<s>
Laboratoriya	O
Kasperskogo	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
Russian	O
multinational	O
cybersecurity	O
and	O
anti-virus	B-Application
provider	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Moscow	O
,	O
Russia	O
,	O
and	O
operated	O
by	O
a	O
holding	O
company	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaspersky	O
Lab	O
develops	O
and	O
sells	O
antivirus	B-Application
,	O
internet	B-Application
security	I-Application
,	O
password	O
management	O
,	O
endpoint	O
security	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
cybersecurity	O
products	O
and	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2016	O
,	O
the	B-Application
software	I-Application
has	O
about	O
400	O
million	O
users	O
and	O
has	O
the	O
largest	O
market-share	O
of	O
cybersecurity	O
software	O
vendors	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaspersky	O
Lab	O
ranks	O
fourth	O
in	O
the	O
global	O
ranking	O
of	O
antivirus	B-Application
vendors	O
by	O
revenue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
Russian	O
company	O
to	O
be	O
included	O
into	O
the	O
rating	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
leading	O
software	O
companies	O
,	O
called	O
the	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Top	O
100	O
(	O
79th	O
on	O
the	O
list	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
June	O
29	O
,	O
2012	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2017	O
,	O
subsequent	O
reports	O
alleged	O
that	O
hackers	O
working	O
for	O
the	O
Russian	O
government	O
stole	O
confidential	O
data	O
from	O
the	O
home	O
computer	O
of	O
an	O
American	O
National	O
Security	O
Agency	O
contractor	O
via	O
Kaspersky	O
antivirus	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaspersky	O
denied	O
the	O
allegations	O
,	O
reporting	O
that	O
the	B-Application
software	I-Application
had	O
detected	O
Equation	O
Group	O
malware	O
samples	O
which	O
it	O
uploaded	O
to	O
its	O
servers	O
for	O
analysis	O
in	O
its	O
normal	O
course	O
of	O
operation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
has	O
since	O
announced	O
commitments	O
to	O
increased	O
accountability	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
soliciting	O
independent	O
reviews	O
and	O
verification	O
of	O
its	O
software	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
and	O
announcing	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
migrate	O
some	O
of	O
its	O
core	O
infrastructure	O
for	O
foreign	O
customers	O
from	O
Russia	O
to	O
Switzerland	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2020	O
Kaspersky	O
finished	O
relocating	O
the	O
data	O
of	O
its	O
customers	O
from	O
Russia	O
to	O
Switzerland	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
has	O
also	O
opened	O
multiple	O
transparency	O
centers	O
in	O
Switzerland	B-Protocol
,	O
Brazil	O
,	O
Canada	O
,	O
Spain	O
and	O
Malaysia	O
which	O
allow	O
state	O
agencies	O
,	O
government	O
experts	O
and	O
regulators	O
to	O
review	O
its	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Kaspersky	O
Lab	O
's	O
antivirus	B-Application
software	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Eugene	O
Kaspersky	O
in	O
1989	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
Cascade	B-Application
Virus	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaspersky	O
continued	O
developing	O
the	B-Application
software	I-Application
at	O
KAMI	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
the	O
AntiViral	O
Toolkit	O
Pro	O
(	O
AVP	O
)	O
product	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
Eugene	O
Kaspersky	O
,	O
his	O
wife	O
Natalya	O
Kaspersky	O
,	O
and	O
Alexey	O
De-Monderik	O
left	O
KAMI	O
to	O
form	O
Kaspersky	O
Lab	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
continue	O
developing	O
the	O
antivirus	B-Application
product	O
,	O
then	O
called	O
AVP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
was	O
renamed	O
Kaspersky	O
Anti-Virus	B-Application
after	O
an	O
American	O
company	O
registered	O
the	O
AVP	O
trademark	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
increased	O
demand	O
and	O
led	O
to	O
deals	O
with	O
antivirus	B-Application
companies	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
Finland	O
and	O
Germany	O
to	O
integrate	O
AVP	O
into	O
their	O
software	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Natalya	O
worked	O
to	O
broker	O
deals	O
abroad	O
and	O
localize	O
the	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
retail	O
sales	O
of	O
Kaspersky	O
Lab	O
's	O
antivirus	B-Application
products	O
reached	O
almost	O
4.5	O
million	O
copies	O
per	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
1	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Kaspersky	O
Lab	O
officially	O
left	O
the	O
Business	O
Software	O
Alliance	O
(	O
BSA	O
)	O
over	O
SOPA	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2015	O
,	O
two	O
former	O
Kaspersky	O
employees	O
alleged	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
introduced	O
modified	O
files	O
into	O
the	O
VirusTotal	B-Application
antivirus	B-Application
database	O
to	O
trick	O
software	O
from	O
Kaspersky	O
competitors	O
into	O
triggering	O
false	O
positives	O
in	O
virus	O
and	O
malware	O
scans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
possible	O
motive	O
is	O
that	O
Eugene	O
Kaspersky	O
allegedly	O
was	O
furious	O
at	O
competitors	O
perceived	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
unfairly	O
"	O
free-riding	O
on	O
Kaspersky	O
's	O
malware	O
discoveries	O
via	O
the	O
open-source	O
VirusTotal	B-Application
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaspersky	O
Lab	O
develops	O
and	O
markets	O
antivirus	B-Application
,	O
internet	B-Application
security	I-Application
,	O
password	O
management	O
,	O
endpoint	O
security	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
cybersecurity	O
products	O
and	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
software	I-Application
has	O
about	O
400	O
million	O
users	O
in	O
all	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaspersky	O
's	O
consumer	O
software	O
include	O
the	O
Antivirus	B-Application
,	O
Internet	B-Application
Security	I-Application
and	O
Total	O
Security	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Antivirus	B-Application
software	I-Application
includes	O
malware	O
protection	O
,	O
monitors	O
the	O
PC	O
for	O
suspicious	O
program	O
behavior	O
,	O
and	O
warns	O
users	O
about	O
potentially	O
dangerous	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Internet	B-Application
Security	I-Application
software	O
adds	O
privacy	O
features	O
,	O
parental	O
controls	O
,	O
anti-phishing	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
software	B-Application
product	I-Application
for	O
businesses	O
with	O
25	O
staff	O
or	O
less	O
is	O
called	O
Kaspersky	O
Small	O
Office	O
Security	O
(	O
KSOS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kaspersky	O
Anti-Virus	B-Application
engine	O
also	O
powers	O
products	O
or	O
solutions	O
by	O
other	O
security	O
vendors	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Check	O
Point	O
,	O
Bluecoat	O
,	O
Juniper	O
Networks	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-General_Concept
Forefront	I-General_Concept
,	O
Netintelligence	O
,	O
Clearswift	O
,	O
FrontBridge	O
,	O
Netasq	O
,	O
Wedge	O
Networks	O
,	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaspersky	O
Lab	O
was	O
a	O
long	O
term	O
partner	O
of	O
Scuderia	O
Ferrari	O
and	O
in	O
December	O
2021	O
,	O
announced	O
a	O
partnership	O
extension	O
with	O
the	O
Formula	B-Application
One	I-Application
team	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
became	O
the	O
team	O
’s	O
esports	O
partner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
PC	O
Magazine	O
,	O
Kaspersky	O
AntiVirus	B-Application
and	O
competitor	O
Bitdefender	O
are	O
both	O
consistently	O
ranked	O
at	O
the	O
top	O
in	O
independent	O
competitive	O
tests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Magazine	O
's	O
own	O
malware	O
and	O
phishing	O
tests	O
had	O
similar	O
results	O
and	O
praised	O
the	B-Application
software	I-Application
's	O
"	O
bonus	O
security	O
tools	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Magazine	O
said	O
the	O
product	O
had	O
scored	O
highly	O
in	O
lab	O
tests	O
for	O
antivirus	B-Application
,	O
antiphishing	O
and	O
other	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
"	O
so-so	O
"	O
scores	O
in	O
anti-malware	B-Application
tests	O
and	O
was	O
n't	O
able	O
to	O
catch	O
all	O
spam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaspersky	O
's	O
2013	O
Endpoint	O
Security	O
for	O
Windows	O
product	O
was	O
the	O
top-ranked	O
enterprise	O
antivirus	B-Application
software	I-Application
in	O
a	O
competitive	O
test	O
by	O
Dennis	O
Technology	O
Labs	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
Symantec	O
Endpoint	O
Protection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Magazine	O
praised	O
the	B-Application
software	I-Application
's	O
features	O
,	O
but	O
said	O
it	O
lacked	O
policy	O
management	O
and	O
deployment	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
praised	O
the	B-Application
software	I-Application
's	O
content	O
filtering	O
,	O
child	O
profiles	O
,	O
social	O
media	O
monitoring	O
and	O
other	O
features	O
,	O
but	O
criticized	O
that	O
some	O
features	O
were	O
only	O
available	O
on	O
iOS	O
or	O
Android	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
anti-virus	B-Application
software	I-Application
testing	O
group	O
AV-Comparatives	O
gave	O
the	O
Windows	O
XP	O
version	O
of	O
Kaspersky	O
AV	O
an	O
"	O
Advanced+	O
"	O
rating	O
(	O
its	O
highest	O
)	O
in	O
both	O
its	O
February	O
2008	O
on-demand	O
detection	O
test	O
(	O
with	O
the	O
fourth	O
highest	O
detection	O
rate	O
among	O
16	O
products	O
tested	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
firewall	O
included	O
in	O
Kaspersky	O
Internet	B-Application
Security	I-Application
7.0	O
got	O
a	O
"	O
Very	O
Good	O
"	O
rating	O
in	O
Matousec	O
's	O
Firewall	O
challenge	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
85%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaspersky	O
Anti-Virus	B-Application
7.0	O
has	O
achieved	O
a	O
6.5	O
result	O
out	O
of	O
8	O
in	O
the	O
Anti	B-Application
Malware	I-Application
Labs	O
rootkit	O
detection	O
test	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
Kaspersky	O
Internet	B-Application
Security	I-Application
7	O
received	O
an	O
award	O
from	O
the	O
British	O
magazine	O
PC	O
Pro	O
and	O
also	O
won	O
a	O
place	O
in	O
its	O
"	O
A	O
List	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
PC	O
World	O
magazine	O
,	O
Kaspersky	O
anti-virus	B-Application
software	I-Application
provided	O
the	O
fastest	O
updates	O
for	O
new	O
virus	O
and	O
security	O
threats	O
in	O
the	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
PC	O
World	O
magazine	O
's	O
March	O
2010	O
comparison	O
of	O
consumer	O
security	O
suites	O
,	O
Kaspersky	O
Internet	B-Application
Security	I-Application
2010	O
scored	O
4.5/5	O
stars	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
rated	O
second	O
overall	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
1	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Kaspersky	O
Internet	B-Application
Security	I-Application
earned	O
"	O
AV-TEST	O
Award	O
for	O
Best	O
Repair	O
2011	O
"	O
award	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
home	O
user	O
products	O
from	O
AV-TEST	O
Institute	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaspersky	O
has	O
also	O
received	O
certification	O
of	O
its	O
products	O
through	O
the	O
OESIS	O
OK	O
Certification	O
Program	O
,	O
which	O
verifies	O
that	O
the	O
applications	O
are	O
interoperable	O
with	O
third-party	O
technology	O
solutions	O
like	O
NAC	O
and	O
SSL	B-Application
VPN	I-Application
products	O
from	O
Cisco	O
Systems	O
,	O
Juniper	O
Networks	O
,	O
F5	O
Networks	O
,	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
include	O
Stuxnet	O
,	O
Duqu	O
,	O
Flame	O
,	O
Gauss	B-Algorithm
,	O
Regin	O
and	O
the	O
Equation	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Kaspersky	O
Lab	O
investigated	O
,	O
they	O
discovered	O
an	O
MD5	B-Algorithm
hash	I-Algorithm
and	O
filename	O
that	O
appeared	O
only	O
on	O
customer	O
machines	O
from	O
Middle	O
Eastern	O
nations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaspersky	O
never	O
verified	O
the	O
source	O
of	O
the	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
suspected	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
National	O
Security	O
Agency	O
(	O
NSA	O
)	O
to	O
transmit	O
keystrokes	O
,	O
Skype	O
calls	O
and	O
other	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaspersky	O
created	O
algorithms	O
to	O
find	O
similar	O
malware	O
and	O
found	O
Gauss	B-Algorithm
that	O
July	O
,	O
which	O
collected	O
and	O
transmitted	O
data	O
from	O
devices	O
infected	O
by	O
bluetooth	O
or	O
USB	O
drives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
targeted	O
political	O
targets	O
like	O
embassies	O
,	O
nuclear	O
sites	O
,	O
mostly	O
in	O
Europe	O
,	O
Switzerland	B-Protocol
and	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
software	I-Application
gave	O
police	O
enforcement	O
a	O
"	O
menu	O
of	O
features	O
"	O
to	O
access	O
emails	O
,	O
text	O
messages	O
,	O
keystrokes	O
,	O
call	O
history	O
and	O
other	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Kaspersky	O
discovered	O
a	O
zero	O
day	O
vulnerability	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Silverlight	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
then	O
used	O
YARA	B-Application
rules	O
on	O
its	O
network	O
of	O
Kaspersky	O
software	O
users	O
to	O
find	O
that	O
string	O
of	O
code	O
and	O
uncover	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
exploit	O
.	O
</s>
