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Valentine’s Day is a holiday that triggers a massive spree of spam. As the holiday approaches, mailboxes are packed with romantic ads of all sorts. “Anti-Spam will protect me from that”,

Vitaly Kamlyuk of Kaspersky Lab explains the dangers of the vulnerable anti-theft software installed on ~2 million laptops. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq8-7EErqpM]

PUNTA CANA – A hacking group likely backed by an unknown national government has been targeting government agencies, embassies, diplomatic offices and energy companies for more than five years in

Tomorrow is Safer Internet Day. You must know you can make your own Internet experience a lot safer without big technology or tough measures. All it takes is just a

Today we cannot imagine life without a smartphone. It serves as a place to store not only music and videos, but also important notes and data. If a phone is

Protect your personal data on your mobile device with Kaspersky Internet Security for Android. If your device is lost you can wipe data to remain secure.

In late January, Kaspersky Lab had accumulated about 200,000 unique samples of mobile malware, up 34% from November 2013, at which time we had recorded only 148,000 samples. This can’t compare

The Winter Olympic Games in Sochi are set to kick-off with the Opening Ceremonies on Friday and the Russian city is now in the spotlight of the global media. Thousands

The longer you own a computer, the more exposed it is to malware threats on the Internet. You know that. Which means that if your computer isn’t brand-new, you probably

Perhaps you never thought of it, but a virus scan resembles a biathlon in some ways. In a biathlon, you can hit all the targets and not be the first

Another month has passed with exciting security news and helpful tips to manage your online safety provided by Kaspersky Lab. We’ve rounded up the best posts from January in case

The year has just begun, but law enforcement agencies around the world have already caught a number of major cybercriminals. As always, we continue to closely monitor the progress of

The days of nasty pop-ups and overlays, flashy GIFs with saucy content, auto-playing video commercials and other less-than acceptable, intrusive and distracting advertisements are gone. One of the most popular

Kaspersky Lab’s Brian Donohue rounds up the latest security news from the month of January 2014. Download podcast for offline listening

A new version of Facebook for Android drew some media attention because of the SMS reading permissions it requires, raising users’ concerns regarding privacy. Developers do have a reasonable explanation,

It appears that PCs are not only able to spy on you via cameras, but they’re also able to listen in on you on as well, and in a discreet

If you have been following our blog for a while, you might already know how to block games by age rating, how to limit children’s access to specific applications, and

While the breach itself seemed only to impact those in the United States, chances are you’re aware that the American retail giant Target suffered an enormous data breach late last

To summarise Costin Raiu, the director of Kaspersky Lab’s research arm, the vast majority of malicious files are what he calls crimeware – computer programs deployed by cybercriminals seeking to make

Learn step-by-step instructions on how to protect your device from theft.