[German]Neue Entwicklung in Sachen Umgang mit dem aus Russland stammenden Sicherheitsunternehmen Kaspersky. Nachdem dessen Produkte bereits in US-Behörden nicht mehr eingesetzt werden durften, hat jetzt die US-Behörde FCC die Firma auf den Index gesetzt. Und bei der Plattform HackerOne ist Kaspersky aus dem Bug-Bounty-Programm verbannt worden. Alles Folgen des Einmarschs Russlands in die Ukraine und der damit verbundenen Sanktionen.
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There have been concerns about the Russian-based security provider Kaspersky for years. Since the end of 2017, there has been an order in the US banning the use of Kaspersky products in US authorities. And in the Netherlands, too, there has been a government order since 2018 to ban Kaspersky products on government systems. After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, this question of whether antivirus products from the Russian company Kaspersky can be used without hesitation in companies and authorities has also become red-hot in Germany. In my blog post Can Kaspersky still be used as security solution? I pointed out this issue. Finally, the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has recommended replacing anti-virus software from the Kaspersky company with alternative products. I have addressed details in the blog post German Cyber Guard BSI warns now against the use of Kaspersky antivirus products. It is a preventive measure to limit the risk of Kaspersky being forced by the Russian government to build backdoors into their protection software.
FCC puts Kaspersky on risk list
In the following tweet and in this article, colleagues at Bleeping Computer point out that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has placed Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky on its list of concerned companies that pose an unacceptable risk to US national security.
This applies to all Kaspersky information security products, solutions and services offered by Kaspersky or its related companies, including subsidiaries or affiliates. Information security products, solutions and services offered by Kaspersky or related companies, including subsidiaries or affiliates.
HackerOne bans Kaspersky from Bug bounty program
Furthermore, it became known (see the following tweet), that the HackerOne platform has removed the provider Kaspersky from its bug bounty program.
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On the platform, researchers can report security vulnerabilities and may then receive a bug bounty from the companies concerned for this report. Exactly this programme has now been suspended for Kaspersky, as this is part of the US sanctions package against participants from Russia, the sanctioned areas of Ukraine and Belarus. Bleeping Computer broke it all down here, Kaspersky has set up its own bug bounty programme through which security vulnerabilities can be reported.
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