Integris asked you, our reader (in a rather sarcastic tone) “what could possibly go wrong if people used free anti-virus software coded by the Russians?” As it turns out, the FBI has been going around and giving people the answer to that question. We encourage you reading that after this article.*Ībout a week or two ago we shared an article regarding Kaspersky Labs, the Moscow based security firm and their recent endeavor to release their anti-virus software free of charge. We’ve posted a link to the story at the bottom of this page.

And he believes that the software's ability to detect those kinds of threats and suggest connections between the source code of malware it detected and malware from other sources, among other factors, suggested that perhaps the software detected something the US government didn't want revealed - a view supported by Kaspersky APAC boss Stephan Neumeier.UPDATE – : The United States Senate voted on Monday, September 18 to ban Kaspersky Lab software from federal computer systems and networks. He suggested that threats fell into two broad categories: Those that stole data and were focused on espionage and those that stole money and we're most likely criminal. Kaspersky told ZDNet that his software doesn't focus on attribution but could detect state-sponsored threats. 'I think that it's better to ask this question on the other side of the Pacific Ocean,' he said. After two years, no proofs, no data at all,' the eponymous CEO said.Īt the time of the ban, his company transacted just $50,000 with the US government - a figure he called 'nothing', noting that the congressional hearings into the ban had cost the US government far more than the revenue he lost - at least initially. Kaspersky describing the time as a 'shitstorm'.

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