A year ago I addressed cybersecurity specialists to let them know about a new tool we’d developed. Our Open Threat Intelligence Portal (OpenTIP) offers the same tools for analysis of complex threats (or merely suspicious files) as our GReAT cyberninjas use. And lots of other folks use them now too, testing zillions of files every month.
But a lot has changed in the past year, with practically the whole world having to work remotely because of coronavirus, which in turn makes life more difficult for...

OpenTIP, season 2: Come on in!

A year ago I addressed cybersecurity specialists to let them know about a new tool we’d developed. Our Open Threat Intelligence Portal (OpenTIP) offers the same tools for analysis of complex threats (or merely suspicious files) as our GReAT cyberninjas use. And lots of other folks use them now too, testing zillions of files every month.

But a lot has changed in the past year, with practically the whole world having to work remotely because of coronavirus, which in turn makes life more difficult for cybersecurity experts. Maintaining the security of corporate networks has become a hundred times more troublesome. As precious as time was before COVID-19, it is...

OpenTIP, season 2: drop by more often!

A year ago I addressed cybersecurity specialists to let them know about a new tool we’d developed – our Open Threat Intelligence Portal (OpenTIP). Tools for analysis of complex threats (or merely suspicious objects) – the very same ones used by our famous cyber-ninjas in GReAT – became accessible to anyone who wanted to use them. And use them lots of folks wanted – testing zillions of files every month.

But in just a year a lot has changed. Things have become much more difficult for cybersecurity experts due to practically the whole world having to work remotely because of coronavirus. Maintaining the security of corporate networks has become a...

Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 169

Today we’re giving you a special edition of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, in which Dave and I take off our news hats for once and chat with an executive from within the Kaspersky ranks.

Our featured guest is none other than Kaspersky Chief Business Officer Alex Moiseev. During our thirty-some-odd-minute chat, we discuss a wide variety of topics ranging from the company’s recent innovation report to Alex’s passion for startups and innovation and how his love of motorsport and racing has helped his career and much more.

Perhaps the juiciest bit of the interview is our discussion on the future of the cybersecurity industry, Eugene...

How to protect your Battle.net account from hackers and scammers

Losing your Battle.net account, and the years of gaming and grinding progress, could be a nightmare. There are better ways to quit WoW, Hearthstone, Overwatch, and other games that seem too addictive to walk away from, for sure. Assuming you’d rather keep gaming with your Blizzard account, safeguard it with our guide.

• Blizzard account security
  • How to change your Battle.net password
  • How to change the security question
  • How to set up two-factor authentication on Battle.net
  • How to ensure that only you have access to your account
  • Don’t leak your Battle.net password
• Privacy settings
  • How to hide your real name
  • How to...

Right, then. Time to zoom down Ilgumen.

Altai-2020 continues. Up, breakfast, decamp > river. River: Katun. Up next: its Ilgumen Rapids – here.

‘Woah. I feel the need for a row!’

Just short rapids these, but intense! They begin here:

And end just round the bend down there:

Maybe they look a bit underwhelming at first?

Then add a raft and you get a better feel for the scale! ->

Right. Our turn…

Somewhere there there’s a ‘pulsating’ thingamajig, where the water gushes upward violently, taking with it and turning upsidedown anything that might be unlucky enough to be passing through it at the wrong time. In short – we need to be careful…

And here’s the rafter’s-eye view ->

GReAT, Ask Them Anything 2.0

A lot has changed over the past four years. We’ve seen major ransomware and wipers take the Internet by storm. Empires of bots have done everything from mining crypto to helping change how people vote. And business travel has come to a standstill thanks to a viral enemy that caused a global pandemic.

As they say, what a time to be alive.

You know what hasn’t changed? Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) and its quest to help keep the good guys one step ahead of the bad ones in the virtual and physical world.

What does that have to do with four years ago? Well, my dear readers, let me tell you.

A bit over four years ago, I wrote on this very...

Sitting and rowing – down the Katun we’re going.

Onward – downward – on the best bit of our Altai-2020 expedition: the rafting bit. Again – the Argut River, this time where it meets the Katun. The same Argut, btw, along the banks of which we were trekking a couple weeks ago, astonished by the river’s sheer power.

The sound of the fast flowing water is amplified by endless echoes!

Here it’s not clear which river’s flowing into which!…

The muddy waters of the Argut fairly sully the pristine turqouse ones of the Katun ->

Naughty Argut! Look at the mess you’ve made! Alas – that dirty-milkiness from the Argut continued along the Katun, with the turquiose never to fully return (. Not to...

Answers of the mini-quiz about Kaspersky Internet Security 2021 for Windows:

#7. Select the correct URL that opens after you press the “?” (Help) icon in the program's main window:

+ https://help.kaspersky.com/KIS/2021_mr1/en-US/87342.htm
- https://help.kaspersky.com/KIS/2021_mr1/en-US/119653.htm
- https://help.kaspersky.com/KIS/2021_mr1/en-US/43538.htm
- https://help.kaspersky.com/KIS/2021_mr1/en-US/176603.htm

Answers of the mini-quiz about Kaspersky Internet Security 2021 for Windows:

#6. Which option is UNAVAILABLE in the Safe Money window if you press the “How it works” caption/button and browse the suggestions/slides?

- At your service
- Green means protected
- Manage your list of payment websites
+ Intermittent settings

Answers of the mini-quiz about Kaspersky Internet Security 2021 for Windows:

#5. How is the icon resembling a bolt of lightning in a circle captioned in the Settings -> Additional menu?

+ Threats and Exclusions
- Self-Defense
- Reports and Quarantine
- Additional Protection and Management Tools
- Secure Data Input

Answers of the mini-quiz about Kaspersky Internet Security 2021 for Windows:

#4. Which three Security Levels are available for selection in the Settings -> General menu?

+ Maximum, Optimal, Minimum
- Potential, Recommended, Low
- Extended, Recommended, Superficial
- Extended, Secure, Minimum

Answers of the mini-quiz about Kaspersky Internet Security 2021 for Windows:

#3. During the completion of a Full Scan, what is being filled with turquoise?

+ A strip in the window
- The entire window
- A circle in the window
- The tray icon

Answers of the mini-quiz about Kaspersky Internet Security 2021 for Windows:

#2. Which component/unit is indicated in the main program window right below the Database Update unit?

+ Protection for kids / Parental control
- Privacy Protection
- My Kaspersky
- Safe Money

Answers of the mini-quiz about Kaspersky Internet Security 2021 for Windows:

#1. What is depicted above the mountains during the installation of Kaspersky Internet Security 2021 in the window with the caption “Welcome to Kaspersky Internet Security | Feel the power of protection”?

+ The sky and the stars
- Clouds
- The sun
- A flying airship

Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 168

In the latest episode of the Kaspersky podcast, we look into recent news about Donald Trump’s campaign website being hacked — briefly — to promote a cryptocurrency scam. It was only a single page, but the hack comes at a critical time in the US election cycle.

From there, we move on to a story about a psychotherapy clinic in Finland that was hacked. Patients are now finding their details on the dark web, and some have been contacted by an elusive individual called “The Ransom Guy.”

To wrap up, we look at a case of fake news in the retail sector. Anyone familiar with the dearly departed Woolworths chain knows it went under in 2008 — but that didn’t...

The Altai river-traveler museum – ver. 2020.

Continuing our Altai-2020 expedition, one afternoon we moored our rafts to visit the makeshift river-traveler museum, which organically sprang up and grew over the years in a field by the junction of the Katun and Argut rivers. It’s a three-legged contraption-construction that has all manner of odd and sod hung upon it, placed there by passing river tourists:

Every year, new exhibits are added to the museum. Various art movements and styles are featured, but there’s a distinct preference for the post-industrialist avant-garde and general modern kunst!

The breadth of variety of the pieces on display is staggering:

Nearby, satellite art...

Phishing through e-mail marketing services

Scammers have used various tricks over the years to bypass antiphishing technologies. Another scheme with a high success rate for delivering phishing links to targets is to use e-mail marketing services, also known as e-mail service providers (ESPs) — companies that specialize in delivering e-mail newsletters — to send messages. According to statistics we’ve obtained from our solutions, the method is gaining momentum.

Companies that are serious about e-mail threats thoroughly scan all e-mail — with antivirus, antiphishing, and antispam engines — before letting messages reach users’ inboxes. The engines not only scan...

11 brave women at the North Pole.

This blogpost could pass as an advertisement, if it were paid for; however, it’s being published entirely voluntarily and gratis. Basically, in it, I’ll be telling you the fascinating story of 11 fearless females on an Arctic expedition up to the North Pole!…

So, what happened was that our good old friend Felicity Aston, the dauntlessly adventuresome (see why we’re good old friends?:) British explorer, whose unique Antarctic expeditions we support and sponsor from time to time (I’ve even been known to piggy-back onto one of her missions (I flew, she skied!) – to see in the New Year at the South Pole!), decided to steel herself to… try something totally...

Windows XP source code leak: Tips for businesses

In late September, news broke that the source code for Windows XP had leaked online. A torrent file for downloading the operating system code was published on an anonymous forum, and it spread webwide quickly. Although Web analytics service StatCounter estimates that fewer than 1% of all computers actually run Windows XP, that still represents millions of devices globally.

Microsoft discontinued support for Windows XP way back in 2014, so anyone still using it in 2020 is taking a big risk; Microsoft will never patch the new vulnerabilities that continue to pop up. The company makes one...

Rushing down the Akkem Rush.

At Tyungur, we were up early > breakfast > tents down > to the riverbank > into the Katun on rafts > off we pop > 25km of calm rafting until we reach today’s main attraction: several sets of rapids called the Akkemsky Proriv (in Russian), which translates as the Akkem Rush (aka the Akkem Fissure, Akkem Breach, Akkem Rupture, etc., but Rush is arguably closest to the original meaning in Russian, i.e., referring to the water itself, not the location it’s set in. Just to complicate things further, it’s also known as the Akkem Pipe – or Akkem Tube!!).

Green on green: Katun-aqua amid Altai-taiga!

Suddenly – Sauron’s eye in the sky!

Eek – it creeps nearer for a...

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You should finish your order, typing your e-mail for getting electronic key! 

eBRC Online is a drive to advertise paperless trade, and also the DGFT has produced a digital network for Bank Realization Certification. Utilizing the eBRC system, banks can digitally transmit forex realization from financial institutions to the DGFT server. The use of digital certification protects this procedure. DGFT BRC is a certificate issued by Banks to confirm that the exporter has received payment against his buyer's export of goods.
The procedure which was in place previously for furnishing Bank Realisation Certification was manual. A merchant had to send BRC in physical application to the concerned Regional Authority of DGFT; the export transaction details as per BRC entered...

Q: I used to use your freeware security product, Kaspersky Free, but I can't find it on the Kaspersky website anymore. Why is it not available?

A: We have replaced Kaspersky Free with another free anti-virus, Kaspersky Security Cloud Free. Its level of security is just as high as that of Kaspersky Free, with several additional features: mobile security (Android and iOS devices), secure connection to public Wi-Fi spots (up to 300 MB a day per device), password management, account data leak verification, and personalized notifications about threats and insufficiently secure settings.

You can download Kaspersky Security Cloud Free and browse a detailed overview of its features and the table...