In an attempt to dispell rumors that its software is being used as a backdoor into users' computers, Kaspersky Labs said today it would subject its security products to an independent third-party ...

Responding to U.S. government suggestions that its antivirus software has been used for surveillance of customers, Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab is launching what it’s calling a transparency initiative ...

Moscow-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab, battered by suspicion of Russian government influence, wants to reassure customers by opening up its software’s underlying code for outside review. But ...

Cybersecurity expert Eugene Kaspersky has volunteered to turn over his company’s software source code to allay fears about possible ties with the Russian government, The Australian reported last week.

Two leading computer security firms have linked some of the software code in the powerful Flame virus to the Stuxnet cyber weapon, which was widely believed to have been used by the United States and ...

Antivirus (AV) software supplier Kaspersky has been forced to deny it has been the subject of a cyber attack by Ukrainian hacktivists after claims to this effect appeared on social media on the ...

Kaspersky reports a spike in phishing emails containing malicious QR codes. Detections for these jumped from 46,969 in August ...

The Softpedia news wire asserts that the source code dates back to late 2007/early 2008 and has been written in C++ and Delphi. The news wire notes that the source codes covers the anti-virus engine, ...