Kaspersky Lab

Hijacking computers to mine cryptocurrency is all the rage

Have you visited Showtime’s website recently? If so, you may be a cryptocurrency miner. An observant Twitter user was the first to sound an alarm last month that the source code for the Showtime Anytime website contained a tool that was secretly hijacking visitors’ computers to mine Monero, a Bitcoin–like digital currency focused on anonymity.

Russian Programmer Evgeni Kaspersky will Give Testimony to the US Congress

Russian programmer Evgeni Kaspersky, who is a leading global information security specialist, will have to give testimony to US congressmen in the coming days to answer questions about the security of the company's "Kaspersky Lab" anti-virus program, reports Focus.

US bans government use of software from Russian firm Kaspersky

The U.S. government banned the use of Kaspersky security software in federal offices on Sept. 13, saying the Russian company has risky ties to Russian intelligence that threaten U.S. national security.

Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke ordered all government offices to remove and replace any of the company's popular anti-hacker software in use within 90 days.

You wannacry, don't you?

It has been a frustrating month for all IT executives around the globe. They were faced with the most devastating attack on IT systems that they had ever seen. This attack, different from many known cyberattacks, hit everybody where it really hurts: data.

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