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Dec 4, 2024 | 
securelist.com | Artem Ushkov |Anna Larkina |Vladislav Tushkanov |Roman Dedenok
All statistics in this report come from Kaspersky Security Network (KSN), a global cloud service that receives information from components in our security solutions voluntarily provided by Kaspersky users. Millions of Kaspersky users around the globe assist us in collecting information about malicious activity. The statistics in this report cover the period from November 2023 through October 2024. The report doesn’t cover mobile statistics, which we will share in our annual mobile malware report.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
securelist.com | Artem Ushkov |Anna Larkina |Vladislav Tushkanov |Roman Dedenok
Recent months have seen a surge in mailings with lookalike email attachments in the form of a ZIP archive containing JScript scripts. The script files – disguised as requests and bids from potential customers or partners – bear names such as “Запрос цены и предложения от Индивидуального предпринимателя <ФИО> на август 2024. АРТ-КП0005272381.js” (Request for price and proposal from sole trader <name> for August 2024.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
securelist.com | Anna Larkina |Vladislav Tushkanov |Roman Dedenok |Dmitry Anikin
IT threat evolution in Q3 2024IT threat evolution in Q3 2024. Non-mobile statisticsIT threat evolution in Q3 2024. Mobile statisticsThe statistics presented here are based on detection verdicts by Kaspersky products and services received from users who consented to providing statistical data. Quarterly figuresIn Q3 2024:Kaspersky solutions successfully blocked more than 652 million cyberattacks originating from various online resources. Web Anti-Virus detected 109 million unique links.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
securelist.com | Anton Kivva |Anna Larkina |Vladislav Tushkanov |Roman Dedenok
IT threat evolution in Q3 2024IT threat evolution in Q3 2024. Non-mobile statisticsIT threat evolution in Q3 2024. Mobile statisticsQuarterly figuresAccording to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q3 2024:As many as 6.7 million attacks involving malware, adware or potentially unwanted mobile apps were prevented. Adware was the most common mobile threat, accounting for 36% of all detected threats.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
securelist.com | David Emm |Anna Larkina |Vladislav Tushkanov |Roman Dedenok
IT threat evolution in Q3 2024IT threat evolution in Q3 2024. Non-mobile statisticsIT threat evolution in Q3 2024. Mobile statisticsTargeted attacksIn May 2024, we discovered a new APT targeting Russian government organizations. CloudSorcerer is a sophisticated cyber-espionage tool used for stealth monitoring, data collection and exfiltration via Microsoft, Yandex and Dropbox cloud infrastructures.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
securelist.com | Anna Larkina |Vladislav Tushkanov |Roman Dedenok |Dmitry Anikin
Overview of 2024 consumer cyberthreats and trends predictionsPart of the Kaspersky Security Bulletin, our predictions for 2024 identified key consumer cyberthreats and trends shaped by global events, technological advances and evolving user behavior. Last year, we suggested that charity-related scams would increase globally.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
securelist.com | Vladislav Tushkanov |Boris Larin |Vasily Berdnikov |Anna Pavlovskaya
One topic being actively researched in connection with the breakout of LLMs is capability uplift – when employees with limited experience or resources in some area become able to perform at a much higher level thanks to LLM technology. This is especially important in information security, where cyberattacks are becoming increasingly cost-effective and larger-scale, causing headaches for security teams. Among other tools, attackers use LLMs to generate content for fake websites.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
securelist.com | Vladislav Tushkanov |Tatyana Shishkova |Igor Golovin |Roman Dedenok
What is prompt injection? Large language models (LLMs) – the neural network algorithms that underpin ChatGPT and other popular chatbots – are becoming ever more powerful and inexpensive. For this reason, third-party applications that make use of them are also mushrooming, from systems for document search and analysis to assistants for academic writing, recruitment and even threat research. But LLMs also bring new challenges in terms of cybersecurity.
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Oct 24, 2023 | 
securelist.com | Kaspersky ICS CERT |Vladislav Tushkanov |Anna Larkina |Dmitry Galov
IntroductionAs a cybersecurity company, Kaspersky is constantly dealing with known and brand-new malware samples. As part of our crimeware reporting service, we provide our customers with technical reports on the evolution of existing crimeware families, as well as newly emerging ones.
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Oct 19, 2023 | 
securelist.com | Vladislav Tushkanov |Anna Larkina |Giampaolo Dedola |Vasily Kolesnikov
In April of this year, the FBI published an advisory on attacks targeting government, law enforcement, and non-profit organizations. Attackers download scripts onto victims’ devices, delivering several types of malware all at once. The main aim is to utilize company resources for mining, steal data using keyloggers, and gain backdoor access to systems. According to our telemetry data, we have detected numerous scripts, executables, and associated links under this campaign since late 2022.
