Biden puts a bullet in Kaspersky: Sales, updates to be banned in America

The U.S. Commerce Department banned the sale of Kaspersky Lab products to new U.S. customers starting July 20 and will block updates/signatures after September 29, citing national security risks and alleged cooperation with Russian intelligence, while the BIS added several Kaspersky entities to the Entity List; Kaspersky disputes the findings, highlighting its transparency measures and contributions to cybersecurity, and plans to contest the decision, with the article also noting prior U.S. actions against Kaspersky and separate scrutiny of Microsoft’s security lapses.