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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. The final version of GPCode used a 660-bit encryption key, which...

Tags: kaspersky, ransomware, kaspersky labs

[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 check out what your high-street...

Tags: photos of the month, photos of the year, photo

[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 Windows operating systems...

Tags: windows vista, vista, kaspersky labs, hackers

[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 actual proven exploits are very...

Tags: mac, apple

[01 Aug 2006]

Are rogue wireless hotspots stealing business secrets?

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 encryption.

Tags: mobile wireless

[30 May 2006]

Analysis: A globetrotter's guide to cyber crime

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 one-fifth of internet attacks and probes last...

Tags: scam, nigerian 419 scams, malware, spam

[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 Kaspersky Labs antivirus engine again...

Tags: sybari, kaspersky labs, antigen, microsoft

[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 dramatic rise in the amount of spyware in the...

Tags: kaspersky labs, trojan

[10 Feb 2006]

Russian hackers sold WMF exploit for $4k

News Competing hacker groups in Russia were peddling the exploit code responsible for the Windows Meta File (WMF) attacks last December for $4,000, according to security company Kaspersky Labs. A statement on the Kaspersky Labs site said more than a...

Tags: kaspersky labs, wmf, flaw, hackers

[03 Feb 2006]

3 February virus: Are we ready for it?

News But Eugene Kaspersky, head of research and development at Kaspersky Labs, said the virus could cause havoc. Antivirus companies are at odds over the severity of a time-bomb virus which is set to go off on 3 February.

Tags: antivirus

[31 Jan 2006]

Security professionals back tougher laws for hackers

News Eugene Kaspersky from Kaspersky Labs told silicon.com he fears the new laws will actually make no difference to the problem of internet crime. The IT security industry has almost unanimously given its backing to government plans to update the...

[26 Jan 2006]

Photos: Inside Moscow's <strong>Kaspersky</strong> <strong>Labs</strong>

Photos: Inside Moscow's Kaspersky Labs

Photo Despite this, the city is also home to a fast growing force in the IT security market.silicon.com recently travelled to the Russian capital to visit the offices of Kaspersky Labs. On the outskirts of Moscow, Kaspersky Labs occupies four floors of...

Tags: moscow, kaspersky labs, virus, antivirus

[25 Jan 2006]

Inside Kaspersky Labs: AV at the cold heart of Russia

Comment It's -40°c outside as I'm driven through the barren, ice-bound outskirts of Moscow to meet up with Russian antivirus company Kaspersky Labs. They learn much of what they know on the job, despite the fact Kaspersky tells silicon.com he's not opposed...

Tags: kaspersky labs, moscow, virus writer, virus

[25 Jan 2006]

Kaspersky boss explodes security myths

News Speaking to silicon.com in Moscow, the eponymous head of Kaspersky Labs said companies' own agendas and some well-worn stereotypes about cyber crime stand in the way of reasoned discussion. Russian antivirus guru Eugene Kaspersky has hit out at...

Tags: kaspersky labs, virus writer, virus, malware

[23 Jan 2006]

Was your business at risk for 56 days this year?

News The company claims CA, Kaspersky Labs, McAfee, Sophos, Symantec and Trend Micro were guilty of leaving their customers unprotected for at least 16 hours in the case of Sober variants and 21 days in the case of MyTob variants.

Tags: patch, security, antivirus, patch management

[19 Dec 2005]

Virus alert: Sober trio in the wild

News Antivirus company Kaspersky Labs said on its website that large numbers of infected emails have been intercepted. Kaspersky Labs identified the variants as Sober.u, Sober.v, and Sober.w. Infected messages may have a random subject line or none at...

Tags: sober virus, virus, hate mail, sober

[16 Nov 2005]

Smart phone viruses: Nokia and Symantec hook up

News Earlier this year, software maker Kaspersky Labs released its own mobile antivirus software. Nokia has entered a pact with Symantec to help secure its mobile phones from viruses that target certain kinds of handsets.

Tags: mobile phone virus, mobile virus, smart phone, series 60

[06 Oct 2005]

Flaw mars Kaspersky antivirus software

News A "critical" flaw in Kaspersky Labs' antivirus software could let an attacker commandeer systems that use the products, a security researcher warned on Monday. The problem lies in Kaspersky's antivirus library, security researcher Alex Wheeler...

Tags: kaspersky labs, antivirus

[04 Oct 2005]

Malware ID scheme set to sort naming muddle

News Kaspersky Labs and Trend Micro will do the same, company representatives said. ICSA Labs, a research and testing outfit, also participates. The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team is preparing to take the wraps off the Common Malware Enumeration...

Tags: cme, virus, worm

[23 Sep 2005]

IM threats - going one of two ways

IM threats - going one of two ways

News However, as reported on silicon.com earlier, Alexander Gostev, senior virus analyst at Kaspersky Labs, has expressed his belief that IM threats will be quickly brought under control as firms act to control the use of IM within the corporate network.

Tags: virus, malware, im

[19 Apr 2005]

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