Kaspersky Lab, Interpol strengthen partnership in data exchange

MOSCOW, Oct 12 (PRIME) -- Russian antivirus software maker Kaspersky Lab has signed a threat intelligence sharing agreement with Interpol to facilitate and develop cooperation between the parties by sharing threat intelligence data on the latest cybercriminal activities, wherever they appear, the company said on Thursday in a statement.

“Sharing intelligence is vital in tackling today’s ever-growing threat landscape and we are proud to enhance our cooperation with Interpol in its fight against cybercrime,” Anton Shingarev, vice president for public affairs at Kaspersky Lab, said.

“Our experts are leaders in the field of cybersecurity research and sometimes we are the only vendor able to detect a particular infection at the time. By further strengthening our relationship with Interpol we hope to support law enforcement in new ways by exchanging critical information on specific cybercrime situations in respective countries. With cybercrime becoming increasingly complex and fast-changing, the private sector often stores valuable data about malware that can hold the key to solving a case.”

Kaspersky Lab has also previously assisted in a global operation coordinated by the Interpol Global Complex for Innovation (IGCI) in Singapore to disrupt the Simda criminal botnet, a network of over 770,000 infected personal computers around the world.

“Interpol’s new agreement with Kaspersky Lab is an additional step in our continued efforts to ensure law enforcement worldwide has access to the information they need to combat cyberthreats,” Noboru Nakatani, executive director of the IGCI, said. “We have seen how cooperation with the private sector is essential in effectively tackling this global phenomenon which continues to grow in scale and complexity.”

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