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Breaking electronic locks — just like in those hacker movies
A hacker connects a mysterious device to a lock, picks its code within a few seconds, and unlocks the door. That’s how it always happens in the movies, but is it the same in real life?
Don’t Skype and type
At the Black Hat conference, researchers demonstrated that typing on the keyboard while talking on Skype is not safe.
decryptorsNo More Ransom: A very productive year
No More Ransom turns 1. We recap what the joint initiative has achieved so far.
20 years’ anniversaryKaspersky Lab turns 20: key events and milestones
A recap of the most important events in the cybersecurity industry and Kaspersky Lab’s history for the last 20 years.
threatsNew Petya / NotPetya / ExPetr ransomware outbreak
A new ransomware outbreak is happening right now. Here’s what we know so far and what you can do to protect yourself from the threat.
privacyNo, you have not won two free airline tickets
Facebook has been crawling with reposts that claim to be giving away thousands of free airline tickets. We uncover the truth.
malwareFireball: Adware with potential nuclear consequences
Adware found on 250 million computers spies on users and can install other software.
Cloak and Dagger: A hole in Android
How a couple of simple permissions let an application steal passwords, log user actions, and do many other nasty things.
Securing your ride
Car hacking is a hot topic these days. Good news, everybody: Kaspersky now protects connected cars.
Why two-factor authentication is not enough
How messages with confirmation codes from banks are intercepted and what can you do to protect yourself.
Ztorg Trojan: Infect yourself for 5 cents
Applications that offer to pay you for installing other applications tend to shove malware at you.
ransomwareWannaCry: Are you safe?
What makes the self-replicating encryptor WannaCry so dangerous and how to prevent infection.
What your business needs to know about GDPR
Within 12 months, companies that do business in the European Union will be required to comply with a new set of data privacy rules called the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Robots will take the jobs you don’t want
Our kids will be astronauts, artists, or travelers — whatever they want, because the boring tasks will be performed by robots.
Booby trapped app: The amazing world of Tinder bots
It turns out there are bots in Tinder and OkCupid. Who wants that?
Drone gone in 11 milliseconds
Drones are a part of the Internet of Things, which is widely known to be vulnerable. SEO title: How to hijack a drone
Three ways to rob an ATM: Remote, almost remote, and physical
We investigated three cases of ATM robbery — involving remote-controlled malware, a Bluetooth keyboard, and a drill.
Tizen OS: 40 new vulnerabilities
Samsung releases more and more devices with Tizen OS. At SAS 2017, we found out that this OS is highly insecure.