Stuxnet was out of control, we had to reveal it, says Eugene Kaspersky who made an appearance at the International Cyber Security Conference hosted by Tel Aviv University’s Yuval Ne’eman Workshop.

For 15 years, he has led his company, that now is a market leader with global reach. It is currently active in nearly 200 countries, and as noted in the report by Israel Hayom, they have been providing security for over 300 million Internet users.

He is considered an expert in his field. The company he owns has scored a number of considerable, important successes in snuffing out viruses, Trojan horses, and other digital parasites. His multinational team of specialists is now looking for an Israeli crew that can bolster Kaspersky Labs’ formidable international cachet.



“In cyberwarfare, you need generals,” Kaspersky told Israel Hayom in an exclusive interview. “A long time ago, I was one of the best. Today, I am not so young. The young people think faster,” he said.

Last year, Kaspersky warned of an onslaught of increasingly fierce cyberattacks, and this year it is getting worse, he says. “Every public or commercial organization is attacked hundreds of times every day, and some of these organizations are not even aware that they are being attacked,” he said. “There is a tremendous global shortage of digital security engineers. Just a short crash course could spare an organization serious damage while raising awareness among the workers.”

“This is a worldwide phenomenon. The targets are usually governments, government agencies, embassies, political organizations, and even scientific organizations. The last attack that we uncovered involving the NeTraveller virus was aimed at all of these targets. Still, we have yet to see a real war. A war is a daily struggle.”