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2 months ago | 
kaspersky.com | Alanna Titterington |Stan Kaminsky |Alexey Sadylko
Getting married is certainly one of the most important events in anyone’s life. And in many cultures, it’s customary to invite hundreds of guests to the celebration — including some you barely know. Cybervillains take advantage of such traditions, using wedding invitations as bait to launch attacks on Android smartphone users. Here’s what threat actors have come up with this time, and how to defeat it.
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2 months ago | 
kaspersky.com | Alanna Titterington |Stan Kaminsky |Alexey Sadylko
You may have noticed a slight drop in the amount of coverage of ransomware on our Kaspersky Daily blog in recent years. Sadly, it’s not that ransomware attacks have stopped. Far from it — such incidents are now so commonplace that they’ve become part of the cyber-furniture. Nevertheless, some ransomware attacks still have the power to shock.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
kaspersky.com | Alanna Titterington
From the perspective of information security, wireless networks are typically perceived as something that can be accessed only locally — to connect to them, an attacker needs to be physically close to the access point. This significantly limits their use in attacks on organizations, and so they are perceived as relatively risk-free. It’s easy to think that some random hacker on the internet could never simply connect to a corporate Wi-Fi network.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
kaspersky.co.za | Alanna Titterington |Stan Kaminsky
From the perspective of information security, wireless networks are typically perceived as something that can be accessed only locally — to connect to them, an attacker needs to be physically close to the access point. This significantly limits their use in attacks on organizations, and so they are perceived as relatively risk-free. It’s easy to think that some random hacker on the internet could never simply connect to a corporate Wi-Fi network.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
kaspersky.co.za | Stan Kaminsky |Alanna Titterington
In the run-up to any holiday season, scammers get busy. A lot of the time, their actions are rather primitive. Getting ready for Christmas? Expect to be bombarded with fake discounts. Valentine’s Day round the corner? Watch out for fake gifts. Big soccer tournament coming up? There’ll be no shortage of fake tickets.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
kaspersky.co.za | Stan Kaminsky |Alanna Titterington
These days, it’s not just government agencies or private detectives who can spy on you. Tracking has become so easy and cheap that jealous spouses, car thieves, and even overly suspicious employers are doing it. They don’t have to peek around corners, hide in stores, or even get close to their target at all. A smartphone and a Bluetooth tracking beacon — like an Apple AirTag, Samsung Smart Tag or Chipolo — will do the job perfectly.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
kaspersky.co.za | Stan Kaminsky |Alanna Titterington
Our Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) experts have discovered two malicious packages in the Python Package Index (PyPI) – a popular third-party software repository for Python. According to the packages’ descriptions, they were libraries that allowed to work with popular LLMs (large language models). However, in fact, they imitated the declared functionality using the demo version of ChatGPT, and their main purpose was to install JarkaStealer malware.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
kaspersky.co.za | Stan Kaminsky |Alanna Titterington
Bad news for companies using WordPress sites with a two-factor authentication mechanism implemented via the Really Simple Security plugin. The recently discovered CVE-2024-10924 vulnerability in this plugin allows a complete stranger to authenticate as a legitimate user. It’s therefore recommended to update the plugin as soon as possible.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
kaspersky.com | Stan Kaminsky |Alanna Titterington
From kids to retirees, no one is safe from cybercrooks. And if you’re always putting cybersecurity on hold because it all seems so daunting, our five dead-simple tips are just the ticket. Each of them will greatly beef up your protection against the most common cyberthreats. We compiled this post as part of INTERPOL’s #ThinkTwice global information campaign to raise awareness of the main cybercrime vectors plus simple but effective ways to counter them.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
kaspersky.com | Stan Kaminsky |Alanna Titterington
Serious cybersecurity incidents often impact many different parties — including those who don’t typically handle IT or security matters on a daily basis. Of course, the initial response needs to focus on identifying, containing, and recovering from an incident. But once the dust has settled, the time comes for another crucial stage: learning from the experience. What can the incident teach us? How can we improve our chances of preventing similar attacks in the future?
