Displaying items by tag: Antivirus

Russian security firm Kaspersky is facing a fresh probe into its anti-virus software, which has been stepped up since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a report claims.

A warning by the German Federal Office of Information Security against the use of Kaspersky products had no technical advice or objective evidence to back it up, the chief executive of the Russian security firm says.

The annual cybersecurity report from Acronis has arrived, showing companies, IT managers, remote workers and more seriously struggling with cyber fitness, packing on the security vulnerability kilos after 18 months on the COVID couch in what is a MUST READ report for every modern company.

GUEST RESEARCH: Attivo Networks, the experts in preventing identity privilege escalation and detecting lateral movement attacks, today announced the availability of a new research report conducted by Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) and commissioned in part by Attivo Networks. The report focuses on Active Directory (AD), the directory-based identity services platform used by 90% of enterprises worldwide, exploring the obstacles and threats organisations face when protecting AD and how they adapt to address these growing concerns.

Anti-virus pioneer John McAfee has died in Spain in what is an apparent suicide following a court decision to extradite him back to the US, but conspiracies are swirling that McAfee was assassinated, brought on by McAfee's own warnings any suicide wouldn't be by his own hands. Whatever the truth, may McAfee rest in peace.

Avast has identified a “new cryptocurrency-stealing malware” that steals cryptocurrency wallet addresses and “redirects the transactions by replacing the recipients’ crypto wallet addresses with its own.” According to Avast, the malware has stolen US$560, 000 from users since November 2018.

Despite 80% of organisations running up to an incredible 10 different protection and cybersecurity solutions simultaneously, more than 50% of them still report experiencing downtime from data loss last year, showing just how many in the security industry are behind in catching up to today’s cyber Cold War and constantly cyber attacked reality.

I don’t think the ACCC has ever taken a technology company to court over “anti-virus” claims, but it has certainly taken activewear company Lorna Jane Pty Ltd for such an “alleged false or misleading claim”.

Open-source file syncing and sharing software company Nextcloud has integrated anti-virus technology from Kaspersky to keep operating systems that are susceptible to infections safe.

From "Kaspersky Lab" to "Kaspersky", the company has been protecting its customers for more than two decades, and has transformed from anti-virus vendor to a global security leader where in today's world, the sky's no longer the limit.

When you're dealing with massive amounts of data, it makes sense to process it where it is stored. A forthcoming update from Cohesity will make it possible to process secondary data in situ.

Security firm Kaspersky Lab has launched a new product called Kaspersky Security Cloud which operates as a service and is not attached to a device, but to an owner through an account on the My Kaspersky portal.

The Netherlands has joined the US in deciding to ban the use of anti-virus software from Kaspersky Lab in the country's public service.

Most professional hackers say they could bypass security systems, locate critical data, and exfiltrate that data within 15 hours, and they label defence measures such as firewalls and antivirus as trivially easy to bypass.

Endpoint security company Cylance says its unique artificial intelligence-based protection is the best tool to keep companies and individuals safe from new and emerging threats.

Security vendor Kaspersky Lab has reacted to reports that Australian retailer Harvey Norman will no longer be selling its products by saying it respects the decision of any business to sell and market products as it sees fit.

Things are about to get worse for Kaspersky Lab in the US with the US Senate set to consider banning the use of its software in all federal agencies, using a provision in the National Defence Authorisation Act.

Watch out, AVG, Avast, Microsoft and anyone else with free AV, Kaspersky has launched Kaspersky Free Anti-Virus, but its paid suites still offer many features definitely worth paying for.

ESET's NOD32 is the only anti-malware solution worldwide, that, since 1998, has never missed a single “in-the-wild” worm or virus in independent VB100 testing.

The silly season is the time when security companies figure they can get under the skin of normally sensible people, by spouting chicken little stuff and using gullible writers to spread their message that the sky is falling and it will all get worse in the year to come.