Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2018. Top security stories
Introduction The internet is now woven into the fabric of our lives. Many people routinely bank, shop and socialize online and the internet is the lifeblood of commercial organizations. The dependence on technology of governments, businesses and consumers provides a broad attack surface for attackers with all kinds of motives – financial theft, theft of […] more…IT threat evolution Q2 2018
Targeted attacks and malware campaigns Operation Parliament In April, we reported the workings of Operation Parliament, a cyber-espionage campaign aimed at high-profile legislative, executive and judicial organizations around the world – with its main focus in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region, especially Palestine. The attacks, which started early in 2017, target parliaments, […] more…Spam and phishing in 2016
The year in figures According to Kaspersky Lab, in 2016: The proportion of spam in email flows was 58.31%, which is 3.03 percentage points more than in 2015. 62.16% of spam emails were no more than 2 KB in size. 12.08% of spam was sent from the US. Trojan.Win32.Bayrob was the most popular malware family […] more…More information
- Facebook’s Android app: Now Tor lets you connect anonymously
- Cisco Talos details exceptionally dangerous DNS hijacking attack
- Apple, IBM, and Google Don’t Care Anymore if You Went to College
- US Government Taking Creative Steps to Counter Cyberthreats
- Resolved: Resolved: Wikispaces outage
- Geofencing could add security layer for mobile devices
- TikTok Rejects Microsoft Offer, Oracle Sole Remaining Bidder
- Ewe must be joking! Police blur lambs’ faces to protect their identity
- Attacks in Android’s side-view mirror are smaller than they appear
- Generalized Interface (GI) Maintenance – April 1