Kaspersky gave the antivirus software source code to a third party for review

The Russian antivirus company offers a "comprehensive transparency initiative", allowing independent third parties to evaluate their source code and internal processes to win users' trust.

Kaspersky came up with the idea of ​​initiative days after being accused of helping, whether accidentally or intentionally, Russian government hackers steal confidential documents from NSA computers. Earlier this month, the New York Times article also revealed that hackers from the Israeli government hacked Kaspersky's network in 2015 and caught Russian hackers hacking the US government with the help of Kaspersky.

The US government has long suspected Kaspersky is involved in Russian spies. Since July, the company has proposed to provide source code for the US government to verify. This also did not prevent the US Department of Homeland Security from banning and removing Kaspersky software from government computers.

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Kaspersky's plan consists of 4 points:

1. Kaspersky will include the source code for international independent agencies to recognize the assessment from quarter 1/2018.
2. Kaspersky will publish an independent review of business rules to ensure the integrity of internal solutions and processes.
3. Kaspersky will set up 3 transparent centers next year 'to allow customers, government and organizations to evaluate source code, update code and risk detection rules'.
4. Kaspersky will pay up to $ 100,000 for the bug finder program to receive rewards and report vulnerabilities in its products.

'With these things, we will no longer be misunderstood and people will support our commitment to protect everyone in any of our countries', Kaspersky CEO Eugene said.

Even so, Kaspersky's move immediately received a negative response.

'Judging source code doesn't make any sense. All Russian spies need to access KSN, Kaspersky's treasure repository. Even turning their entire product into open source doesn't reveal or help, 'said Amit Serper, security researcher at Cybereason on Twitter.

Now it is important to wait and see what Kaspersky does to win US government trust.