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10 November 2025Personal data breaches have made email blackmail scams increasingly targeted, warns Kaspersky.
6 November 2025 The financial industry is rapidly advancing into a new digital era – more dynamic, intelligent, and interconnected than ever before. However, it brings not only rapid operational processes, highly personalised customer experiences, and limitless...
5 November 2025 Kaspersky is excited to announce the launch of Cyberhygiene - a new free online course on basic cyber hygiene that is сrucial for everyone who uses the Internet and gadgets on a daily basis, but might lack knowledge of the cyber risks involved. In...
4 November 2025 Dynamic link library (DLL) hijacking is a common technique in which attackers replace a library loaded by a legitimate process with a malicious one. It is used by creators of mass-impact malware, like stealers and banking Trojans, as well as by APT...
3 November 2025 Kaspersky has uncovered a phishing scheme targeting users of Coinbase, a popular cryptocurrency exchange platform. The attackers tried to trick users into downloading software disguised as an account statement. As a result, users could lose funds or...
31 October 2025 Users’ digital footprints have been building up for years. Social media accounts, old comments, carelessly posted photos, message boards, and old marketplace listings — everything that each individual user has ever shared online remains there,...
30 October 2025 Kaspersky has found that Model Context Protocol (MCP) could be weaponised by cybercriminals as a supply chain attack vector, potentially leading to harmful impacts, including, but not limited to the leakage of password, credit card, cryptowallet and...
29 October 2025At the Security Analyst Summit 2025, Kaspersky presented the results of a security audit that has exposed a significant security flaw enabling unauthorised access to all connected vehicles of one automotive manufacturer.
28 October 2025 At the Security Analyst Summit in Thailand, Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) unveiled the latest BlueNoroff APT activity through two highly targeted malicious campaigns ‘GhostCall’ and ‘GhostHire’. The ongoing operations have...
27 October 2025 Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has uncovered evidence linking the HackingTeam successor, Memento Labs, to a new wave of cyberespionage attacks. The discovery stems from an investigation into Operation ForumTroll, an Advanced...
23 October 2025 Kaspersky has unveiled two new headline speakers for the highly anticipated Security Analyst Summit (SAS) 2025: professional racing driver and gamer-to-racer pioneer Jann Mardenborough and a Cybercrime Intelligence Officer from INTERPOL. Their...
22 October 2025 The updated Kaspersky SIEM now features AI functionality for detecting signs of dynamic link library (DLL) hijacking, provides integration with Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence (DFI) and Kaspersky Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and...
21 October 2025 Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) have uncovered an ongoing cyberespionage PassiveNeuron campaign, that targets Windows Server systems in government, financial and industrial organisations across Asia, Africa and Latin America....
20 October 2025 Recent Kaspersky research conducted in the Middle East, Turkiye and Africa (META) region, entitled “Cybersecurity in the workplace: Employee knowledge and behaviour” has found that 72.5% of professionals surveyed in South Africa say that they...
16 October 2025 In 2025, Kaspersky Premium for Windows received the annual 'Approved' certification by leading testing lab AV-Comparatives. This was given to Kaspersky Premium for detecting 93% of phishing URLs, demonstrating strong anti-phishing capabilities...
15 October 2025 Kaspersky researchers have published a new report, Signal in the Noise, analysing more than 120 hacktivist groups and over 11,000 hacktivist posts shared across surface and dark web channels in 2025. The study reveals that hashtags have become the...
14 October 2025 Kaspersky has launched ‘Cybersecurity: Entry Level’, a new free online course designed to introduce first- and second-year university students of all technical and non-technical specialties to the fundamental concepts of information security. The...
13 October 2025 Linux users in South Africa can now take advantage of leading cybersecurity protection from Kaspersky. The new Kaspersky for Linux solution for individuals helps to safeguard personal and payment data and defends users’ devices against various cyber...
10 October 2025 Major international sporting events take place throughout the year – from world championships and continental tournaments to high-profile league finals. Fans can follow the action live on streaming services and place bets on their favourite teams....
9 October 2025 Kaspersky researchers have uncovered a surge in scam emails where attackers impersonate major airlines and airports, including Amsterdam Schiphol, Lufthansa, Emirates Airlines, Qatar Airways, Etihad Airways and others, to trick businesses into...
8 October 2025The course is developed by Kaspersky AI Technology Research Center and aims to equip cybersecurity professionals with the essential skills to understand, evaluate and defend against vulnerabilities in large language models (LLMs).
7 October 2025 Kaspersky reveals that the Middle East, Turkiye, and Africa are a focus for 25 Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups tracked since early 2024. The findings show that these groups target financial services, critical infrastructure, defence, and...
6 October 2025 Kaspersky, together with Smart Africa and Africaines in Tech, has launched an innovative, science-backed career orientation test “Future You in Tech” created to promote professional development for young women in the cybersecurity industry and help...
2 October 2025 When it comes to responsible digital parenting, it is hard to draw the line that defines the breach of children’s rights, along with jeopardising their safety and the safe sharing of photo- and video materials to keep memories. However, there are...