IT threat evolution Q3 2017. Statistics

Q3 figures According to KSN data, Kaspersky Lab solutions detected and repelled 277,646,376 malicious attacks from online resources located in 185 countries all over the world. 72,012,219 unique URLs were recognized as malicious by web antivirus components. Attempted infections by malware that ai...

Dangerous Mobile Banking Trojan Gets 'Keylogger' to Steal Everything

Cyber criminals are becoming more adept, innovative, and stealthy with each passing day. They have now shifted from traditional to more clandestine techniques that come with limitless attack vectors and are harder to detect. Security researchers have discovered that one of the most dangerous...

Svpeng Behind a Spike in Mobile Ransomware

The sting of mobile ransomware grew more painful in 2017 with attacks increasing a whopping 3.5 times in the first quarter compared to the same time a year ago. Behind those attacks were a quarter million Trojan installation packages targeting Android devices that sought to extort between $100 to...

Mobile Android banking Trojan Svpeng Adds Phishing Know-How

An Android banking Trojan known as Svpeng has added phishing capabilities to its arsenal, and researchers have spotted it attacking Russian banking clients in what is perceived to be a dry run before it is adapted for other countries. “Typically, however, cybercriminals first test-run a technolog...