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The Washington Post is reporting U.S. moves to ban Kaspersky software in federal agencies amid concerns of Russian espionage:
Acting Homeland Security secretary Elaine Duke ordered that Kaspersky Lab software be barred from federal civilian government networks, giving agencies a timeline to get rid of it, according to several officials familiar with the plan who were not authorized to speak publicly about it. Duke ordered the scrub on the grounds that the company has connections to the Russian government and its software poses a security risk.
[...] "The risk that the Russian government, whether acting on its own or in collaboration with Kaspersky, could capitalize on access provided by Kaspersky products to compromise federal information and information systems directly implicates U.S. national security."
[...] The directive comes months after the federal General Services Administration, the agency in charge of government purchasing, removed Kaspersky from its list of approved vendors. In doing so, the GSA suggested a vulnerability exists in Kaspersky that could give the Kremlin backdoor access to the systems the company protects.
Someone that is in a position to know all about it tells me that Kaspersky doesn't detect malware created by the Russian Business Network. My fear is that if I named that someone, the RBN will give that someone a bad hair day.
[Ed. addition follows]
The full text of the DHS notice is available at https://www.dhs.gov/news/2017/09/13/dhs-statement-issuance-binding-operational-directive-17-01.
Previously:
FBI Reportedly Advising Companies to Ditch Kaspersky Apps.
(Score: 5, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Thursday September 14 2017, @03:04PM (1 child)
So, I was having problems with a Windows installation. I used McAfee to check things out, and I still had problems, just different ones. So, I used Microsoft's defender stuff, and it killed McAfee, but started spying on me. I grabbed Avast, which warned me about both McAfee and Microsoft DLL's and crap, but then, it started nagging all the time. On and on I went, until Kaspersky cleaned up the mess left by a dozen other security suites. NOW, you're telling me that Kaspersky reports to the Kremlin? Lemme see, what's next . . . . Panda? How about Panda? Does it report to the Chinese, or the Indians? I'm in security suite hell here!!
/sarcasm
You people know I don't run Winbloze!!
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 14 2017, @05:01PM
It's far worse than that. Panda Security is in Glendale, California.