In 2017, Russia-based Kaspersky Antivirus Software was deemed an unacceptable risk to US national security, thus fully barred from use by federal agencies in 2018. Then, in 2022, Kaspersky earned a spot on the US Federal Communications Commission’s blacklist. But while federal subsidies could no longer be spent on Kaspersky, individuals and private businesses were still free to buy licenses. This will soon change with an upcoming US ban on Kaspersky’s products. Announced Thursday by the Bureau of Industry and Security (a branch of the Department of Commerce), the prohibition applies to antivir…