BSI warns against Kaspersky

The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has issued a warning against antivirus solutions from the Russian vendor Kaspersky. The reason for this is the Russian Federation’s ongoing war in Ukraine. The BSI considers it possible that Kaspersky could cooperate with Russian security authorities on its own initiative or even against its will or be misused by them for their own purposes. This would cast doubt on the manufacturer’s reliability.