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Who’s Behind the GandCrab Ransomware?

July 8, 2019 admin +7-951-7805896, A Little Sunshine, Breadcrumbs, dedserver, gandcrab ransomware, hottabych_k2@mail.ru, Igor Prokopenko, kaspersky lab, metall2, Ne'er-Do-Well News, oneiilk2, oneillk2, sec.service@mail.ru

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 17:27:42 +0000

The crooks behind an affiliate program that paid cybercriminals to install the destructive and wildly successful GandCrab ransomware strain announced on May 31, 2019 they were terminating the program after allegedly having earned more than $2 billion in extortion payouts from victims. What follows is a deep dive into who may be responsible for recruiting new members to help spread the contagion.

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What is a hoax, where do hoaxes come from, and why are they dangerous?

June 19, 2019 admin fraud, hoax, kaspersky, kaspersky lab, news, Products, report, research, Threats

Credit to Author: Artemy Ovchinnikov| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 11:45:26 +0000

What the Hoax verdict means, and why such software is becoming more of a problem.

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Introducing the new us

June 4, 2019 admin eugene kaspersky, kaspersky, kaspersky lab, news, rebranding, Special Projects

Credit to Author: Eugene Kaspersky| Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2019 08:05:06 +0000

Eugene Kaspersky on why Kaspersky Lab became simply Kaspersky — and the plans behind that change.

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Our new emulator technology: real crafty malware’s worst nightmare.

May 27, 2019 admin AI, emulator, HuMachine, kaspersky lab, ksn, patents, Products, technologies, Technology

Credit to Author: Eugene Kaspersky| Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 14:03:18 +0000

Emulator in Kaspersky Lab products: what is it and why it’s so important for antivirus to have one.

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The perils of fake technical support

April 18, 2019 admin fraud, kaspersky lab, SCAM, social media, support, Threats, Tips

Credit to Author: Tatyana Sidorina| Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 09:40:07 +0000

Fake technical support websites and accounts in social networks pose a real danger. How to spot and avoid them.

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Kaspersky Lab files antitrust complaint against Apple in Russia

March 19, 2019 admin App Store, apple, FAS, kaspersky lab, Kaspersky Safe Kids, Products

Credit to Author: Kaspersky Team| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 12:35:41 +0000

All about why Kaspersky Lab filed an antitrust complaint against Apple in Russia.

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Patch Tuesday, March 2019 Edition

March 12, 2019 admin Allan Liska, Ask Woody, CVE-2019-0797, CVE-2019-0808, CVE-2019-5786, kaspersky lab, Patch Tuesday March 2019, Qualys, sans internet storm center, Time to Patch, ZDNet

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 04:55:28 +0000

Microsoft on Tuesday pushed out software updates to fix more than five dozen security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems, Internet Explorer, Edge, Office and Sharepoint. If you (ab)use Microsoft products, it’s time once again to start thinking about getting your patches on. Malware or bad guys can remotely exploit roughly one-quarter of the flaws fixed in today’s patch batch without any help from users.

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Former Russian Cybersecurity Chief Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison

February 26, 2019 admin chronopay, Dmitry Dokuchaev, Georgi Fomchenkov, kaspersky lab, Ne'er-Do-Well News, pavel vrublevsky, Pharma Wars, Ruslan Stoyanov, Sergei Mikhailov

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 00:43:41 +0000

A Russian court has handed down lengthy prison terms for two men convicted on treason charges for allegedly sharing information about Russian cybercriminals with U.S. law enforcement officials. The men — a former Russian cyber intelligence official and an executive at Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab — were reportedly prosecuted for their part in an investigation into Pavel Vrublevsky, a convicted cybercriminal who ran one of the world’s biggest spam networks and was a major focus of my 2014 book, Spam Nation.