Tag: Kaspersky Labs
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Why you should never reuse passwords
Kaspersky Labs Blog – 12.6.18 (12.4.18) Using one password for everything is convenient, but it’s also dangerously insecure. We examine the case of Mark, a young designer. Mark is a regular guy. He has e-mail, Facebook, Instagram, Amazon, eBay, Steam, and Battle.net accounts, not to mention ones for another dozen online stores and a forum…
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Things of Internet: How smart devices fail because of their Web dependence
Kaspersky Labs Blog – 12.4.18 (12.3.18) After a long day at work, you’re heading home. You open an app in your smartphone and tap a button on the screen. A dozen miles away, your apartment comes to life. Smart bulbs light up, the smart thermostat starts to heat the room, the smart kettle begins to…
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Holiday shopping and holiday phishing
Kaspersky Labs Blog – 11.26.18 (11.21.18) November is the first month of the busiest shopping season of the year. It all begins on 11.11, otherwise known as Singles’ Day in China, which has since morphed into one of the largest online (and offline) shopping days in the world, Immediately followed by Black Friday, which falls…
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Black Friday: How to pay with your card, not your card details
Kaspersky Labs Blog – 11.20.18 (11.19.18) Black Friday — the first day of the Christmas sales season — is almost here, and many online stores are already advertising juicy discounts and other promotions. But sellers aren’t the only ones on the hunt for buyers. Lurking in the shadows, cybercriminals armed with banking Trojans are poised to steal…
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Is blockchain compatible with privacy?
Kaspersky Labs Blog – 10.31.18 Coming up on the tenth anniversary of Satoshi Nakamoto’s paper, do we really need yet another take on Bitcoin? Well, I think so. Today, I am going to focus on an aspect of this technology that needs more discussion — privacy. Read more: Is blockchain compatible with privacy?
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Using the Threat Intelligence Portal to become your own cyberdetective
Kaspersky Labs Blog – 10.25.18 Soon after new malware strikes, security analysis papers appear. You can learn a lot from this research, such as the malware’s origins, penetration methods, creator’s goals. Of course, you also update the databases of your security systems to block the threat, although if you are already under attack, it’s too…
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Making two-factor authentication much stronger in two easy steps
Kaspersky Labs Blog – 9.13.18 (9.12.18) Reading a recent post about a stolen iPhone and the importance of two-factor notification, I had a mortifying realization. I’d happily enabled 2FA for pretty much all possible accounts — banks, Google, if they had the option, I took it. No petty thief would put one over on me, no ma’am. Read more:…