A security researcher has found that Android phones can be easily hacked by a text file.   A specially crafted multimedia message (MMS) can do the job. This would leave a vast majority of Android users are at risk. All the attacker would need is the victim’s mobile number. The exploit has been called Stagefright, a […]

Just like sending greeting cards by post, physically presenting your CV for a prospective job offer is becoming extinct. The digital world in which we live has rendered the act of traditional post as unnecessary – now it is easy, not just for the candidates but also the HR department, to receive CVs by electronic […]

Q2 in figures According to KSN data, Kaspersky Lab solutions detected and repelled a total of 379,972,834 malicious attacks from online resources located all over the world. Kaspersky Lab’s web antivirus detected 26,084,253 unique malicious objects: scripts, exploits, executable files, etc. 65,034,577 unique URLs were recognized as malicious by web antivirus components. 51% of web […]

With the barrage of news about Hacking Team, the massive cyber espionage by governments, and the US intelligence raids, it might seem that cybercriminals are taking a different route compared to your average criminal. However, don’t let this fool you as they are all after the same thing which, as the famous song goes, is […]

Starting today, Microsoft is offering most Windows 7 and Windows 8 users a free upgrade to the software giant’s latest operating system — Windows 10. But there’s a very important security caveat that users should know about before transitioning to the new OS: Unless you opt out, Windows 10 will by default share your Wi-Fi network […]