Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2020. Statistics

Kaspersky solutions blocked 666,809,967 attacks launched from online resources in various countries across the world, 173,335,902 unique URLs were recognized as malicious by Web Anti-Virus. Continue reading Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2020. Statistics

APT annual review: What the world’s threat actors got up to in 2020

We track the ongoing activities of more than 900 advanced threat actors. Here we try to focus on what we consider to be the most interesting trends and developments of the last 12 months. Continue reading APT annual review: What the world’s threat actors got up to in 2020

IT threat evolution Q3 2020. Non-mobile statistics

Kaspersky solutions blocked 1,416,295,227 attacks launched from online resources across the globe. Ransomware attacks were defeated on the computers of 121,579 unique users. Continue reading IT threat evolution Q3 2020. Non-mobile statistics

IT threat evolution Q2 2020. PC statistics

During the second quarter Kaspersky solutions blocked 899,744,810 attacks launched from online resources across the globe, as many as 286,229,445 unique URLs triggered Web Anti-Virus components. Continue reading IT threat evolution Q2 2020. PC statistics

IT threat evolution Q1 2020. Statistics

Kaspersky solutions blocked 726,536,269 attacks launched from online resources across the globe, a total of 442,039,230 unique URLs were recognized as malicious. Continue reading IT threat evolution Q1 2020. Statistics

Hiding in plain sight: PhantomLance walks into a market

In July 2019, a sophisticated backdoor trojan in Google Play was reported. We conducted an inquiry of our own, discovering a long-term campaign, which we dubbed “PhantomLance”, its earliest registered domain dating back to December 2015. Continue reading Hiding in plain sight: PhantomLance walks into a market

Financial Cyberthreats in 2019

Methodology Financial cyberthreats are malicious programs that target users of services such as online banking, e-money, and cryptocurrency, or that attempt to gain access to financial organizations and their infrastructure. These threats are usually accompanied by spam and phishing activities,… Read Full Article Continue reading Financial Cyberthreats in 2019

Sudo Bug Lets Non-Privileged Linux and macOS Users Run Commands as Root

Joe Vennix of Apple security has found another significant vulnerability in sudo utility that under a specific configuration could allow low privileged users or malicious programs to execute arbitrary commands with administrative (‘root’) privileges on… Continue reading Sudo Bug Lets Non-Privileged Linux and macOS Users Run Commands as Root