Eugene Kaspersky

Kaspersky Lab CEO acknowledges that the company's antivirus software sometimes copies harmless files to its servers

Eugene Kaspersky said his company’s widely used antivirus software has copied files that did not threaten the personal computers of customers

Looming suspicion over the Kaspersky Labs alleged links to Russia may decrease sales: Eugene Kaspersky

Although it is one of the world’s leading suppliers of antivirus software, Kaspersky Lab has struggled to find success as a vendor to the US government, one of the world’s largest buyers of cyber tools, amid long-running suspicions about the company.

Kaspersky Lab acknowledges that its security software took source code of hacking tool from a PC in the US

While reviewing the file’s contents, an analyst discovered it contained the source code for a hacking tool which Kaspersky calls the Equation Group.

Kaspersky Lab to ask independent parties to conduct security review of its anti-virus to dispel espionage allegations

Reviews of the software, which is used on some 400 million computers worldwide, will begin by the first quarter of next year, Kaspersky said.

Whether guilty of colluding with Russian spy agencies or found innocent, Kaspersky Lab's future seems bleak

Kaspersky Lab claims that it shares no “inappropriate ties to any govt, including Russia” and that the it is caught in “the middle of a geopolitical fight.”

Confusion erupts in consumer market after US bans Kaspersky Lab software in govt agencies

Kaspersky products accounted for about 5.5 percent of anti-malware software products worldwide, according to research firm Statista.

Cybersecurity concerns lead Trump administration to order the removal of Kaspersky products from govt agencies

Some cybersecurity experts have warned that blacklisting Kaspersky Lab could prompt a retaliation from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Amid cybersecurity concerns from Russia, prominent US electronics retailer to pull out Kaspersky products

Kaspersky, which has denied ties with any government, said on Friday the companies had suspended their ties.

Kaspersky 's big American dream comes under threat as geopolitical tensions grow

The U.S. government has the right to choose not to use Kaspersky products for any reason, he said, but "the way they are doing it" is wrong.

Kaspersky agrees to offer source code for examination by US government

Kaspersky said his company does exclusively defensive work, although under questioning he allowed that some unnamed governments had tried to nudge him toward hacking, what he calls “the dark side.”