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The number of users attacked with QakBot – a powerful banking Trojan, in the first seven months of 2021 grew by 65% in comparison to the same period in 2020 and reached 17,316 users worldwide, demonstrating that this threat is increasingly affecting internet users.

Kaspersky has achieved ‘Champion’ status, for the second consecutive year, in the 2021 Cybersecurity Leadership Matrix by Canalys, a renowned global technology market analyst firm with a distinct channel focus.

A recent global survey, commissioned by Kaspersky, explores the role of dating apps and the current state of technology and relationships

Airtel customers now purchase Kaspersky security solutions for PC and Smartphones via Airtel Thanks app

In the second quarter of 2021, the total number of DDoS attacks decreased by 38.8% compared to Q2 2020, and by 6.5% in comparison to the previous quarter in 2021.

No More Ransom – the initiative started in 2016 by law enforcement and IT security companies to help victims of ransomware restore their files – turns five today. The anniversary is marked by more than 900 million US dollars of illegal profit prevented, and more than 6 million people downloading free decryption tools.

Kaspersky experts have uncovered a rare, wide-scale advanced persistent threat (APT) campaign against users in Southeast Asia, most notably Myanmar and the Philippines.

Kaspersky’s international study on dating and the impact of technology on relationships has found that the majority of users positively perceive the role of smart algorithms in dating services – 44% would trust the matchmaking choice of AI, and 64% noted that the recommendations of the algorithms fully correspond to their preferences.

Anonymized data, voluntarily provided by Kaspersky Internet Security for Android users, has shown which messenger apps are the most popular among phishing scammers.

Kaspersky has been tracking Milum—a malicious Trojan used by WildPressure, an advanced persistent threat (APT) actor active in the Middle East—since August 2019.