FBI wants US businesses to stop using Kaspersky software

The FBI has admitted that it is actively discouraging businesses to not use security products from Kaspersky Lab. Rob Joyce, the US government's Cyber Security Coordinator, said that the agency has been actively trying to convince companies in the private sector to no longer use products from the Russian security firm following a number of recent concerns. The FBI previously raised issues over Kaspersky Lab's ties with the Kremlin, as it believes that data collected by the company's popular antivirus program is being sent directly to the Russian government. Kaspersky's CEO even went so far as to release its source code to… [Continue Reading]