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Why would cyber-criminals want to control your Facebook account? At the very least, they could “like” weird things and promote questionable goods and services on your behalf. However, Facebook is

Kaspersky Lab experts detected a shifty scheme that allows fraudsters steal personal data without your login and password.

At Google I/O 2015 software giant have presented a whole bunch of new features and services. Let’s take a first look at customizable app permissions, Android Pay, Now on Tap and others.

Editorial note: Sergey Dolya, the author of this post is one of the most popular Russian bloggers. This story has happened recently with one of his friends. As it turned

Every year millions of people become victims of a data breach. For the majority, the results are the same: hackers sell users’ data on underground websites and companies have to rush

CES 2015 was a superb event in terms of new stuff per square foot, which has been referred to numerous times by tech website reporters. As for me, a person

To some extent your connected PC or mobile device is a lonely warrior lost in unknown territory and this situation repeats each time you are online. In many cases your

Have you already bought all of your Christmas and New Year gifts, booked holiday tickets and hotel rooms? There’s a good chance that a good portion of those reading this

This is how a seemingly simple SIM card in your smartphone can contribute to the loss of money and personal data.

Kaspersky Lab revealed a cyberspy campaign, Darkhotel, which had been active for seven years in a number of luxury Asian hotels.

Using an in-room tablet in a hotel is an easy way to share your precious private data with the whole world and make it public.

You can manually set up Safe Money with ease even if your bank or payment system is not included in our database.

Valentine’s Day is upon us and there is no sweeter gift to give to your significant other than the gift of security. If you’ve been following our posts then you’re

We have already talked about keyloggers – malware tools that intercept and record keyboard inputs. Every time you type your credentials to enter a social network, a payment system or

If you haven’t paid for an online transaction in bitcoins yet, chances are you probably will before long. The digital currency that was invented in 2008 has been widely adopted

Almost everyone knows computers need virus protection. Knowledge about safety and privacy-friendly online behaviour is much less widespread, though, and extensive media coverage of Edward Snowden’s leaks regarding U.S. government

Kaspersky Lab’s Brian Donohue explains two-factor authentication. Download podcast for offline listening

On the night of 5 June 2013, a coalition led by the FBI and Microsoft broke up a botnet of two million connected PCs that was being used by cybercriminals

The Internet has revolutionized the way we book our holidays. Unfortunately it is also enabling fraudsters to prey upon people’s desires to have a perfect vacation, so stay vigilant and

Almost all computer security instructions, whether it is a help page on Facebook, corporate regulations or part of the “… for dummies” series, urge us to use strong passwords at

There was a time, not that long ago, when if you bought a new PC or mobile phone, you were likely to keep it for a long time. Before the