Tag: Kaspersky
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New LianSpy spyware targets Android smartphones
Kaspersky Blog – 8.5.24 Spyware is a dangerous tool that can be used to selectively monitor specific victims. Often the victims are employees in a single company, or residents in a single country. The new mobile spyware, which we discovered and dubbed LianSpy, targets — for now — users of Android smartphones in Russia, but…
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Global outage of Microsoft clients due to CrowdStrike update
Kaspersky Blog – 7.19.24 Ever heard the unspoken rule: “Never release on Friday”? We have, but CrowdStrike hasn’t. They released a tiny driver on an ordinary Friday morning, which became the cause of a huge outage all over the world. Source: Global outage of Microsoft clients due to CrowdStrike update
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Hidden dangers of free VPN services
Kaspersky Blog – 7.17.24 Regarding VPNs, a popular refrain these days goes something like: “Why bother paying for a VPN when there are tons of free ones out there?” But are free VPN services truly free? This post explains why thinking they are is misguided, and offers the optimal solution: one of the fastest and most…
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Kaspersky Premium takes top spot in anti-phishing tests
Kaspersky Blog – 7.15.24 We write a lot about phishing, and always recommend our products as the best line of defense. And for good reason — Kaspersky Premium for Windows outperformed 14 other solutions in AV-Comparatives’ 2024 Anti-Phishing Test — beating global vendors like Bitdefender, McAfee, Avast, and others. Source: Kaspersky Premium takes top spot in anti-phishing tests
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When two-factor authentication is useless
Kaspersky Blog – 6.10.24 Two-factor authentication (2FA) with the use of one-time passwords (OTPs) is now often seen as a cure-all against phishing, social engineering, account theft, and other cyber-maladies. By requesting an OTP at login, the service in question provides an additional protective layer of user verification. The code can be generated in a…
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New security and privacy features in Android 15
Kaspersky Blog – 5.28.24 At the recent I/O 2024 developer conference in California, Google presented the second beta version of its Android 15 operating system — codenamed Vanilla Ice Cream. The company also gave us a closer look at the new security and privacy features coming with the update. Source: New security and privacy features…
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Two-stage Dropbox spear phishing
Kaspersky Blog – 5.17.24 Phishers are increasingly using sophisticated targeted attacks. In addition to leveraging a variety of legitimate online services, they employ social engineering to trick the victim into following a link. We recently uncovered another in a series of unconventional multi-stage phishing schemes that merits at least a warning to employees who handle…
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What is credential stuffing?
Kaspersky Blog – 5.7.24 Millions of accounts fall victim to credential stuffing attacks each year. This method has become so widespread that back in 2022, one authentication provider reported an average of one credential stuffing attempt for every two legitimate account logins. And it’s unlikely that the situation has improved over the past couple of years.…
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How to prevent surveillance through banner ads
Kaspersky Blog – 4.17.24 The industrial scale of surveillance of internet users is a topic we keep returning to. Every click on a website, every scroll in a mobile app, and every word you type into a search bar is tracked by dozens of tech companies and advertising firms. And it affects not only phones and computers, but…