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

Kaspersky Lab wishes everyone a happy- and safe- Halloween!

Brian Donohue and Dennis Fisher talk about a new attack on the SSL protocol, which is now known as POODLE.

A recap of last week’s security news and research from the Black Hat hacker conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Know your sysadmin and what to expect from him. Don’t forget to congratulate the guy, today is Global Sysadmin day!

These young researchers will shape cyberworld in the next decade.

Bullying isn’t new, of course. But technology has made it easier than ever before for bullies to attack the vulnerable. If you’re a parent, take a look at our checklist of top tips for keeping your children safe from cyberbullying.

Our study during World Cup indicates one in four networks are dangerous and you must take care to avoid substantial loss.

This week: the first ever Android encryptor malware, a serious Tweetdeck vulnerability arises and is fixed just as quickly, and much more.

How iOS 8 and Tizen releases affect smartphone market and security landscape.

Computer ransomware is getting more sophisitcated, while mobile cryptolockers are emerging both in Europe and the U.S.

Feds take down the Gameover botnet, there’s more trouble for OpenSSL, Google publishes data on global Gmail encryption, and Edward Snowden’s first NSA revelation came out one year ago.

Data breaches seemed to dominate the security news in May, but mobile ransomware emerged as well and there was good and bad privacy news from the tech giants.

Bitly was compromised this week and is urging users to change passwords. Point-of-sale systems are poorly secured. And fixes from Microsoft on Patch Tuesday.

Microsoft Internet Explorer and Adobe Flash Player zero-days replace OpenSSL Heartbleed as the primary topic of discussion in this week’s security news.

First ever SMS Android Trojan in U.S., update on OpenSSL Heartbleed, Apple fixes SSL vulnerability in iOS and OSX, AOL Hacked, and Iowa State Bitcoin Mining.

Meet our new employee – the Elephant. No kidding! The famous sculpture by Salvador Dali will inspire the Kaspersky team right from the Moscow office lobby.

UPDATE: A previous version of this article stated – citing a list on Github – that users on a site called HideMyAss were affected by Heartbleed. A spokesperson from that

On October 25, 2001 Microsoft launched its newest operating system solution: Windows XP. In just three days, Microsoft sold over 300,000 boxed XPs: the new OS featured a number of

We begin our synopsis of this week by looking forward to next week when Microsoft will – at long last – discontinue its support of the once ubiquitous, forever vulnerable,

In the news this month: more transparency reports, Microsoft zero days, data breaches, and NSA revelations. WhatsApp – the popular global messaging service – is acquired by Facebook, much to