U.S. moves to ban Kaspersky software in federal agencies amid concerns of Russian espionage.
The U.S. government on Wednesday moved to ban the use of a Russian brand of security software by federal agencies amid concerns the company has ties to state-sponsored cyberespionage activities. In a binding directive, acting homeland security secretary Elaine Duke ordered that federal civilian agencies identify Kaspersky Lab software on their networks. After 90 days, […]
Kaspersky Lab’s top investigator reportedly arrested in treason probe
“In a move that stunned some security researchers, a top investigator at Russia’s largest antivirus provider, Kaspersky Lab, has been arrested in an investigation into treason, a crime that upon conviction can carry severe sentences. Ruslan Stoyanov, the head of Kaspersky Lab’s investigations unit, was arrested in December, Russian newspaper Kommersant reported Wednesday. The paper […]