Latest Kaspersky news

US sanctions 12 Kaspersky Lab execs for working in Russian tech sector

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned twelve Kaspersky Lab executives for operating in the technology sector of Russia.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 21, 2024
- 01:32 PM
- 6
Biden bans Kaspersky antivirus software in US over security concerns

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.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 20, 2024
- 06:38 PM
- 15
Kaspersky releases free tool that scans Linux for known threats

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.
- Bill Toulas
- June 01, 2024
- 11:17 AM
- 12
Canada bans WeChat and Kaspersky products on govt devices

Canada has banned the use of Kaspersky security products and Tencent's WeChat app on mobile devices used by government employees, citing network and national security concerns.
- Bill Toulas
- October 31, 2023
- 11:06 AM
- 3
New tool scans iPhones for 'Triangulation' malware infection

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has released a tool to detect if Apple iPhones and other iOS devices are infected with a new 'Triangulation' malware.
- Bill Toulas
- June 05, 2023
- 01:58 PM
- 2
Russia says US hacked thousands of iPhones in iOS zero-click attacks

Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky says some iPhones on its network were hacked using an iOS vulnerability that installed malware via iMessage zero-click exploits. Russia blames these attacks on US intelligence agencies.
- Bill Toulas
- June 01, 2023
- 12:11 PM
- 10
Kaspersky to kill its VPN service in Russia next week

Kaspersky is stopping the operation and sales of its VPN product, Kaspersky Secure Connection, in the Russian Federation, with the free version to be suspended as early as November 15, 2022.
- Bill Toulas
- November 10, 2022
- 12:42 PM
- 0
Trend Micro fixes bug Chinese hackers exploited for espionage

Trend Micro says it patched a DLL hijacking flaw in Trend Micro Security used by a Chinese threat group to side-load malicious DLLs and deploy malware.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 24, 2022
- 12:09 PM
- 0
US says Kaspersky poses unacceptable risk to national security

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) added Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky to its Covered List, saying it poses unacceptable risks to U.S. national security.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 25, 2022
- 05:17 PM
- 7
HackerOne kicks Kaspersky’s bug bounty program off its platform

Bug bounty platform HackerOne disabled Kaspersky's bug bounty program on Friday following sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus after the invasion of Ukraine.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 25, 2022
- 12:16 PM
- 2
German government advises against using Kaspersky antivirus

BSI, the federal cybersecurity authority in Germany, has issued a public statement to warn critical entities in the country against using Kaspersky antivirus software products.
- Bill Toulas
- March 15, 2022
- 10:15 AM
- 5
Kaspersky's stolen Amazon SES token used in Office 365 phishing

Kaspersky said today that a legitimate Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) token issued to a third-party contractor was recently used by threat actors behind a spear-phishing campaign targeting Office 365 users.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 01, 2021
- 01:25 PM
- 0
Shade Ransomware Decryptor can now decrypt over 750K victims

Kaspersky has released an updated decryptor for the Shade Ransomware (Troldesh) that allows all victims who have their files encrypted to recover them for free.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 30, 2020
- 03:21 PM
- 0
Nine Major VPNs Could Get Blocked by Russia in 30 Days

Nine VPN providers could get banned in Russia within 30 days if they fail to enforce the country's list of banned websites by connecting their systems to the Russian State Information System (FGIS) to automatically block their users' access to blacklisted websites.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 07, 2019
- 04:19 PM
- 3
ASUS Live Update Infected with Backdoor in Supply Chain Attack

A new advanced persistent threat (APT) campaign detected by Kaspersky Lab in January 2019 and estimated to have run between June and November 2018 has allegedly impacted over 57,000 users who have downloaded the ASUS Live Update Utility on their computers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 25, 2019
- 12:35 PM
- 1
Kaspersky AV Having Certificate Conflicts with Google Chromecast

Users of Kaspersky Antivirus have been complaining since the end of January that when they open Chrome Kaspersky displays numerous alerts stating that there is a problem with a self-signed certificate. It turns out this is being caused by a conflict with a Chromecast device on their network that they may not know even existed.
- Lawrence Abrams
- February 28, 2019
- 07:25 PM
- 6
Bitdefender Disables Anti-Exploit Monitoring in Chrome After Google Policy Change

Chrome has started displaying alerts that suggest users remove programs that are considered incompatible applications with Chrome because they inject code into the browser's processes. In order to resolve these issues Bitdefender has decided to no longer monitor newer versions of Chrome with their anti-exploit technology.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 24, 2018
- 10:05 AM
- 4
DNS Leak Fixed in Kaspersky VPN App for Android

Kaspersky has fixed a bug in their Kaspersky VPN app for Android that leaked the computer's configured DNS server while using a VPN connection.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 10, 2018
- 01:22 PM
- 0
CoinVault Ransomware Authors Have Their Day in Court in the Netherlands

The authors of the CoinVault ransomware have had their day in court today in the Netherlands, where their case was presented in front of a three-judge panel.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 12, 2018
- 04:45 PM
- 1
US Bill Hopes to Prevent IT Supply-Chain Issues Like the Kaspersky & ZTE Fiascos

Two US senators have proposed a bill this week that aims to address the issues with software and IT services provided to the US government and its agencies.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 21, 2018
- 01:05 PM
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