Mar 29, 2022
More must reconsider Russian anti-virus software use, UK warns
In 2017, The UK's National Cyber Security Centre announced it would write to all government departments, warning against using Kaspersky products for systems related to national security. In today's blog post, the NCSC's Ian Levy wrote: "We have no evidence that the Russian state intends to suborn Russian commercial products and services to cause damage to UK interests, but the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence." German authorities issued a new tougher warning calling for Kaspersky products to be removed after the Ukraine conflict began, raising questions about whether the UK would follow. The BSI found no evidence of current problems with Kaspersky products but recommended its anti-virus products were replaced with alternatives - but carefully, to avoid weakening defences. In response, the firm said the BSI decision was "Not based on a technical assessment of Kaspersky products", and as a private global cyber-security company it "Does not have any ties to the Russian or any other government".
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