“All users of the virus protection software can be affected by such operations,” it stated. The BSI wrote that antivirus software “must for systemic reasons (at least for updates) maintain a permanent, encrypted and non-verifiable connection to the manufacturer’s servers.” BSI clearly considers this connection to pose a potential risk and identifies a conceivable scenario in which Kaspersky itself is attacked, impacting its customers.

Risk of attacks considerable, organizations urged to switch products with caution Those claims led to the removal of Kaspersky Lab products of approved vendors for U.S. intelligence agencies about ties between Kaspersky and the Russian government. The warning echoes earlier unconfirmed claims by U.S. The Russian vendor responded in an official statement suggesting the BSI’s actions have been made on political rather than technological grounds.

The BSI did not raise any concrete allegations against Kaspersky products but recommended replacing them with alternatives due to the Russian-Ukraine conflict. Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has warned businesses against using Kaspersky virus protection products amid concerns of Russian technology being coerced by Russian government agents and forced to attack target systems against its will or spied on.

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