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Security firm probes reports of car viruses
News Kaspersky Labs was contacted last weekend by a user asking how to disinfect the onboard computers of several Lexus cars -- the LX470, LS430 and Landcruiser 100. We know that car manufacturers are integrating existing operating systems into their...
[January 26, 2005, 13:35]
Kaspersky denies data leak following SQL hack
News Russian antivirus vendor Kaspersky Labs's US website was hacked over the weekend, exposing the company's customer database, but Kaspersky has denied data was compromised and says the vulnerability wasn't critical.
[February 9, 2009, 7:31]
Antivirus firms consider protection against Sony DRM rootkit
News Kaspersky Labs has classed Sony's DRM software as spyware because, among other things, it can cause crashes and loss of data and it can compromise system integrity and security. At Kaspersky Labs, senior technology consultant David Emm said he was...
[November 4, 2005, 16:35]
Malware authors mixing a lethal cocktail
News Virus writers are combining their efforts with hackers and spammers to launch Swiss Army knife-like malware attacks on users, Kaspersky Labs warned this week. According to Russian anti-virus company Kaspersky Labs, viruses are being used to infect...
[December 9, 2004, 15:25]
Chinese cybercops 'nailing virus writers'
News A Chinese police force that is dedicated to fighting virus writers is getting results, according to Russian antivirus company Kaspersky Labs, The Chinese antivirus police team will visit the Kaspersky Labs offices in Moscow next week to discuss...
[December 9, 2004, 14:55]
Klez virus passes confidential info
News The latest variant of the Klez worm sometimes chooses to hitch a ride on sensitive documents, resulting in victims' confidential information spreading with the malicious program, Russian antivirus firm Kaspersky Labs said on Friday.
[April 22, 2002, 10:16]
Computer worm targets Chinese Windows users
News A new computer worm which exploits a hole in Chinese versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer, is currently running riot among China's computer users, according to Russian anti-virus firm, Kaspersky Labs.
[April 28, 2000, 10:34]
Trojan Horse defrauds online shoppers
News A Trojan horse appears to be collecting data from users of an online payment system and could have already removed money from up to 300 accounts, according to security software firm Kaspersky Labs. While Kaspersky labs rates the Trojan as...
[May 18, 2001, 14:08]
Organised crime's grip on the Net 'is tightening'
News According to Russian antivirus company Kaspersky Labs, these criminals are behind 90 percent of malicious code, leaving teenagers and script kiddies responsible for only a small fraction of total malware.
[December 9, 2004, 16:05]
Kaspersky: Ransomware is key threat
News Eugene Kaspersky, head of antivirus research at Russia's Kaspersky Labs, told the RSA Conference in San Francisco that the use of so-called "ransomware Trojans" is a key trend for 2007. The final version of GPCode used a 660-bit encryption key...
[February 7, 2007, 9:56]
Worm crawls into Kazaa network
News Security software firm Kaspersky Labs said the worm, called "Worm.Kazaa.Benjamin", is the first malicious program to spread through the Kazaa file exchange network, although Gnutella was hit by a proof-of-concept worm in February.
[May 20, 2002, 11:51]
Russia's cybercrime-fighting Bond villain
News But on entering Kaspersky Labs proper, the scenery changes. Kaspersky built the antivirus labs which bear his name from scratch during the 1990s. Surrounded by three beautiful women -- one of whom is Natalya, his ex-wife and CEO of the company...
[January 10, 2005, 16:05]
Security vendors: We would block police hacking
News However, security vendors Kaspersky Labs and Sophos told ZDNet UK that they would not make any concession in their protective software for the police hack. Kaspersky Labs said on Tuesday it would block all attempts to access its customers' systems...
[January 8, 2009, 16:12]
Antivirus software decrypts Bagle attachments
News On Wednesday, antivirus vendors BitDefender and Kaspersky Labs both launched updates enabling their software to open any encrypted attachments using the password contained in the email text. Eugene Kaspersky, head of antivirus research at Kaspersky...
[March 4, 2004, 16:50]
Deadlier Klez worm on the prowl
News The latest version, Klez.e, (poses) the most serious threat to computer safety," said Moscow-based antivirus company Kaspersky Labs. Though antivirus companies discovered the Klez.e variant in late January, its tenacity has prompted Kaspersky Labs...
[February 12, 2002, 10:01]
Apher worm: From Russia with problems
News Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, announces the official release of Kaspersky Anti-Virus 4.0. The unique technology, updated design, and perfected administering system integrated into Kaspersky Anti-Virus 4.0 is the...
[August 23, 2002, 8:27]
'Electronic jihad' played down
News Antivirus-software maker Kaspersky Labs said the reports focused on what was otherwise "brief comments made yesterday at a press conference which was dedicated to cybercrime and the problems of spam. The antivirus researcher's rebuttal to the...
[August 26, 2004, 8:10]
First handheld Trojan emerges
News We were certain that a viable malicious program for PDAs would appear soon after the first proof-of-concept viruses emerged for mobile phones and Windows Mobile," Eugene Kaspersky, head of Anti-Virus Research at Kaspersky Labs, said in a statement.
[August 6, 2004, 8:40]
Malware authors mixing a lethal cocktail
Talkback After all, was he paid off by Kaspersky Labs to create this advertisement in the guise of news? Or just sign your name to the Kaspersky Labs Press release. Short and simple, Kaspersky is a twit. I would imagine that if you told Kaspersky about a...
[December 10, 2004, 14:36]
Redesi worm reformats C: drives
News Zenkin said Kaspersky Labs had received no reports of the worm in the wild yet. Both versions are equally dangerous, said Denis Zenkin of antivirus company Kaspersky Labs, but only PCs running older versions of Windows that use the autoexec.bat...
[October 18, 2001, 17:27]
