Many organizations choose Linux for strategically important servers and systems, not least because this operating system is thought to be safer and less prone to cyberthreats than the far more popular Windows operating system. While this is the case for mass malware attacks, it is not so clear cut when it comes to advanced persistent… Continue reading Penguin caught in the crosshairs: advanced persistent threat groups actively target Linux-based workstations and servers
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Kaspersky Lab helps to eliminate seven vulnerabilities in Industrial IoT Platform solution
Kaspersky Lab experts have helped to identify and patch seven previously unknown vulnerabilities in the ThingsPro Suite – an industrial IoT platform, designed for industrial control systems (ICS) data acquisition and remote analysis. Some of the vulnerabilities found could potentially allow threat actors to gain highly privileged access to industrial IoT gateways and execute deadly commands. All… Continue reading Kaspersky Lab helps to eliminate seven vulnerabilities in Industrial IoT Platform solution
Cyberthreats to financial institutions in 2019: overview and predictions
The past year has been extremely eventful in terms of the digital threats faced by financial institutions — cybercrime groups have used new infiltration techniques and the geography of attacks has become more extensive. Despite this, let’s start the review with a positive trend: in 2018, police arrested a number of well-known cybercrime group members… Continue reading Cyberthreats to financial institutions in 2019: overview and predictions
CYBER HYGIENE 101: Kaspersky Lab Underscores Securing Digital Assets Like Physical Valuables
With the undeniable dependency of humans to their connected devices, amid the steadily increasing number of attacks and the whopping costs of successful data breaches, Kaspersky Lab recently stressed the need for improved cyber hygiene among Internet users to protect the intangible, yet highly valuable digital assets. The global cybersecurity company, with hundreds of researchers… Continue reading CYBER HYGIENE 101: Kaspersky Lab Underscores Securing Digital Assets Like Physical Valuables
Trust First: Kaspersky Lab launches its Global Transparency Initiative; will provide source code – including updates – for a third-party review; will open three Transparency Centers worldwide
The Global Transparency Initiative is part of Kaspersky Lab’s ongoing commitment to assuring the integrity and trustworthiness of its products in service of its corporate mission: protecting customers from cyberthreats Kaspersky Lab is announcing the launch of its Global Transparency Initiative as part of its ongoing commitment to protecting customers from cyberthreats, regardless of their… Continue reading Trust First: Kaspersky Lab launches its Global Transparency Initiative; will provide source code – including updates – for a third-party review; will open three Transparency Centers worldwide
Kaspersky Lab Outperforms the Competition to Secure Testing Top Spot
Kaspersky Lab has claimed top spot in the TOP3 metric for Internet security for the third year in a row, proving that its products offer the best protection from cyberthreats in the industry. Kaspersky Lab products scored more top-three places than any other vendor in comprehensive independent testing throughout 2015. The annual TOP3 rating, devised… Continue reading Kaspersky Lab Outperforms the Competition to Secure Testing Top Spot