Threats

Transatlantic Cable Podcast episode 2: autonomous pizza delivery, Sarahah’s privacy issues, reprieve for victims of Yahoo!’s data breach and more.

A story about a large malicious campaign carried out in Facebook Messenger — and how it worked.

How mobile Trojans exploit WAP billing to steal money, and how to protect yourself.

Modern technology actually helps phone scammers — what you need to know to stay safe.

Android Trojans have been mimicking banking apps, messengers, and social apps for a while. Taxi-booking apps are next on the list.

Black Hat 2017 demonstrated that Microsoft enterprise solutions could be quite useful in attackers’ hands.

Assembly robots are made with physical safety in mind, but hacking these machines is still frighteningly easy

Global IT security problems like the recent Petya attack are of clear concern to large corporations — but they affect common people as well.

A new ransomware outbreak is happening right now. Here’s what we know so far and what you can do to protect yourself from the threat.

Adware found on 250 million computers spies on users and can install other software.

How a couple of simple permissions let an application steal passwords, log user actions, and do many other nasty things.

By now, everyone has heard about the WannaCry ransomware attack. So far we have two posts about it: one with a general overview of what happened, and another with advice

Kaspersky Lab is teaming up with Comae Technologies to present an emergency webinar for businesses to help them understand and defend against the WannaCry ransomware. The malware has primarily affected business networks, and has claimed victims around the world in a wide range of industries.

What makes the self-replicating encryptor WannaCry so dangerous and how to prevent infection.

The most sophisticated attack ever seen on any endpoint, this modular spyware lurks on Android and iOS.

We investigated three cases of ATM robbery — involving remote-controlled malware, a Bluetooth keyboard, and a drill.

Cameras in buildings, public areas, and even at home spy on us without our knowledge or consent. What can we do about it?

Connected dolls pose a hacking risk.

Kaspersky Lab researchers disclose vulnerabilities in connected car apps.

Three-quarters of crypto-ransomware in 2016 came from the Russian-speaking criminal underground.