Nearly everyone browses the Internet on a daily basis, be they children or adults, and although we work hard on making every day a safe day, it’s never too late to remind ourselves of the possible risks associated with browsing online. Tomorrow, February 9, is Safer Internet Day and to celebrate it we have compiled […]
When the boss is the biggest threat to a company’s security
February 7, 2016
Every company works with valuable information about its business what needs to be kept behind closed doors. The employees with access to this information have to be aware of its importance and their obligation is to keep it safe, but what happens is one of them leaves the company? As we have already drawn attention […]
Kaspersky Security Bulletin. Spam and phishing in 2015
February 5, 2016
The year in figures According to Kaspersky Lab, in 2015 The proportion of spam in email flows was 55.28%, which is 11.48 percentage points lower than in 2014. 79% of spam emails were no more than 2 KB in size. 15.2% of spam was sent from the US. 146,692,256 instances that triggered the ‘Antiphishing’ system […]
WhatsApp now allows group chats of 256 people
February 4, 2016
Yep, you’ve read that correctly. From now on you can have group chats with up to 256 people at a time. Can you imagine that? All of those people chatting at once… just think of all the notifications you’ll have of you leave your smartphone down for a few minutes! WhatsApp groups are practically unavoidable […]
When one works in a power plant, a water treatment facility, a gas plant, a recycling center, or any other critical infrastructure for a country, it’s essential to be extra careful about what you post on social media. It might seem to be common sense, but IT security experts have raised worries over the amount […]
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Bot fixes buggy code so you don’t have to
February 3, 2016
Hidden tear and its spin offs
February 2, 2016
Background A while ago Turkish security group Otku Sen created the hidden tear ransomware and published the source code online. Idea behind it was to “teach” security researchers how ransomware works. Right from the beginning the reaction of various security professionals was negative. And we were right, it didn’t take long before the first ransomware variants […]
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You need these critical Android updates – but will you get them?
February 2, 2016
From offering discounted sunglasses (designer label, of course) to gift card for well-known stores, the world of SMS spam is one that continues to trick unwitting victims. You’d think that by now we would all be aware of the scams behind these messages which we receive on our mobile devices, but with these spammers becoming […]