Security News

Peace Breaks Out Between Microsoft and Kaspersky Lab (Security Week)
2017-08-11 16:24

Microsoft Agrees to Kaspersky Lab's Demands Microsoft and Kaspersky are friends again, and the whole anti-virus ecosystem is at peace.  read more

Kaspersky Withdraws Antitrust Suits Against Microsoft (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-11 12:33

Microsoft Says It Will Be More Accommodating to Third-Party Anti-VirusKaspersky Lab says it will withdraw antitrust complaints it filed against Microsoft over how Windows handles third-party...

Kaspersky Details APT Trends for Q2 2017 (Security Week)
2017-08-10 17:51

While continuing to deploy their usual set of hacking tools onto compromised systems, advanced persistent threat (APT) actors were observed using leveraging zero-day vulnerabilities and quickly...

Trump Administration Restricts Kaspersky Lab Product Use (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-12 17:18

Russian Anti-Virus Vendor Claims It's Been Caught Up in 'Political Game'The Trump administration has moved to restrict the U.S. government's ability to use products built by Moscow-based...

U.S. Bans Kaspersky Software Amid Concerns Over Russia Ties (Security Week)
2017-07-12 14:18

Washington - The US government has moved to block federal agencies from buying software from Russia-based Kaspersky Lab, amid concerns about the company's links to intelligence services in Moscow....

Kaspersky under scrutiny after Bloomberg story claims close links to FSB (ArsTechnica)
2017-07-11 20:38

CEO: “This story is BS brewed on political agenda.”

Kaspersky Releases Open Source Digital Forensics Tool (Security Week)
2017-07-06 14:24

Kaspersky Lab researcher Vitaly Kamluk has released the source code of Bitscout, a compact and customizable tool designed for remote digital forensics operations. read more

Russia Threatens Retaliation If US Bans Kaspersky Lab (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-04 17:33

Cybersecurity Firm's CEO Offers Source Code Review to US GovernmentA senior Russian government official warned that Moscow will retaliate if the Senate moves to ban the use of Kaspersky Lab...

Kaspersky Patches Flaws in Anti-Virus for Linux File Server (Security Week)
2017-06-29 09:04

An update released earlier this month by Kaspersky Lab for its Anti-Virus for Linux File Server product addresses several potentially serious vulnerabilities discovered by researchers at Core...

Microsoft Defends AV Handling After Kaspersky Antitrust Lawsuits (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-22 13:32

Software Giant Says It Disabled Some AV Programs Because of Windows IncompatibilitiesMicrosoft has sought to get in front of a brewing controversy over whether it unfairly disables third-party...