Week in Review: Kaspersky hit by hackers, UK hit by spending cuts

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Beaten at its own game

Kaspersky is a well known security company, steadily growing market share and keeping us all entertained with its wacky chief executive Eugene.

But this week the firm took a knock when it was revealed it had been hit by just the sort of hack attack it tries to prevent.

Cyber criminals hacked into one of Kaspersky’s servers and were able to direct traffic away from the official site to another where unsuspecting users downloaded fake anti-virus software.

The issue was fixed fast – in just over three hours according to Kaspersky – but the company tried to keep the gaffe quiet.

We spoke to the company’s UK managing director to find out why.

The Coalition Chancellor’s cuts

It had been a long time coming but this week saw the Chancellor take to the lectern in the House of Commons and reveal what cuts the country would face in the Comprehensive Spending Review.

The private sector waited with baited breath to see how they would suffer but it seems the IT industry came out relatively unscathed, with even the promise of more investment into fraud preventing technology and a freeze on science funding.

We covered the whole event so take a look at our roundup for all the news, expert analysis and comment.

Best of the rest

Kaspersky wasn’t the only one to reveal flaws this week as Adobe admitted to a vulnerability in its Shockwave Player and is yet to set a fix date.

Nokia was making shockwaves of its own when the Finnish mobile manufacturer announced it was to cut 1,800 staff globally.

And in more positive news in the mobile space, the long awaited Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system hit the shops this week, featuring in five different handsets from HTC, LG and Samsung.

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