FCC Warns That Kaspersky Poses National Security Risk

[DaBoss38]

The FCC has added Kaspersky, China Mobile, and China Telecom to the list of companies affected by the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019.

The so-called Covered List includes companies "that are deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or the security and safety of United States persons," the commission explains, typically because of their connections to foreign governments.

The addition of Kaspersky, China Mobile, and China Telecom nearly doubles the number of companies on the Covered List. The FCC's initial list included five companies—Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision, and Dahua—when it was formally announced in March 2021.

Read more here: FCC Warns That Kaspersky Posses National Security Risk

 

[froggyboy604]

Thanks for telling us that Kaspersky is no longer safe to use.

 

[DaBoss38]

Thanks for telling us that Kaspersky is no longer safe to use.

Your welcome, just trying to keep everyone safe.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I still remember working retail the last time they were deem to be bad and pulled all their product off of the shelf.

I guess this latest notice is just because it is Russian software, bad time to be anything Russian.

 

[Sharon]

I may have used Kaspersky once in my lifetime.

 

[Grungie]

Good thing my work doesn’t use Kaspersky

 

[Sharon]

I try to support American companies anyway. I am a fan of Webroot myself.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I try to support American companies anyway. I am a fan of Webroot myself.

Scan your system with malwarebytes and thank me later.

 

[Sharon]

Scan your system with malwarebytes and thank me later.

I've never scanned my Macbook since I got it back in 2014.

 

[Grungie]

I've never scanned my Macbook since I got it back in 2014.

You probably should

 

[DaBoss38]

Good thing my work doesn’t use Kaspersky

Haha same here

I try to support American companies anyway. I am a fan of Webroot myself.

I do as well I use Norton360 and before you say anything I have never had any issues with them.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I've never scanned my Macbook since I got it back in 2014.

Ah backup, never mind, Macs tend to be more secure.

 

[Grungie]

Ah backup, never mind, Macs tend to be more secure.

The threat of malware is still there, just not to the extent of Windows based machines. There’s also the browser based threats as well. They have Malwarebytes for MacOS, which is what I use on my Macs.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

The threat of malware is still there, just not to the extent of Windows based machines. There’s also the browser based threats as well. They have Malwarebytes for MacOS, which is what I use on my Macs.

You have to really get into the thick of the dark night to catch anything on macs. But yeah, wouldn't hurt to run a malware scan.

 

[Grungie]

You have to really get into the thick of the dark night to catch anything on macs. But yeah, wouldn't hurt to run a malware scan.

That's definitely not true. It's growing in popularity for Malware: Apple’s malware problem is getting worse

 

[Sharon]

So you guys convinced me. I ran a scan and now have 3 items in quarantine.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

That's definitely not true. It's growing in popularity for Malware: Apple’s malware problem is getting worse

Perfection has been ruined.

So you guys convinced me. I ran a scan and now have 3 items in quarantine.

Hopefully nothing major was hiding.

 

[Sharon]

Doing this has made me feel even better about having a Macbook Pro. I imagine if I ever did upgrade in the future I will be choosing the latest model. Fingers crossed that I have at least a couple of years before I have to do that.