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Microsoft: Vista security feature designed 'to annoy users'
News Kaspersky said: "If the user were to be notified about every one of these actions with a request for confirmation or a request to enter a password, the user will either go crazy or disable the security feature. [14 Apr 2008]
Microsoft COO dismisses SP1 concerns
News Eugene Kaspersky, co-founder and head analyst of Kaspersky, said while the security company has not yet itself encountered any difficulties with SP1, Microsoft could lose customers if it does not sort... [05 Mar 2008]
Editor's Blog: More wi-fi surprises
Comment But the past week has seen a report by Russian security champions Kaspersky Lab cross the silicon.com newsdesk. Recently I wrote about some of my home wi-fi experiences, ending on how some neighbours have decided to name... [01 Jun 2007]
'It's a wi-fi network - and it's an ad'
News In the latest report from Kaspersky Lab, Wardriving in London 2007, the Russian company mentions a growing trend for what it terms 'subliminal advertising'. Kaspersky said it first saw the trend in... [01 Jun 2007]
Kaspersky attacks Vista security controls
News Security company Kaspersky claims Windows Vista's User Account Control (UAC) - the system of user privileges that can be used to restrict users' administrative rights - will be so annoying users will disable it. [19 Mar 2007]
Ransomware on the rise, warns Kaspersky
News Eugene Kaspersky, head of antivirus research at Russia's Kaspersky Labs, told the RSA Conference in San Francisco the use of so-called "ransomware Trojans" is a key trend for 2007. Cryzip and GPCode... [07 Feb 2007]
Re:Viewing 2006: Photos of the year
Photo January 2006: silicon.com's Will Sturgeon travelled to Russia to bring news about how Kaspersky Labs is fighting cyber crime. 24 January 2006: silicon.com's Steve Ranger took a trip to Accenture's technology labs to... [20 Dec 2006]
Vista: 'Expect hackers to find holes'
News Antivirus experts from Kaspersky Labs have predicted 90 per cent of current malware will run on Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows Vista. Although at the moment Vista appears to be more secure than previous... [12 Dec 2006]
Will Mac security fears rise in line with growth?
News Last week Russian antivirus vendor Kaspersky Labs also waded in to the Mac security debate, with its own findings reporting a similar hike in the number of vulnerabilities found in OS X. And while vulnerabilities and... [01 Aug 2006]
Shortlists for CNET tech awards unveiled
News Carrot Communications Ltd - Kaspersky Lab - Crimeware The awards, which will be handed out on 26 September in London, recognise innovative use of IT in the UK, leading providers of products and services, and a CIO of the... [07 Jul 2006]
Antivirus Product Comparison: A Real-World 'Does It Work' Test
White Paper In the testing, NOD32 excelled in speed and low use of resources, while Kaspersky did a better job with archives but detected fewer overall. A real person answers the phone and the company offers close to 24/7 email... [08 Jun 2006]
Are rogue wireless hotspots stealing business secrets?
News And a separate survey by antivirus company Kaspersky Labs tested wi-fi networks in and across London and found that almost half (49 per cent) are open to attack from hackers because the networks are not using data... [30 May 2006]
Analysis: A globetrotter's guide to cyber crime
Comment That puts the country down in sixth place, according to Kaspersky Labs, supporting security expert Eugene Kaspersky's understandably patriotic debunking of this theory. The US also accounted for about... [09 May 2006]
Kaspersky AV update troubles Microsoft users
News Kaspersky Labs and Microsoft have recovered from an error that caused significant email troubles for some users of Microsoft's Antigen email security software. Antigen users started receiving updates for their... [22 Feb 2006]
Kaspersky warns of major Trojan hike
News The number of compromised computers at large on the internet has increased considerably over the past year with Trojan activity more than doubling, according to Kaspersky Labs. Kaspersky also noted a... [10 Feb 2006]
