By Steve Huff 10/16/12 6:24pm

Malware Mischief

Mr. Kaspersky not looking supervillain-like at all. (Photo: flickr.com/cebitaus

Kaspersky Lab is Working on its Own Super-Secure Industrial Operating System

Inspired by the behaviors of sophisticated malware such as Stuxnet, Flame, Duqu and Gauss, Russian billionaire and possible real-life Batman Eugene Kaspersky announced today that his Kaspersky Lab is developing a new operating system.

Mr. Kaspersky’s announcement wasn’t heavy on details about the OS, but security was obviously priority one. Acknowledging that Microsoft, Apple and the open source communities haven’t been able to create truly secure controls, Mr. Kaspersky basically said the problem with the previous systems was their universality: Read More

By Steve Huff 8/10/12 11:42am

Flame I'm Gonna Live Forever

Mr. Kaspersky not looking supervillain-like at all. (Photo: flickr.com/cebitaus

Kaspersky Lab IS ON IT: Discovers Yet Another Computer Virus Aimed at the Middle East

Eugene Kaspersky’s security researchers at Kaspersky Lab have sleuthed out a new “cyber-espionage weapon.” The Russian supervillain’s (or awesomely cool billionaire, depending on your point of view) labs say this weapon has nearly as cool a name as previously discovered cyber worms Flame and Duqu–”Gauss.” It also has a specific and potentially telling target: Lebanese lending institutions. Bloomberg tells us more: Read More