News and Media Coverage
07 Jan
Digital Gifts That Keep on Giving By Robert Vamosi
January 7, 2008 -- Care should be taken when plugging holiday gift gadgets into your personal computer and laptop, said security researchers at Sans.org, Microsoft, and Kaspersky in recent blog posts....
07 Jan
CES Risk: Free USB Flash Drives By Thomas Claburn
January 7, 2008 -- Visitors to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week might want to forgo freebie flash drives, or at least use them with caution. The SANS Internet Storm Center has publ...
06 Jan
10 IT Companies To Watch in 2008 By Robin Bloor
January 6, 2008 -- As a final salute to the new year, 2008, here's a list of 10 companies that I ran into in 2007 or earlier and which I think will do well in 2008. In technology terms, it's a...
05 Jan
Patriot Touchdowns Score School Computers By Sarah Hinckley
January 5, 2008 -- Ramona and Harry Potter are going to have to make room for more characters in the Sherburne Elementary School computer lab.Thanks to a Massachusetts company, nine new computers are ...
02 Jan
'Diehard' Virus Variants Flexing Muscle By Ellen Messmer
January 2, 2008 -- New Windows-based "downloader" malware known as Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Diehard has surged to the top of Kaspersky Lab's "Virus Top Twenty" list for December...
21 Dec
Russians Close to Prosecuting 'Pinch' Trojan Authors By Jeremy Kirk
December 21, 2007 -- Russia may soon prosecute the authors of the "Pinch" Trojan, an easy-to-use malicious software program available on the Internet that steals a variety of data. Nikolay P...
20 Dec
'Pinch' Authors Pinched? By Brian Krebs
December 20, 2007 -- A few weeks ago, Security Fix profiled a ubiquitous (but lesser known) class of malicious software called "Pinch," a malware creation kit that is highly sought after on ...
19 Dec
You Got a New PC -- Now What? By Dory Devlin
December 19, 2007 -- A new PC. Great. Just what you've wanted. If it's your first, there are a few key things to do to get going. If it's not, moving day is here. Just as you move your che...
18 Dec
MS Security Update Creates Painful IE Problem By Katherine Noyes
December 18, 2007 -- "This certainly creates a painful problem, since the update is going out to millions of people," said Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst with the Enderle Group...
18 Dec
TECHNOLOGY: Virus Protection
December 2007 -- KASPERSKY LAB'S Anti-Virus 7.0 provides hourly updates to protect computers against viruses, Trojans, worms, spyware and adware, as well as malicious programs designed to take con...
07 Dec
Researchers Shed Light on Shadowy Russian Botnets By Andrew K. Burger
December 7, 2007 -- Kaspersky Lab analysts identified new links between different families of malicious code that initially appeared to have nothing in common. They also reached the conclusion that th...
07 Dec
Talking Malware with Eugene Kaspersky By Ryan Naraine
December 7, 2007 -- Amidst growing chatter that the anti-virus/anti-spyware market is gasping for air, a veteran virus fighter says desktop security products must add new protection mechanisms to keep...
01 Dec
All-In-One Security Suites: Tried and Tested By Erik Larkin
December 1, 2007 -- Today's security suites have a difficult job. Every other day seems to bring a new threat that targets Windows PCs. Spam is going through the roof, as are phishing and other un...
01 Dec
Kaspersky Releases Malware Evolution Report
December 1, 2007 -- Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of Internet threat management solutions that protect against viruses, spyware, hackers and spam, today announces the publication of its report on...
29 Nov
Review: Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0 By Erik Larkin
November 29, 2007 -- Kaspersky Lab's Internet Security 7.0 pairs a top-notch interface with solid performance in threat detection. At $80 for use on up to three PCs, it's among the most expens...
26 Nov
Spammers Have Your Number By Roger Crockett
November 26, 2007 -- We've all been deluged by annoying, unsolicited e-mails: an offer for free Viagra or a job that "guarantees" a $1 million paycheck. Deleting spam from the office PC ...
26 Nov
Channel Best-Sellers: Winning Security Players By Kevin McLaughlin
November 26, 2007 -- Security vendors that manage to strike the right balance between functionality and performance are fast becoming favorites in the channel, signaling an end to the days of security...
22 Nov
Companies Brace for Mobile Maliciousness By Steve Mollman
November 22, 2007 -- Most computer users live with the knowledge of online scammers and malicious code. But what about cell phone users? Handsets, after all, are getting more advanced all the time. As...
16 Nov
The Evolution of Spam, Part 2: New Defenses By Andrew Burger
November 16, 2007 -- Spam network operators, otherwise known as "botnet herders," are becoming increasingly proficient at evading detection and harnessing the power of peer-to-peer (P2P) com...
15 Nov
The Rise of Cybercrime - Protecting the New Mobile Workplace By Dave Allison
November 15, 2007 -- The world has witnessed an unprecedented rise in global cybercrime. Criminal viruses and spyware are at record levels. Spam volumes are doubling every few months. Insider theft of...
13 Nov
The Evolution of Spam, Part 1: New Tricks By Andrew Burger
November 13, 2007 -- It's not a comforting thought, but while you're sleeping peacefully, your PC may be hard at work acting as a spam server or peer-to-peer node, providing process...
13 Nov
Seagate Ships Virus-Laden Hard Drives By Robert McMillan
November 13, 2007 -- If you bought one of Seagate's Maxtor Basics consumer hard drives recently, check it for viruses. Especially if you're a gamer. Read more...
13 Nov
I Shadow: The Secret Life of a Bot By Kelly Jackson Higgins
November 13, 2007 -- Psst... ever secretly wonder if your PC or laptop could be a bot? Let's see. You probably wouldn't even have entertained that question six months or a year ago. But the so...
07 Nov
Bit9 and Kaspersky Lab Announce Strategic Partnership By Calvin Azuri
November 7, 2007 -- Bit9 and Kaspersky Lab have announced a strategic worldwide technology partnership, through which, Kaspersky Lab plans to integrate Bit9's patent-pending whitelisting te...
05 Nov
Bit9 and Kaspersky Lab Team up on Security
November 5, 2007 -- Cambridge-based Bit9 Inc. reports reaching an agreement to combine technologies with a Moscow-based laboratory. Bit9, a security software company, and Kaspersky Lab, a developer of...
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