May 16 2013

IT Threat Evolution: Q1 2013

• According to KSN data, Kaspersky Lab products detected and neutralized 1 345 570 352 threats in Q1 2013.
• A total of 22,750 new modifications of malicious programs targeting mobile devices were detected this past quarter — that’s more than half of the total number of modifications detected in all of 2012.
• Some 40% of the exploits seen in the first quarter of this year target vulnerabilities in Adobe products.
• Nearly 60% of all malicious hosts are located in three countries: the US, Russia, and the Netherlands.

May 08 2013

Spam in Q1 2013

The percentage of spam in total mail traffic was up by 0.5 percentage points in the first quarter, averaging 66.5%.

Apr 23 2013

Spyware. HackingTeam

This article is based on technical data from KL experts and their analysis of the Korablin and Morcut malicious programs. A number of conclusions based on open source data.

Apr 18 2013

Spam in March 2013

The percentage of spam in email traffic was down 1 percentage point compared with February and averaged 70.1%

Apr 11 2013

Winnti. More than just a game

The study shed light on the activities of a group that has persistently targeted online gaming companies for several years.

Apr 11 2013

Winnti 1.0 technical analysis

The favorite tool of the attackers has been malicious program we called "Winnti". It has evolved since the first use, but we divide all variants into two generations: 1.x and 2.x. Our publication describes 1.0 variant of this tool.

Mar 21 2013

Spam in February 2013

The percentage of spam in email traffic was up 12.8 percentage points compared with January and averaged 71.1%.