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(FILES) This file photo taken on February 28, 2022 shows the stand of Russian antivirus software development company Kaspersky on the opening day of the MWC (Mobile World Congress) in Barcelona, Spain. - German cyber security agency BSI on March 15, 2022 urged consumers not to use anti-virus software made by Russia's Kaspersky, warning the firm could be implicated in hacking assaults amid Russia's war in Ukraine. (Photo by Pau BARRENA / AFP)
March 15, 2022, 2:38 pm
Germany warns against use of anti-virus software made by Russia’s Kaspersky
German cybersecurity agency says tech firm could be involved in hacking assaults during Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine; US banned use of the software by government agencies in 2017
By AFP
Still from a Channel 12 news segment on February 7, 2022 on "how to try to protect your cellphone" from hacking. (screenshot)
February 8, 2022, 1:26 am
Israeli TV gives viewers ‘helpful’ tips on how to prevent their phones being hacked
With police alleged to use spyware against citizens, Channel 12 offers guidelines by Kaspersky Lab, a Moscow-based firm banned in US over ties to Russian security services, hackers
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: In this March 15, 2018, file photo, Uighurs and their supporters rally across the street from United Nations headquarters in New York. Members of the Uighur Muslim ethnic group are calling on China to post videos of their relatives who have disappeared into a vast system of internment camps. The campaign follows the release of a state media video showing famed Uighur musician Abdurehim Heyit, who many believed had died in custody. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
May 27, 2021, 2:40 pm
Israel-based cybersecurity experts expose ongoing hack attacks on Uighurs
Attacker believed to be Chinese-speaking entity; created false human rights organization with website that installs malicious material on targets’ computers, making data accessible
By Shoshanna Solomon
Keir Giles, a Russia specialist with Britain’s Chatham House think tank, poses for a photo in central London on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
April 17, 2019, 8:09 pm
Israeli firm Black Cube denies link to spy targeting Kaspersky Lab critics
Man identifying himself as Lucas Lambert has been meeting with cybersecurity experts, in an operation resembling one by a so-called Michel Lambert, outed as an Israeli ex-spy
By Raphael Satter
Illustrative: A screenshot of a tutorial posted online by Russian hacker Roman Seleznev on how to steal credit card data is displayed for reporters Friday, April 21, 2017, in Seattle, following the federal court sentencing of Seleznev to 27 years in prison after he was convicted of hacking into U.S. businesses to steal credit card data. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
December 31, 2018, 12:13 pm
New actors will join state-sponsored hackers in global cyber-crime, report warns
Russia’s Kaspersky Lab says in its Targeted Threat Predictions for 2019 that barriers to new players entering the fray have ‘never been so low’
By Shoshanna Solomon
Eugene Kaspersky, the CEO and founder of Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab (Courtesy)
November 13, 2018, 5:31 pm
Russia’s Kaspersky starts processing files in Switzerland in bid to regain trust
Move aims to increase its resilience in the face of data breaches and attacks, and to boost trustworthiness of products, cybersecurity firm says
By Shoshanna Solomon
A man walks past the building of the Russian military intelligence service in Moscow, Russia, July 14, 2018 (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
October 6, 2018, 8:18 pm
Russia’s hackers long tied to military, secret services
Moscow is accused of waging a global campaign of cyber attacks since 2007, with hackers’ abilities developed from tradition of excellent computing skills dating back to Soviet era
By Marina LAPENKOVA
A sign above the headquarters of Kaspersky Lab in Moscow, January 30, 2017. (AP/Pavel Golovkin)
May 16, 2018, 5:04 pm
Kaspersky to move key activities to Switzerland in bid to quell Russia spy fears
Software from Moscow-based company already banned by US Department of Homeland Security on concerns it could be used as backdoor for hackers
By Shoshanna Solomon
A sign above the headquarters of Kaspersky Lab in Moscow, January 30, 2017. (AP/Pavel Golovkin)
From the WebMarch 22, 2018, 9:02 am
Kaspersky’s ‘Slingshot’ report burned ISIS-focused intelligence operation
Cyberscoop: Research by Kaspersky recently unveiled an active, U.S.-led counterterrorism cyber-spying operation against ISIS
Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of Kaspersky Lab (Courtesy)
January 21, 2018, 1:34 pm
Netanyahu turns down meeting with Russian cybersecurity head linked to US hack
Citing schedule restraints, Prime Minister’s Office says premier ‘must decline’ Eugene Kaspersky’s request for sit-down at Davos World Economic Forum this week
By Raoul Wootliff
A view of the headquarters of Kaspersky Lab, Russia's leading antivirus software development company, in Moscow on October 25, 2017. (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)
October 25, 2017, 11:42 pm
Outed by Israel, Kaspersky confirms it took classified US information
Russian firm acknowledges its software picked up source code but says it was destroyed and never shown to anyone
By JTA
Eugene Kaspersky, Russian antivirus programs developer and chief executive of Russia's Kaspersky Lab, poses for a photo on a balcony at his company's headquarters in Moscow, Russia, July 1, 2017. (AP/Pavel Golovkin)
October 25, 2017, 1:16 pm
Russian anti-virus mogul: We uploaded US documents but quickly deleted them
Eugene Kaspersky says employees immediately told him in 2014 of captured National Security Agency files
By Raphael Satter
A sign above the headquarters of Kaspersky Lab in Moscow, January 30, 2017. (AP/Pavel Golovkin)
October 12, 2017, 7:31 am
Kaspersky in focus as US-Russia cyber-tensions rise
Israel reportedly discovered the Russian software company was a vehicle for hackers to steal security secrets from the NSA
By Rob Lever
An employee of Kaspersky Lab works on computers at the company's headquarters in Moscow, Russia, July 1, 2017. (AP/Pavel Golovkin)
October 11, 2017, 8:44 am
Israel said behind discovery of Russian cybersecurity hack into US intel
Kaspersky Lab software ordered wiped from government computers after Israeli agents hacked into system and found Kremlin’s footprints
By ToI Staff
Costin Raiu, Director, Global Research & Analysis Team at Kaspersky Lab during a visit to Jerusalem, June 14, 2017. (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
June 26, 2017, 3:26 pm
Virtual detectives prowl the web’s ‘dark forest’ for criminal tracks
By studying past cyber-attacks you learn how to fend off new ones, Kaspersky Lab’s chief researcher says
By Shoshanna Solomon
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