According to Results effectiveness evaluations carried out in the third quarter of 2014, the independent organization MRG Effitas has Kaspersky Internet Security as the solution that provides the most effective protection for online transactions.
As in the previous evaluation, which was implemented in the second quarter, security solutions were tested in three phases. However, this time the MRG Effitas lab used an improved methodology. In particular, the Man-in-the-Middle (ie, interference attacks on the data transmission protocol for data fraud) was abolished.
Instead, the organization evaluated the quality of protection against Hooking APIs, which are implemented by infiltrating malicious code into browser browsing procedures and then redirecting key APIs for confidential information and redirecting to the attacker. Since the programs used in the trials were not widespread malware, they were unaware of security solutions. The purpose of the test, therefore, was to assess the ability to protect against zero day threats. The Kaspersky Internet Security has successfully prevented all four attempts to penetrate malicious code into the browser protected by the solution.
Τα υπόλοιπα δύο στάδια ελέγχου, όπως και σε προηγούμενες δοκιμές, αξιολόγησαν το επίπεδο της προστασίας που μπορούσαν να προσφέρουν οι λύσεις ενάντια σε διαδεδομένο κακόβουλο λογισμικό, ικανό να κλέβει στοιχεία σύνδεσης σε τραπεζικούς λογαριασμούς ή να παρεμβαίνει στη διαδικασία αντchangeς πληροφοριών με online υπηρεσίες payments, as well as a test involving modern botnets. In the first phase, the solutions were required to detect 406 malware that had been widely spread by digital criminals during the test period. That Kaspersky Internet Security successfully detected and prevented all these malicious programs.
The second phase was carried out on systems that had been "infected" using files containing Trojan programs for the most widespread botnets. The botnet's Command & Control servers were configured within the test lab's infrastructure, allowing researchers to immediately determine whether the malware was able to intercept data accessς ή όχι. Το Kaspersky Internet Security εμπόδισε αποτελεσματικά και αυτή την απειλή, αποτρέποντας τη διαρροή δεδομένων.
Based on the test results, Kaspersky Internet Security once again proved to be a reliable security solution and received the certification of MRG Effitas. In total, of the 17 solutions that participated in the evaluation, only four were able to protect the user from all banking digital threats. Of these, only two were complete Internet security solutions, while the rest were highly specialized applications designed specifically to protect online payments.
"The online payment services are of particular interest to digital criminals, as by interfering with the information exchange process between the services and their customers, they can gain access to the accounts. That is why Kaspersky Lab considers the protection of users from financial digital threats as one of its most important goals. The test results confirm that Kaspersky Lab's technologies – and especially the technology Safe Money They are able to provide effective protection against the most modern threats to them online banking systems », commented Timur Biyachuev, Anti-Malware Research Director of Kaspersky Lab.
Safe Money's technology Kaspersky Internet Security protects electronic transactions by matching it address of a payment site to a cloud database, confirming the authenticity of the security certificate, isolating browsers from malicious code penetration attempts and preventing screenshots. More information about this technology can be found at whitepaper of Kaspersky Lab.
