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^ 'The Independent IT-Security Institute: Home'.

^ 'F-Secure F-Secure acquires consultancy player Inverse Path: Home'.

^ 'F-Secure snaps up security consultation firm nSense: Home'.

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'Inside the secret digital arms race: Facing the threat of a global cyberwar'. We would like to state this for the record, as we have received queries regarding whether we would have the guts to detect something obviously made by a known violent mafia or terrorist organization. 'We will also be adding detection of any program we see that might be used for terrorist activity or to benefit organized crime. This decision-making is influenced only by technical factors, and nothing else, but within the applicable laws and regulations, in our case meaning EU laws. We have to draw a line with every sample we get regarding whether to detect it or not. 'F-Secure Corporation would like to make known that we will not leave such backdoors to our F-Secure Anti-Virus products, regardless of the source of such tools. Controversies Īfter the media coverage of Magic Lantern and claims by some AV vendors to purposely leave a backdoor for it in their products, F-Secure announced their policy on detecting these spying programs: In co-operation with Aalto University School of Science and Technology, F-Secure runs a one semester course for future virus analysts, with some material available on-line. In June 2018, F-Secure acquired security company MWR InfoSecurity for 80 million pounds ($106 million).

į-Secure Client Security received AV-TEST Best Protection award for the fifth time in 2016.

The purchase of Inverse Path, a privately owned Italian security consultancy with experience in avionics, automative, and industrial control sectors, in February 2017 continues the expansion of its cyber security services. In June 2015, F-Secure expanded into the enterprise market by acquiring nSense, a Danish company that specializes in security consultation and vulnerability assessment. F-Secure was the first company that developed an anti- rootkit technology called BlackLight in 2005.

F-Secure’ first antivirus product for Windows PCs was launched in 1994. Three years later, the company launched its first major software project and developed the first heuristic scanner for antivirus products. Data Fellows trained computer users and built customized databases. F-Secure was first established under the name Data Fellows by Petri Allas and Risto Siilasmaa on May 16, 1988.

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