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US Department of Justice creates software blacklist to prevent foreign attacks

The US Department of Justice wants to educate its contractors and military software buyers about malicious software that could infiltrate the countrys infrastructure. The Pentagon has released a Do Not Buy software list that has been in development for approximately six months. The list includes all software that is not according to national security standards, said Ellen Lord, defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, and looks at companies with suspicious links to Russia and China. Kaspersky Labs and ZTE have already been placed on a ban list.”]

Source: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/us-department-of-justice-creates-software-blacklist-to-prevent-foreign-attacks/

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