Twitter bans Kaspersky Lab from its Ad platform, EFF gains all that advertising cash instead

Kaspersky seems to be getting into more trouble in the US with its services being either banned or grounded. Months after the US Government ordered its federal agencies to stop using any internet security software provided by Kaspersky Lab. Kaspersky indicated it had appealed to a US federal court on the grounds the ban it …

Malicious crypto-mining apps with over 100,000 downloads found in the Google Play store

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have uncovered multiple android based malicious cryptocurrency-mining applications being distributed via the Google Play store, with the miners posing as games, sports streaming apps, and VPNs. Some of these have been downloaded more than 100,000 times. While the applications appear to provide legitimate functions, their real purpose is to secretly use …

Hackers Hijack Brazilian Bank’s Entire Online Operation

Wired.com reports of an enterprising group of hackers targeting a Brazilian bank who managed to reroute all of the bank’s online customers to perfectly reconstructed clones of the bank’s properties, where the marks obediently handed over their account information. Researchers at the security firm Kaspersky on Tuesday described an unprecedented case of wholesale bank fraud, …

Kaspersky Warns Travellers of Financial Data Theft abroad by Cyber Criminals

As the vacationing season is starting  researchers from cyyer Security firm Kaspersky Lab warns travelers on need to be vigilant and of their online financial transactions. According to research from Kaspersky Lab, consumers – including holiday makers and business travelers, conduct a lot of financial operations online when abroad, putting themselves at risk when they …

NSA, GCHQ reportedly reverse engineered anti-virus security companies since 2008

Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor and whistleblower, has leaked documents that claim the US National Security Agency (NSA) and UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) have actively reverse engineered security and anti-virus software to obtain intelligence, according to a report by The Intercept. The documents obtained reportedly highlight the Russian software security firm, Kaspersky Lab, …

“Red October” Diplomatic Cyber Attacks Investigation

In October 2012, Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research & Analysis Team initiated a new threat research after a series of attacks against computer networks of various international diplomatic service agencies. A large scale cyber-espionage network was revealed and analyzed during the investigation, which we called «Red October» (after famous novel «The Hunt For The Red October»). read …