Espionage allegations
Kaspersky moves customer data to Switzerland
Following allegations of US espionage, the Russian IT security company Kaspersky will move the data of customers from Europe and North America from Russia to Switzerland. A new data center in Zurich is to be set up for this purpose by the end of 2019.
Kaspersky also plans to relocate the production of ready-to-use software to Zurich this year. The IT security company intends to have the new data center supervised by independent inspectors. Data from customers in Singapore, Australia, Japan and South Korea will also be stored and processed there. Other countries are to follow, it was said.
Kaspersky came under pressure last fall after US media reports claimed that the company had played a role in the NSA's secret attack tools falling into the hands of Russian intelligence services. An employee of the US interception service had illegally loaded the secret software onto his private computer, which was also running Kaspersky security software. Kaspersky admitted at the time that the attack programs had ended up on the company's servers in Moscow as a result. However, they had not been shared with anyone and had been deleted, explained founder and CEO Eugene Kaspersky. Nevertheless, Kaspersky programs were banned from computers in US authorities.
You might also be interested in
Private devices as a security risk
In most companies, far more devices connect to the network every day than there are employees, including many personal smartphones, fitness trackers and digital assistants. For cyber criminals, this shadow IT is an attractive gateway into the...
read more...One third of industrial companies with a security incident
According to a recent Kaspersky study, which surveyed 320 cybersecurity managers responsible for industrial control systems worldwide in April/May 2018, 31% of companies had experienced at least one cybersecurity incident in the past year.
read more...Bypass e-mail encryption
Edward Snowden encrypted his revelatory emails with OpenPGP five years ago, because the additional encryption layer is considered particularly secure - until now.
read more...New security vulnerabilities in Intel chips
According to a report in the computer technology magazine "c't", there are new serious security loopholes in Intel chips.
read more...IUNO research project - Part 1
The technology data marketplace
The opportunities offered by I40 remain untapped, particularly in SMEs. One reason for this is that the IT used in companies to date is often not geared towards the security requirements of networked production. This is where the IUNO research...
read more...When botnets attack
The fact that IoT systems are very easy to attack has not only been proven by countless live hacks, but also by real botnet attacks. Service access points are proving to be a serious weak point.
read more...No accidental changes to files
CodeMeter 6.80 from Wibu-Systems supports Universal Write Filter (UWF), a Windows option from Microsoft that prevents accidental changes to files, which is particularly important for embedded systems.
read more...Security through network segments
The Microwall Gigabit from Wiesemann & Theis is the first in a series of easy-to-use security products for industry and manufacturing.
read more...Mushroom is the victim of a targeted hacker attack
The automation technology provider Pilz from Ostfildern was the victim of a targeted cyber attack on Sunday, October 13. All server and PC workstations worldwide, including the company's communication network, were affected.
read more...