Tag: Kaspersky Labs
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Dear YouTubers, phishers are after your accounts
Kaspersky Labs Blog – 5.10.19 (5.7.19) Do you have a channel on YouTube? How’s it doing — got more than a thousand subscribers yet? If so, you can expect a message something like this: “We’re evaluating your request for monetizing your YouTube channel.” The problem is, it might be fake. Read more: Dear YouTubers, phishers…
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Why buying a “smart” padlock is a bad idea
Kaspersky Labs Blog – 5.7.19 (5.6.19) Recently I’ve been binge-watching the LockPickingLawyer channel on YouTube. There’s a whole lot to learn from these videos, especially if you were never into the lock-picking business. But one particular thing made a big impression: how badly “smart” padlocks perform when it comes to physical security. Read more: Why buying a…
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Why you need to clean up your computer right now
Kaspersky Labs Blog – 5.2.19 (4.25.19) If you work with a computer (as you probably do), you almost certainly handle a lot of documents: some financial, some technical, some confidential. And then there are the perhaps hundreds of e-mail messages that arrive every day. However careful you are, there’s likely to have been at least…
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Mobile World Congress 2019 recap
Kaspersky Labs Blog – 3.8.19 (3.6.19) What happens at Mobile World Congress never stays there. On the contrary, things that are introduced at one of the biggest events for the telecommunication and consumer electronics industries affect the lives of almost everyone on the planet. So even if you aren’t that interested in smartphones or telecom…
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Out-of-office replies: How not to spill too many beans
Kaspersky Labs blog – 3.7.19 (3.6.19) Before a vacation or business trip, many employees configure an autoreply to incoming e-mails so that clients and colleagues know who to contact in their absence. Usually such messages include the duration of the trip, contact details of cover staff, and sometimes information about current projects. Read more: Out-of-office…
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How pirates hook gamers
Kaspersky Labs Blog – 2.20.19 (2.15.19) Brandon wanted to play a computer game without paying. No fool, he knows where to download games free (without SMS or registration). The Internet is teeming with sites with headings such as “Download pirated games free without viruses.” Read more: How pirates hook gamers
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Got a direct message from a top YouTuber? Chances are, it’s phishing
Kaspersky Labs Blog – 2.11.19 Are you subscribed to a top YouTuber’s channel? If so, at any moment, a message purporting to be from your preferred celebrity can land in your inbox. At first glance, the text looks like amazing news. Your fancied YouTube star feels extremely grateful to you for being one of their…
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Voice assistants hear things we don’t
Kaspersky Labs Blog – 2.6.19 (2.5.19) Our interaction with technology could soon be predominantly voice-based. To ask for something out loud and hear the answer is literally child’s play: Just take a look at how effortlessly kids use voice assistants. Read more: Voice assistants hear things we don’t
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What businesses should know about our partners
Kaspersky Labs Blog – 2.1.19 (1.29.19) A huge proportion of our B2B end users do not work with Kaspersky Lab directly. They are, in fact, customers of our partners: resellers, service and support providers, system integrators, resellers, system integrators, training centers, OEMs, and more. When talking about their expertise, they usually mention having “silver” or…
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How eSIM works
Kaspersky Labs Blog – 1.25.19 (1.23.19) As often happens when a technology sits quietly for years until adopted by Apple, suddenly, it’s grabbing headlines. Almost three years ago, we wrote about the first smart watch that supported so-called eSIM technology, but only now is it becoming widely known — because the iPhone XR, XS, and XS Max support the…