At the end of September, Kaspersky forcibly uninstalled and replaced itself with a new antivirus called UltraAV on the computers of around a million Americans, many of whom were surprised and aghast that they were…
Russian cybersecurity giant Kaspersky is shutting down its office in the United Kingdom and laying off its staff, just three months after the company started closing down its U.S. operations and laying off dozens of…
Earlier this week, some U.S. customers of Kaspersky’s antivirus were surprised to find out that the Russian-made software disappeared from their computers and had been replaced by a new antivirus called UltraAV, owned by American…
Kaspersky subscribers have known that they’re on borrowed time—the ban on the Russia-based company’s antivirus software takes full effect on September 29. But some paid users still got a surprise late last week. With days…
Customers of Kaspersky antivirus in the United States found out in the last few days that their cybersecurity software was automatically replaced with a new one called UltraAV, according to several customers who posted on…
Russian cybersecurity giant Kaspersky will lay off dozens of staff and leave the U.S. market following a U.S. government order in June banning the sale of the company’s software, citing security risks. Kaspersky said it…
Just a little over a week ago, the US government announced a ban of Kaspersky antivirus software—which will soon leave its remaining users without a functional program. Starting July 20, Kaspersky must discontinue sale to…
Last week, the U.S. government announced an unprecedented ban on selling in the United States any software made by the Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky. Just days after the ban’s announcement, some American companies that are…
The U.S. government announced Friday sanctions against twelve executives and senior leaders of the Russia-based cybersecurity giant Kaspersky. In a press release, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said it…
In 2017, Russia-based Kaspersky Antivirus Software was deemed an unacceptable risk to US national security, thus fully barred from use by federal agencies in 2018. Then, in 2022, Kaspersky earned a spot on the US…