Kaspersky Showcases an "Unhackable" Phone Running Its In-House OS
Eugene Kaspersky presented a prototype claiming immunity to hacks, but the device relies on proprietary software, unnamed Russian hardware, and remains restricted to corporate trials.
At a panel hosted by Kommersant during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Eugene Kaspersky presented a prototype smartphone that Kaspersky Lab claims is impossible to hack.
According to Kaspersky, the device abandons mainstream platforms like Android and iOS entirely. Instead, it pairs proprietary Russian hardware with the company's own microkernel operating system, which is not built on Android. While Kaspersky did not name the specific hardware model during the session, footage from the presentation suggests the prototype may be an AYYA T1, a device developed by SmartEcoSystem under state-owned conglomerate Rostec.
The handset is nowhere near a commercial launch. Kaspersky noted that bringing the product to retail will require a substantial amount of development work, and no timeline has been disclosed. For now, deployment is limited to closed pilot programs involving several dozen handsets distributed to enterprise partners.
Claims of an unhackable connected device run counter to basic information security reality. Stripping away modern app ecosystems and third-party software certainly reduces attack surfaces, but it also trades away the standard usability of a consumer smartphone—leaving enterprise trials as the only tested ground so far.
Source: habr
Primary source: Kommersant
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