forums and used to steal gamers’ accounts on popular gaming platforms such as Steam, Epic Games Store, and EA Origin. With features to avoid analysis...
2 September 2021 The number of users attacked with QakBot – a powerful banking Trojan, in the first seven months of 2021 grew by 65% in comparison to the same period in 2020 and reached 17,316 users worldwide, demonstrating that this threat is increasingly affecting...
25 August 2021Kaspersky analyzed anonymized data, voluntarily provided by Privacy Checker, a website that contains helpful advice on privacy settings for various internet services and platforms.
3 August 2021Kaspersky has achieved ‘Champion’ status, for the second consecutive year, in the 2021 Cybersecurity Leadership Matrix by Canalys, a renowned global technology market analyst firm with a distinct channel focus.
2 August 2021A recent global survey, commissioned by Kaspersky, explores the role of dating apps and the current state of technology and relationships
28 July 2021In the second quarter of 2021, the total number of DDoS attacks decreased by 38.8% compared to Q2 2020, and by 6.5% in comparison to the previous quarter in 2021.
26 July 2021 No More Ransom – the initiative started in 2016 by law enforcement and IT security companies to help victims of ransomware restore their files – turns five today. The anniversary is marked by more than 900 million US dollars of illegal profit...
14 July 2021Kaspersky experts have uncovered a rare, wide-scale advanced persistent threat (APT) campaign against users in Southeast Asia, most notably Myanmar and the Philippines.
13 July 2021 Kaspersky’s international study on dating and the impact of technology on relationships has found that the majority of users positively perceive the role of smart algorithms in dating services – 44% would trust the matchmaking choice of AI, and 64%...
12 July 2021Anonymized data, voluntarily provided by Kaspersky Internet Security for Android users, has shown which messenger apps are the most popular among phishing scammers.