Revenge of the Recently DepartedRyan Naraine, Security Evangelist, Kaspersky Lab Yesterday's employees are often today's biggest cyber risk. This security brief discusses how to safeguard your business from ex-employees once they have departed from the company. |
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Good Sites Gone BadRyan Naraine, Security Evangelist, Kaspersky Lab Did you know that legitimate sites like BusinessWeek.com and MLB.com have been victimized by drive-by malware? This security brief discusses specific measures you can take to protect your business and defend against these attacks. |
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Friend or FraudRyan Naraine, Security Evangelist, Kaspersky Lab Cyber-criminals are targeting web surfers on popular social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace. This security brief discusses how to Protect your business from "trusted" friends turned hostile hackers, Pinpoint vulnerabilities in music and video files, widgets and social sites, Employ web application firewalls and Use content filtering to mitigate risk. |
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Protecting Against Cyber Attacks That Matter Most to BusinessRyan Naraine, Security Evangelist, Kaspersky Lab Take an in-depth look at the latest security threats facing small to midsized businesses like yours. Watch the on-demand replay to discover specific strategies, sound policies and detailed procedures for safeguarding your business. |
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Security Survey ResultsPublished: June 2009 As part of the "Real Business, Real Threats" series, Kaspersky conducted a survey to gain an understanding of what companies like yours are doing with regard to IT anti-virus spending and budget, what your biggest IT security concerns are, and where you feel your current security solution could improve. What we found was information that you can use to benchmark yourself and your company against similar organizations. |
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Help! Someone Hijacked My Tweets: The Problem With Implicit Trust and Social NetworksRoel Schouwenberg, Senior Anti-Virus Researcher, Kaspersky Lab Social networks are under attack. Organizations need to recognize these real threats to understand the risks associated with social networks. This session will provide a view of the state of social network security and how companies can guard against a users human instinct to accept the content as true and authentic. |
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Ready, Set, Attack!Roel Schouwenberg, Senior Anti-Virus Researcher, Kaspersky Lab The hackers of the world are constantly refining and enhancing their techniques and capabilities, and are typically ahead of the curve of controls which are in place in organizations today. It is important to understand their capabilities and trends in their activities in order to effectively mitigate the risks they create and repel their attacks. |
Spam 2008Kaspersky Security Bulletin In this security bulletin you will learn about spam trends and new distribution methods being employed by spammers. You'll also learn about the new techniques and tactics being employed to scam online users. |
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Malware Evolution 2008Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2008 demonstrated that the era of epidemics is already history. That era was characterized by a large number of worms, initially distributed via email and later via network attacks, thus causing global epidemics. Today, rootkits, gaming malware, and attacks on networking sites are just the beginning. In this article, we'll focus on forecasts for 2009 and the migration to new ways for malware to evolve. |
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Statistics 2008Kaspersky Security Bulletin This report is based entirely on data collected and processed using the Kaspersky Security Network (KSN). KSN is a major innovation implemented in Kaspersky Lab's version 2009 consumer products, and the company is gearing up to launch this feature in with its business products. |
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Drive By Downloads, The Web Under SiegeRyan Naraine, Security Evangelist, Kaspersky Lab In this white paper, we will explore what actually happens during a drive-by attack, the lures used to perpetrate attacks, the technology behind the attacks, and the use of drive-by download attacks in personal data theft and computer takeovers. |
Staying Safe Online: A Guide for Online SecurityDavid Emm, Senior Technology Consultant, Kaspersky Lab This guide provides a straightforward explanation of the potential dangers of being online, and measures that you can take to stay protected. It covers "traditional" threats, such as spam and worms, as well as the biggest threats facing home PC users today - phishing attacks and crimeware. |
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Rootkit EvolutionAlisa Shevchenko, Virus Analyst, Kaspersky Lab This whitepaper looks at recent rootkit trends such as bootkits (rootkits which run during the boot sequence), a "mythical" rootkit called Rustock.c that was discussed widely on the Internet in late 2006, and rootkits for non-Windows systems such as OS X (Macintosh) and mobile operating systems. |
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The Bad, The Good, and The Unsure: Setting a New Standard in Internet SecurityPublished: July 2008 Cybercriminals are getting smarter and more sophisticated than ever, and they are using the Internet to their advantage. As a result, Internet security solutions available today simply can't respond to the threats in the same way without creating issues of their own, such as huge performance hits on computers and personal productivity. Read about the paradigm shift that has taken place. |
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Security Trends 2008Published: February 2008 More cooperation within the ranks of the cybercrime network. More cooperation among vendors of security software. Those are just two of the trends that you'll read about for 2008, as security specialists continue their quest to tip the scales in favor of legitimate businesses. To keep up, corporations may need to consider significant changes to current security practices and policies. |
The Cybercrime Arms RaceEugene Kaspersky, CEO, Kaspersky Lab Believe that mischievous college students are responsible for all the cybercrime today? Think again. Neither is it Ian Fleming's Dr. No sitting at the helm of this cybercrime underworld. Rather, a sophisticated ecosystem of interdependent groups providing complementary criminal services has emerged. With little or no investment in earning their profits, there's plenty of payback for cybercrime perpetrators at every level of this ecosystem. |
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Malicious Code Detection TechnologiesAlisa Shevchenko, Virus Analyst, Kaspersky Lab Just like every other technology, malicious code has grown increasingly sophisticated and complex, forcing defense technologies to evolve, too. Literature for antivirus software and security systems is laden with technical terminology, but how do different defense technologies stack up against each other? Use our simplified model to put them all in perspective. Get a handle on both the ambiguities as well as the pros and cons of each technology. |
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Computer Networks and TheftYury Mashevsky, Virus Analyst, Kaspersky Lab A study of malicious programs conducted by Kaspersky Lab virus analysts shows that four types of virtual property are most often stolen. We'll take a look at why such data is stolen and what happens to it once it has been stolen. |









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