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US bans Kaspersky antivirus software due to national security risks
2024-06-21 09:48

The US Department of Commerce has announced an upcoming US-wide ban of cybersecurity and antivirus software by Kaspersky, as its "Ability to gather valuable US business information, including intellectual property, and to gather US persons' sensitive data for malicious use by the Russian Government pose an undue or unacceptable national security risk." Starting on July 20, 2024, Kaspersky is prohibited from entering into any new agreement with US persons involving its cybersecurity and antivirus products and services.

U.S. Bans Kaspersky Software, Citing National Security Risks
2024-06-21 04:25

The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on Thursday announced a "first of its kind" ban that prohibits Kaspersky Lab's U.S. subsidiary from directly or indirectly...

Biden bans Kaspersky antivirus software in US over security concerns
2024-06-20 22:38

Today, the Biden administration has announced an upcoming ban of Kaspersky antivirus software and the pushing of software updates to US companies and consumers, giving customers until September 29, 2024, to find alternative security software. "Today, the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security announced a Final Determination prohibiting Kaspersky Lab, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of a Russia-based anti-virus software and cybersecurity company, from directly or indirectly providing anti-virus software and cybersecurity products or services in the United States or to U.S. persons," reads a new announcement from the US BIS agency.

Biden bans Kaspersky: No more sales, updates in US
2024-06-20 21:07

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Bitdefender vs Kaspersky (2024): Which Solution Is Better?
2024-06-20 12:00

Two powerful endpoint detection and response tools being deployed around the world are Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and Bitdefender GravityZone Business Security. Below, we'll take a look at what Kaspersky and Bitdefender have in common and where each product pulls ahead of the other.

Kaspersky releases free tool that scans Linux for known threats
2024-06-01 15:17

Kaspersky has released a new virus removal tool named KVRT for the Linux platform, allowing users to scan their systems and remove malware and other known threats for free. Kaspersky's new tool isn't a real-time threat protection tool but a standalone scanner that can detect malware, adware, legitimate programs abused for malicious purposes, and other known threats and offers to clean them.

Kaspersky hits back at claims its AI helped Russia develop military drone systems
2024-05-03 21:30

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Kaspersky accused of helping Russia develop military drone systems
2024-05-03 21:30

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Kaspersky Study: Devices Infected With Data-Stealing Malware Increased by 7 Times Since 2020
2024-04-18 16:26

The number of devices infected with data-stealing malware in 2023 was 9.8 million, a sevenfold increase over the same figure for 2020, according to new research from Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence. The data was obtained from log files that record the activities of "Infostealers." Infostealers are a type of malware that covertly extracts data from infected devices without encrypting it.

Kaspersky releases utility to detect iOS spyware infections
2024-01-17 11:36

Kaspersky's researchers have developed a lightweight method to detect indicators of infection from sophisticated iOS spyware such as NSO Group's Pegasus, QuaDream's Reign, and Intellexa's Predator through analyzing a log file created on iOS devices. "The sysdiag dump analysis proves to be minimally intrusive and resource-light, relying on system-based artifacts to identify potential iPhone infections. Having received the infection indicator in this log and confirmed the infection using Mobile Verification Toolkit processing of other iOS artifacts, this log now becomes part of a holistic approach to investigating iOS malware infection," said Maher Yamout, Lead Security Researcher at Kaspersky's Global Research and Analysis Team.