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US sanctions 12 Kaspersky Lab execs for working in Russian tech sector
2024-06-21 17:32

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned twelve Kaspersky Lab executives for operating in the technology sector of Russia. These sanctions came after the Biden administration announced yesterday the ban of sales and software updates for Kaspersky antivirus software in the USA, which started in July, over potential cybersecurity risks to national security.

Kaspersky Lab autopsies evidence on SolarWinds hack
2021-01-12 06:56

Kaspersky Lab reckons the SolarWinds hackers may have hailed from the Turla malware group, itself linked to Russia's FSB security service. Referring to the hidden backdoor secretly implanted in SolarWinds' Orion product, Kaspersky's Georgy Kucherin wrote in a blog post on Monday: "While looking at the Sunburst backdoor, we discovered several features that overlap with a previously identified backdoor known as Kazuar."

Kaspersky Lab takes bite out of Apple in Russia over borked parental controls app
2019-03-21 17:15

Store policy removed key features, alleges complaint Antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab has lodged a complaint about Apple with the Russian competition authority.…

Kaspersky Lab Launches New Threat Intelligence Tool
2019-02-20 15:16

Kaspersky Lab this week announced Kaspersky CyberTrace, a free threat intelligence fusion and analysis tool to make it easier for security teams to access threat intelligence.  read more

Revealed: Numbers show extent of security fears about security biz Kaspersky Lab
2019-02-19 13:05

Global sales up 4% but North America element down 25% Eugene Kaspersky's security biz saw turnover crash by a quarter in North America following the US government's decision to remove the...

Turns Out Kaspersky Labs Helped FBI Catch Alleged NSA Leaker
2019-01-10 07:18

Remember "The Shadow Brokers" and the arrest of a former NSA contractor accused of stealing 50 Terabytes of top secret documents from the intelligence agency? It turns out that, Kaspersky Lab,...

Talking Global Cyberwar With Kaspersky Lab's Anton Shingarev
2018-09-07 14:25

Theory Suggests we Need to Come to the Very Brink of Cyberwar Before Humanity Backs Down and Finds a Solution read more

Sir, you've been using Kaspersky Lab antivirus. Please come with us, sir
2018-06-15 16:45

US govt bans agencies from using Russian outfit's wares The US government issued an interim rule this morning prohibiting agencies from using products or services that have pretty much anything to...

EU Claims Kaspersky Lab Software 'Confirmed as Malicious'
2018-06-15 13:48

In Response, Software Firm Pauses Work With Europol and 'No More Ransom' PortalThe anti-Kaspersky Lab rhetoric continues to heat up, with the European Parliament passing a motion that brands the...