Items tagged with Kaspersky Lab
A cybersecurity researcher that heads antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab’s investigation unit has been arrested in Russia on charges of treason. Sources within the Federal Security Service (FSB) relayed information regarding the arrest of Ruslan Stoyanov to the Russian newspaper Kommersant. The case is being filed under Article 275 of the Russian criminal code, which is meant to prosecute individuals who take part in "hostile activities to the detriment of the external security of the Russian Federation" and/or provide aid to foreign states or organizations according to Forbes. Representatives for Kaspersky Lab have been quick to indicate that this arrest has nothing to do with the company, and relates...
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Business Executives need to take some precautions when travelling in Asia. According to a report from Kaspersky Labs, an espionage campaign has been active for at least four years that targets business executives at luxury hotels with the use of “Darkhotel” malware. “For the past few years, a strong actor named Darkhotel has performed a number of successful attacks against high-profile individuals, employing methods and techniques that go well beyond typical cybercriminal behavior,” said Kaspersky Lab principal security researcher Kurt Baumgartner. “This threat actor has operational competence, mathematical and crypto-analytical offensive capabilities, and other...
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