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- How to prevent surveillance through banner ads | Kaspersky official blogby Stan Kaminsky on April 17, 2024 at 11:29 am
Data collected by advertising firms can be used — often illegally — by various government agencies. How does this happen, and what to do to minimize surveillance?
- Mitigating the risks of residential proxies | Kaspersky official blogby Stan Kaminsky on April 12, 2024 at 4:12 pm
What are residential proxies, and how can attacks routed through them be tracked?
- Hackers disrupt Apex Legends esports tournament | Kaspersky official blogby Alexey Sadylko on April 3, 2024 at 11:13 am
Hackers breached esports players during the Apex Legends Global Series, forcing the tournament to be postponed. We explore how this could have been prevented, and offer protection solutions for gamers.
- The Beekeeper and cybersecurity | Kaspersky official blogby Nikolay Pankov on April 1, 2024 at 10:31 am
What cybersecurity lessons can we learn from the Jason Statham movie “The Beekeeper”?
- How to tell that what appears to be a message from your boss is actually the beginning of a scam attack | Kaspersky official blogby Stan Kaminsky on March 28, 2024 at 10:53 am
The key signs of boss-scam schemes, and ways to protect against them.
- How Wi-Fi WPA2 is hacked using PMKID interception | Kaspersky official blogby Alanna Titterington on March 15, 2024 at 12:49 pm
PMKID interception is the simplest, most effective, and least noticeable way to hack Wi-Fi networks. We explain how this attack works and how to defend against it.
- How to protect yourself from the pig butchering scam | Kaspersky official blogby Alanna Titterington on March 11, 2024 at 5:51 pm
What is pig butchering: how this scam operates, and how to protect yourself from fake investments in cryptocurrencies.
- How cybercriminals scam women ahead of March 8 | Kaspersky official blogby Alexey Sadylko on March 7, 2024 at 12:02 pm
Popular scams on the eve of International Women’s Day.
- VoltSchemer: attacks on wireless chargers through the power supply | Kaspersky official blogby Alanna Titterington on February 28, 2024 at 12:15 pm
VoltSchemer attacks can “fry” smartphones charging on wireless chargers, disable various devices, and send silent voice commands.
- Toy robot security issues | Kaspersky official blogby Nikolay Frolov on February 27, 2024 at 3:00 pm
Vulnerabilities in a popular toy robot model allowed malicious actors to make video calls to the robot, and hijack the parental account.