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Kaspersky has released a report showing Distributed Denial of Service attacks hit an all-time-high in the first quarter of 2022. The attacks detected by the security outfit easily surpassed those of the previous quarter and were up 46 per cent on the same time last year.
Kaspersky has found a vulnerability in the Yanluowang ransomware encryption algorithm and, as a result, released a free decryptor tool to help victims of this software nasty recover their files. Yanluowang, named after a Chinese deity and underworld judge, is a type of ransomware that has been used against financial institutions and other firms in America, Brazil, and Turkey as well as a smaller number of organizations in Sweden and China, Kaspersky said yesterday.
FCC adds Kaspersky, Chinese companies to list of potential threats to national security. The Federal Communications Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has added three companies to the list of communications equipment and services that pose a threat to national security through access to user information.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Friday moved to add Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab to the "Covered List" of companies that pose an "Unacceptable risk to the national security" of the country. Also added alongside Kaspersky were China Telecom Corp and China Mobile International USA. The block list includes information security products, solutions, and services supplied, directly or indirectly, by the company or any of its predecessors, successors, parents, subsidiaries, or affiliates.
The United Stations Federal Communications Commission has labelled Kaspersky, China Mobile, and China Telecom as threats to national security. Kaspersky is the first non-Chinese company to be added to the FCC's list, but the agency did not tie its decision to Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine.
The Federal Communications Commission added Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky to its Covered List, saying it poses unacceptable risks to U.S. national security. Kaspersky services covered by this decision include information security products, solutions, and services supplied by Kaspersky or any linked companies, including subsidiaries or affiliates.
Bug bounty platform HackerOne disabled Kaspersky's bug bounty program on Friday following sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus after the invasion of Ukraine. Kaspersky also added that its bug bounty program was disabled indefinitely following "Unilateral action from HackerOne."
Australian technology distributor Dicker Data has decided to end its commercial relationship with Russian security software vendor Kaspersky. Kaspersky confirmed that Dicker Data has chosen to end its relationship, and thanked the distributor for "Hard work, dedication and support" since taking on the account in 2019.
Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky on Tuesday responded to an advisory released by Germany's Federal Office of Information Security against using the company's security solutions in the country over "Doubts about the reliability of the manufacturer." The statement from Kaspersky follows a warning from Germany's cybersecurity authority, the Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik aka BSI, which recommended "Replacing applications from Kaspersky's portfolio of antivirus software with alternative products" due to risks that they could be exploited by Russia for a cyber attack.
Germany's BSI federal cybersecurity agency has warned the country's citizens not to install Russian-owned Kaspersky antivirus, saying it has "Doubts about the reliability of the manufacturer." A company spokesman told The Register: "We believe this decision is not based on a technical assessment of Kaspersky products - that we continuously advocated for with the BSI and across Europe - but instead is being made on political grounds... Kaspersky is a private global cybersecurity company and, as a private company, does not have any ties to the Russian or any other government."