The US government announced the ban on selling Kaspersky software due to security risks from Russia and urged citizens to replace it. The Biden administration announced it will ban the sale of Kaspersky antivirus software due to the risks posed by Russia to U.S. national security. The U.S. government is implementing a new rule leveraging […]
Google has updated the Play Store Developer Policy page to ban mobile mining apps that mine cryptocurrencies using the computational resources of the devices. Due to the surge in cryptocurrency prices, many legitimate websites and mobile apps are increasingly using cryptocurrency miners. Following Apple’s decision of banning cryptocurrency mining apps announced in June, also Google has updated the Play […]
The Pentagon is ordering retail outlets on US military bases to stop selling Huawei and ZTE products due to unacceptable security risk they pose. Smartphones manufactured by Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE are banned by US Military, the decision was taken by the Pentagon. The Pentagon is ordering retail outlets on US military bases to stop selling […]
Twitter bans Kaspersky Lab from advertising its solutions on the platform citing DHS ban for its alleged ties with the Russian intelligence. Twitter bans Kaspersky Lab from advertising on its platform citing DHS ban for its alleged ties with Russian intelligence agencies. “At the end of January of this year, Twitter unexpectedly informed us about […]
Kaspersky Lab sues the U.S. Government over product ban, itâs appeal was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Last week, the US President Donald Trump signed a bill that bans the use of Kaspersky Lab products and services in federal agencies. Section 1634Â of the bill prohibits the use of security […]
The US President Donald Trump signed a bill that bans the use of Kaspersky Lab products and services in federal agencies. Section 1634 of the bill prohibits the use of security software and services provided by security giant Kaspersky Lab, the ban will start from October 1, 2018. Below the details of the ban included in the section […]
The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns of supply chain risk in cloud-based products, including antivirus (AV) software developed by Russia. We have a long debated the ban of the Russian security software from US Government offices, now part of the UK intelligence is adopting the same strategy. Last week the CEO of the […]
Israeli hackers compromised the Kaspersky infrastructure and caught Russian spies using AV tool to harvest NSA exploits. Kaspersky was not aware of the hack. There is still a heated discussion about the alleged hack of Kaspersky’s antivirus and its use to steal an NSA exploit from a US subcontractor. Explosive new revelations put at risk […]
The popular instant messaging application WhatsApp has been widely blocked in mainland China by the Government broadening online censorship. Bad news for the Chinese users of the popular instant messaging app WhatsApp because the application has been widely blocked in mainland China by the Government. Users are not able to send text messages, photo and video sharing. It isn’t […]
The US Department of Homeland security banned government agencies for using software products developed by Kaspersky Lab Bad news for security firm Kaspersky, the US Department of Homeland security banned government agencies for using software products developed by Kaspersky Labs. The ban was the response to the concerns about possible ties between Kaspersky and Russian […]