security

Facebook is going to use your WhatsApp data to tune its advertising, but for now you can opt out of this deal.

One Instagram post with a picture of a ticket can cost you a whole lot of time and money and ruin your day. This is how you can avoid it

The changeover from magnetic stripe cards to chip cards cost millions of dollars but promised greater security. At Black Hat 2016, researchers told us that the new cards are nonetheless insecure.

Researchers discovered a hack that affects 100 million Volkswagen cars. And the equipment needed costs just $40.

Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek learned to hack a car’s steering wheel, brakes, and acceleration. They presented their finding at Black Hat USA 2016.

Can you trust the Wi-Fi in short-term rentals? Can homeowners trust their guests?

Online dating fraud cost victims millions last year. Be vigilant and protect yourself!

A year ago, a massive breach had a profound impact on the lives of registered users of Ashley Madison, a “dating” site for married people, and nearly killed a thriving

How to protect yourself from ransomware? Are there any cross-platform cryptors? How much time does it take to catch a cybercriminal? Jornt van der Wiel discusses all of that and more

How to keep your money and data safe during the 2016 Olympics: All of the risks you need to know about, in one post.

Kaspersky Lab experts checked industrial control systems for vulnerabilities and found lots of them.

Ranscam deletes your files and then demands ransom to restore them, or it will delete them. Yes, in that order.

You aren’t the only one to catch the PokémonGo craze. So have criminals.

Any USB device can potentially be zombified and turned into a secret agent for cybercrooks. The world needed a shield against this threat, so we rolled up our sleeves and created one.

Once, hackers wrote malware just for the fun of it, but now Trojans are serious business. However, here are five modern, weird malware samples that may be funny and strange, but they are still very dangerous.

Criminals are stealing money from freelancers — by offering them a job.

Apple is no longer going to encrypt the kernel of its iOS operating system. This looks like another step toward turning iOS into something similar to Android.

Have you ever received a letter from a Nigerian prince? A Nigerian astronaut? How about Daenerys Targaryen? If so, you know that we are talking about funny Nigerian spam — and this post covers it all!

While we rest, cybercriminals work. Kaspersky Lab discusses the main risks for tourists and travelers on business trips.

Kaspersky Internet Security and Kaspersky Total Security can help protect your privacy in a variety of ways including not allowing your webcam to serve as a spying device.

Let’s talk about new security technologies in Windows 10: Are they enough to make the new operating system totally secure?