Press Releases
April 26, 2017Kaspersky Lab today announced that Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity has been found fully compatible with Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management and automation, SCADA and process control systems software.
April 25, 2017Kaspersky Lab today announced a new version of the Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack (KATA) platform, the company’s enterprise solution for detecting advanced threats and targeted attacks.
April 25, 2017Kaspersky Lab research shows massive IoT device peer-to-peer botnet with an unknown end goal
April 25, 2017Kaspersky Lab today published “APT Threat Evolution,” the first quarterly summary of its subscriber-only threat intelligence reports.
April 20, 2017Woburn, MA – April 20, 2017 – Today Kaspersky Lab announced the key findings of its “Attacks with Exploits: From Everyday Threats to Targeted Campaigns” report, which found 702 million attempts to launch an exploit in 2016.
April 4, 2017Kaspersky Lab experts announced research detailing how attackers are using unique tactics to withdraw money through remote administration from ATMs.
April 4, 2017Kaspersky Lab published today the results of its more-than-year-long investigation into the activity of Lazarus, a notorious hacking group allegedly responsible for the theft of $81 million USD from the Central Bank of Bangladesh in 2016.
April 3, 2017The Moonlight Maze cyber-espionage attacks sent shockwaves through the US in the late 1990s – two decades later, researchers uncover the original attack tools and find a link to a modern APT
March 30, 2017 According new data from the Kaspersky Lab Financial Institutions Security Risks 2016 , the costs associated with cyberattacks affecting the financial sector are rising as organizations face increasingly sophisticated threats. In the U.S., the cost...
March 28, 2017On average two-in-five computers, related to the technological infrastructure of industrial enterprises, faced cyberattacks in the second half of 2016.
March 23, 2017Kaspersky Lab’s experts have studied the DDoS services available on the black market and determined just how far this illegal business has advanced, as well as the extent of its popularity and profitability
March 8, 2017In the wake of the Shamoon malware attacks, a new wiper targets Middle East and shows interest in European targets
March 1, 20172016 saw a near-threefold rise in mobile malware detections compared to 2015 – with a total of 8.5 million malicious installations identified
February 17, 2017Out of 62 new crypto ransomware families discovered by Kaspersky Lab researchers in 2016, at least 47 were developed by Russian-speaking cybercriminals
February 15, 2017Kaspersky Lab today launches new password manager to help secure passwords
January 11, 2017 In the fourth quarter of 2016, the number of users that encountered malware capable of stealing money or valuable financial information reached 319,000, 22.49% more than in the same period in 2015. An increase in the number of attacks was spotted...
December 28, 2016Newly-discovered Trojan uses unsuspecting Android device users as tools to redirect traffic from WiFi-connected devices to websites controlled by the attackers
December 20, 2016After releasing decryption tools for two variants of CryptXXX ransomware in April and May 2016, Kaspersky Lab is releasing a new decryptor for files that have been locked with the latest version of the malware
December 15, 2016The global fight against ransomware continues to gather pace with more than 30 new partners from both the public and private sector joining the No More Ransom project
December 14, 2016In 2016, the world’s biggest cyberthreats were related to money, information and a desire to disrupt
December 13, 2016Kaspersky Lab welcomes the announcement by the Indian Police (Cyber Crime Investigation Cell, CID, West Bengal) of significant progress in its investigation into a phone scam operation that is estimated to have cost victims millions of dollars
December 9, 2016In 2016 ransomware attacks on business increased three-fold: which represents a change from an attack every 2 minutes in January to one every 40 seconds by October
November 1, 2016Research from Kaspersky Lab shows that the debate over whether ransomware victims should pay up could be redundant because large numbers don’t actually get their files back even if they have paid the cyber criminals
October 10, 2016 A stealthy threat actor known as StrongPity has spent the summer luring users of encryption software to its watering holes and infected installers, according to a paper presented at Virus Bulletin by Kaspersky Lab security researcher, Kurt...