US to put Kaspersky probe on a fast track amidst war in Ukraine

[Sammo]

US to put Kaspersky probe on a fast track amidst war in Ukraine

US to put Kaspersky probe on a fast track amidst war in Ukraine | CyberNews

The authorities fear the Kremlin could use Kaspersky to obtain sensitive data from US government devices.

cybernews.com

 

[plat]

According to the article, the US may now be exploring ways to block all US downloads of Kaspersky software. Although once again, there's nothing concrete in the article, this snip (from the article) has me thinking. I mean: it's articulating those vague thoughts many of us had when the Ukraine invasion first began.

Recently, Cybernews has learned that Kaspersky Lab is protecting the resources of the Russian Ministry of Defense and other high-value domains that are instrumental to the Russian propaganda machine.


Reuters has reported that the US government began privately warning some American companies the day after Russia invaded Ukraine that Moscow could manipulate software designed by Kaspersky to cause harm.

Thanks for sharing this article.

 

[Guilhermesene]

This article makes me think about going to ESET/Bitdefender or staying with Kaspersky...

 

[Sammo]

This article makes me think about going to ESET/Bitdefender or staying with Kaspersky...

I still have my 5 user license for KTS but I switched to BTS

 

[Trooper]

This article makes me think about going to ESET/Bitdefender or staying with Kaspersky...

I would not let it deter you. But the choice is yours.

 

[Guilhermesene]

I still have my 5 user license for KTS but I switched to BTS

I have a 2-year license of KTS for 10 devices.

Yes I like Bitdefender Total Security a lot but I am always in doubt between its power and the lightness of ESET

 

[Guilhermesene]

I would not let it deter you. But the choice is yours.

Yes, I understand. It was a thought that crossed my mind, I still don't know what to do.

 

[Sammo]

I have a 2-year license of KTS for 10 devices.

Yes I like Bitdefender Total Security a lot but I am always in doubt between its power and the lightness of ESET

BTS is lighter than KTS on my systems plus I have the 10 user license for it.

 

[Guilhermesene]

Yes I like Bitdefender for those reasons:

- Automatic
- Quietness
- It uses a lot of RAM (in my case I have 32gb) but practically no CPU
- Bitdefender Central to manage the devices

These are a few that I remember at the moment I like Bitdefender for these reasons

 

[Trooper]

Yes I like Bitdefender for those reasons:

- Automatic
- Quietness
- It uses a lot of RAM (in my case I have 32gb) but practically no CPU
- Bitdefender Central to manage the devices

These are a few that I remember at the moment I like Bitdefender for these reasons

KTS is lighter on my system (RAM wise) I don't have any current benchmarks to show you but use whatever you like. Do a system backup before you change things up. That way if you don't like the product or feel you need to ditch KTS, easy peasy.

 

[Sammo]

KTS is lighter on my system (RAM wise) I don't have any current benchmarks to show you but use whatever you like. Do a system backup before you change things up. That way if you don't like the product or feel you need to ditch KTS, easy peasy.

Yes. And always use the uninstall tools from both KTS and BTS to make sure they're totally deleted.

 

[AYIZEB]

Kaspersky Has Detected Malware Deployed Inside Windows Event Logs - PC Perspective

Kaspersky Has Detected Malware Deployed Inside Windows Event Logs Add this to the list of things you wish you didn't know about; multistage malware which

pcper.com

A new secret stash for “fileless” malware

We observed the technique of putting the shellcode into Windows event logs for the first time “in the wild” during the malicious campaign.

securelist.com

One more example of why kaspersky is very good, but it would be very sad if one day real evidence of such an accusation came out, hopefully not.

 

[Anthony Qian]

Kaspersky Has Detected Malware Deployed Inside Windows Event Logs - PC Perspective

Kaspersky Has Detected Malware Deployed Inside Windows Event Logs Add this to the list of things you wish you didn't know about; multistage malware which

pcper.com

A new secret stash for “fileless” malware

We observed the technique of putting the shellcode into Windows event logs for the first time “in the wild” during the malicious campaign.

securelist.com

One more example of why kaspersky is very good, but it would be very sad if one day real evidence of such an accusation came out, hopefully not.

Yes. Take the recent Magniber ransomware for example. This kind of ransomware has been in the wild for several days. But not all popular antivirus software vendors have developed a generic detection for it. Therefore, just a few vendors, according to VT, can detect this new variant of it.

Btw, according to other testers, Bitdefender's ATD and Norton's SONAR failed to stop the encryption process. I've been asking Bitdefender/Norton to create a generic detection for Magniber ransomware, but they just use Trojan.GenericKD.xxxx (BD)/Trojan.Gen.2 (Norton) to detect every variant of it, which is a pity.

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[Andrew3000]

Yes. Take the recent Magniber ransomware for example. This kind of ransomware has been in the wild for several days. But not all popular antivirus software vendors have developed a generic detection for it. Therefore, just a few vendors, according to VT, can detect this new variant of it.

Btw, according to other testers, Bitdefender's ATD and Norton's SONAR failed to stop the encryption process. I've been asking Bitdefender/Norton to create a generic detection for Magniber ransomware, but they just use Trojan.GenericKD.xxxx (BD)/Trojan.Gen.2 (Norton) to detect every variant of it, which is a pity.

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That's right, Kaspersky's anti-ransomware protection is among the best.
In the test I did, the PDM intervenes by blocking the ransomware.
Some files are encrypted, but the rollback returns the original files without any problems.
Encrypted files are not deleted, but left in their respective folders.
Conclusion: My files are safe.

 

[Local Host]

I honestly couldn't care less, is USA which means fake news and their loss, accusations with no base is their strong suite.

 

[Guilhermesene]

Yes, that's what I said. Just passed this thought through my head, more as I said I have a subscription 2 KTS for 10 devices, it would be a waste not to use it, because I use the deny mode by default and it is the only one I can have this function.