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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."
Germany's Federal Office for Information Security, BSI, is warning companies against using Kaspersky antivirus products due to threats made by Russia against the EU, NATO, and Germany. Kaspersky is a Moscow-based cybersecurity and antivirus provider founded in 1997, that has a long history of success, but also controversy over the company's possible relationship with the Russian government.
Security suites like Kaspersky and Sophos can make buyers safer from things like viruses, spyware, adware, worms, and trojans. Security for organizations is synchronized between endpoints in real-time for fast reactions to security threats.
Kaspersky: Many wearables and healthcare devices are open to attack due to vulnerable data transfer protocol. Kaspersky security researchers announced this week that a popular data transfer protocol used by healthcare devices is full of critical vulnerabilities.
Cybersecurity company Kaspersky said it logged and blocked 30,562 attempts by hackers to use the Log4Shell exploit that was discovered in December 2021. Log4Shell is an exploit that targets Apache's Log4j library, which is used to log requests for Java applications.
The humble PC continues to bring home the bacon for Dell, with shipments to corporate customers going through the roof, in spite of previous worries about shortages and price hikes. Things are less rosy at HP, which has been caught out by the recent collapse in Chromebook orders.
This year saw multiple examples of advanced persistent threats under the spotlight, allowing us to predict what threats might lead the future. Advanced persistent threats, which focus on cyberespionage goals, are a constant threat to companies, governments and freedom activists, to name a few.