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As members of a global community, we often feel that we are failing to achieve an adequate level of cybersecurity. We believe it can be explained by a lack of global willpower, double-dealing activities, and the lack of global regulations. Here, we develop these hypotheses and outline ideas to advance cybersecurity. Continue reading Researchers call for a determined path to cybersecurity
More than six years have passed since the banking Trojan Emotet was first detected. During this time it has repeatedly mutated, changed direction, acquired partners, picked up modules, and generally been the cause of high-profile incidents and multimillion-dollar losses. Continue reading The chronicles of Emotet
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
Many of new digital educational tools are both enhancing the educational experience and introducing new threats. Here are the ones most likely to pose the biggest risks in the coming year. Continue reading Education predictions 2021
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
Trying to make predictions about the future is a tricky business. However, while we don’t have a crystal ball that can reveal the future, we can try to make educated guesses using the trends that we have observed over the last 12 months to identify areas that attackers are likely to seek to exploit in the near future. Continue reading Advanced Threat predictions for 2021
Trying to make predictions about the future is a tricky business. However, while we don’t have a crystal ball that can reveal the future, we can try to make educated guesses using the trends that we have observed over the last 12 months to identify areas that attackers are likely to seek to exploit in the near future. Continue reading Advanced Threat predictions for 2021
For more than three years, GReAT at Kaspersky has been publishing quarterly summaries of advanced persistent threat activity. This is our latest installment, focusing on activities that we observed during Q3 2020. Continue reading APT trends report Q3 2020
In 2019, on VirusTotal, we encountered a curious piece of Android spyware which, when analyzed, seemed connected to GravityRAT. The cybercriminals had added a spy module to Travel Mate, an Android app for travelers to India, the source code of which is available on Github. Continue reading GravityRAT: The spy returns
Beginning in H2 2019 we have observed a tendency for decreases in the percentages of attacked computers, both in the ICS and in the corporate and personal environments. The internet, removable media and email continue to be the main sources of threats in the ICS environment. Continue reading Threat landscape for industrial automation systems. H1 2020 highlights