Pierluigi Paganini
October 04, 2024
Google removed Kaspersky ‘s Android security apps from the Play Store and suspended its developer accounts over the weekend. Over the weekend, all the Android products designed by the Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky were removed from the official Google Play in the United States and other countries. Google also disabled the developer accounts used by the cybersecurity […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 16, 2024
Kaspersky is leaving the U.S. market following the recent ban on the sales of its software imposed by the Commerce Department. Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky announced its exit from the U.S. market following the ban on the sale of its software in the country by the Commerce Department. In June, the Biden administration announced it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 20, 2024
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 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 31, 2023
Canada banned the Chinese messaging app WeChat and Kaspersky antivirus on government mobile devices due to privacy and security risks. The Government of Canada announced a ban on the use of the WeChat and Kaspersky applications on government-issued mobile devices due to privacy and security risks. The ban will be effective starting from October 30, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 18, 2023
Kaspersky released a new version of the decryptor for the Conti ransomware that is based on the previously leaked source code of the malware. Kaspersky has published a new version of a decryption tool for the Conti ransomware based on previously leaked source code for the Conti ransomware. In March 2022, a Ukrainian security researcher […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 26, 2022
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) added Kaspersky to its Covered List because it poses unacceptable risks to U.S. national security. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) added multiple Kaspersky products and services to its Covered List saying that they pose unacceptable risks to U.S. national security. “The Federal Communications Commission’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 21, 2022
Italy’s data privacy watchdog launched an investigation into the “potential risks” associated with the use of Russian antivirus software Kaspersky. Italy’s data privacy watchdog has launched an investigation into potential risks associated with the use of the Kaspersky antivirus. The Italian authority aims at verifying how the Russian company processes the data of Italian users […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 15, 2022
German Federal Office for Information Security agency, also known as BSI, recommends consumers not to use Kaspersky anti-virus software. The German Federal Office for Information Security agency, aka BSI, recommends consumers uninstall Kaspersky anti-virus software. The Agency warns the cybersecurity firm could be implicated in hacking attacks during the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. According […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 03, 2019
Experts discovered several DLL hijacking flaws in Kaspersky Secure Connection, Trend Micro Maximum Security, and Autodesk Desktop Application. Researchers from SafeBreach discovered several vulnerabilities in Kaspersky Secure Connection, Trend Micro Maximum Security, and Autodesk Desktop Application products that could be exploited by hackers for DLL preloading, code execution, and privilege escalation. The first issue in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 26, 2019
Kaspersky has fixed several flaws affecting the web protection features implemented in some of its security products Kaspersky has addressed several vulnerabilities in the web protection features implemented in its antivirus solutions, including Internet Security, Total Security, Free Anti-Virus, Security Cloud, and Small Office Security products. The vulnerabilities were found by the security researcher Wladimir […]
