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This sets a precedence for banning products for national security reasons. It potentially has devastating implications for US tech companies that include backdoors for US intelligence agencies. This probably won't happen immediately but it is bound to happen over time as foreign nations, especially Russia and China, develop domestic capabilities. Being shut out of Russia would not be devastating perhaps, but being shut out of China would. Foreign countries that the US designates as...
Read More »RT — CIA wrote code ‘to impersonate’ Russia’s Kaspersky Lab anti-virus company, WikiLeaks says
The equivalent of Photoshop in cyberspace? WikiLeaks says it has published the source code for the CIA hacking tool ‘Hive,’ which indicates that the agency-operated malware could mask itself under fake certificates and impersonate public companies, namely Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab.The CIA multi-platform hacking suite ‘Hive’ was able to impersonate existing entities to conceal suspicious traffic from the user being spied on, the source code of the malicious program indicates,...
Read More »Kim Zetter — NSA Worker’s Software Piracy May Have Exposed Him To Russian Spies
Detailed analysis of what is known so far.The InterceptNSA Worker’s Software Piracy May Have Exposed Him To Russian Spies Kim Zetter
Read More »Dan Goodin — Worker who snuck NSA malware home had his PC backdoored, Kaspersky says
If your are following this.Ars TechnicaWorker who snuck NSA malware home had his PC backdoored, Kaspersky says Dan Goodin AlsoReutersKaspersky says it obtained suspected NSA hacking code from U.S. computerJoseph Menn
Read More »Dan Goodin — Russia reportedly stole NSA secrets with help of Kaspersky—what we know now
The Wall Street Journal just published an incendiary article that says hackers working for the Russian government stole confidential material from an NSA contractor's home computer. The hackers did so, according to the WSJ, after identifying files though the contractor's use of antivirus software from Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab. The report may well be true, but, for now, there's no way to independently confirm it. The report is based on unnamed people the publication says had knowledge of...
Read More »Sputnik — Top US Electronics Retailer Best Buy Stops Selling Kaspersky Lab Software
Best Buy reportedly will stop selling Kaspersky Lab cybersecurity software due to fears that the company has links to the Russian government. The cyber world is headed toward national firewalls, silos, and cocooning. The open Internet is closing as paranoia takes over.Disclosure: I use Kaspersky Secure Connection (free version).Sputnik InternationalTop US Electronics Retailer Best Buy Stops Selling Kaspersky Lab Software
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