Kaspersly Lab told The Stack: “We believe this decision is not based on a technical assessment of Kaspersky products – that we continuously advocated for with the BSI and across Europe – but instead is being made on political grounds. “The actions of military and/or intelligence forces in Russia, as well as the recent threats made by Russia against the EU in the course of the current against the EU, NATO and the Federal Republic of Germany in the course of the current war are associated with a considerable risk of a successful IT attack with far-reaching consequences” it added. Antivirus software is an exposed target of offensive operations in cyberspace in order to spy on potential adversaries, compromise the integrity of their systems, or even to completely limit the availability of the data stored on them,” the BSI warned. ” Therefore, trust in a manufacturer’s reliability and self-protection as well as its authentic ability to secure use of such systems.

“To ensure up-to-date and and effective protection against malware, it must have extensive system system authorizations and must (at least for updates) have a permanent, encrypted and encrypted and unauditable connection to the manufacturer’s servers.

“If there are doubts about the reliability of the manufacturer, anti-virus software poses a particular risk to IT infrastructure that is to be protected” the BSI added. In a two-page alert published Mathat did not include any evidence of potential abuse of Kaspersky products, the BSI said that “Kaspersky should be replaced by alternative products,” adding that “companies and authorities with special security interests and critical infrastructure are particularly at risk.”

Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has told organisations in the country using Kaspersky Lab antivirus products to strip it out of their systems - saying “a Russian IT manufacturer can carry out offensive cyber operations itself, be forced to attack target systems against its will, or be spied on without its knowledge” and adding that “data stored by Kaspersky could be used for reconnaissance or sabotage actions.”

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