Who is "they?" Tavis Ormandy is a respected security researcher who often makes the news. Hell, not too long ago he found exploits in Sophos and Symantec products. He likes to target AV. Sophos, a UK product, was embarrassed internationally by the exploits he found. He is not playing any favors here. We need more people like him. AV has gotten a free pass for far too long.
If you're attacking Ormandy's character, I'd appreciate some proof over the usual conspirtard stuff that often gets upvoted uncritically on sites like reddit and HN. As far as I can tell, he is certainly one of the good guys and we are lucky to have him in such a high profile position at Google.
>Kaspersky released information about state-sponsored malware.
Kaspersky acutally is the dirtiest of the bunch with ties to Russian KGB/FSB. I suggest you rethink who your heroes are.
This is my concern with any software from an obviously corrupt and autocratic state that attacks its citizens with impunity. How can I trust anyone there when they certainly, and rightfully, value their lives over my rights? No Russian is going to say no to the FSB torture machine. No one is going to become any sort of whistleblower. I would see any Russian software as being dangerous to run at this point and things only getting worse considering Putin's brazen anti-West attitude.
Maybe Kaspersky was safe to run once, but that's just not true anymore.
Plus, if I'm not confusing him, Tavis used to make some kick ass FVWM configurations. The kind of window manager stuff that you see in SF movie computers.
I'm suggesting a higher-up or someone else suggested Tavis target Kaspersky. I'm not suggesting Google execs all sat together and decided to destroy Kaspersky.
Is it that hard to believe that there are certain people that would like to dissuade Kaspersky from revealing further information about state-sponsored malware? I'm not even sure where this incredulity is coming from? Let's see you target an intelligence agency and see what happens.
Are you trying to imply Kaspersky are somehow a victim...? Installing their security product actively decreases your security in this case. That destroys their entire reason for even existing.
Kaspersky is no victim here. They've been so negligent in their own product's security that it is actively harmful to have it installed. That's literally the end of their product being useful for me and it applies to any other security company as well. I hope the rest of them get 'suggested' too, and soon! I'll be clear - this vulnerability is the one thing Kaspersky should have been spending their engineering resources on and they have failed utterly. Pack it up and close shop.
If you're attacking Ormandy's character, I'd appreciate some proof over the usual conspirtard stuff that often gets upvoted uncritically on sites like reddit and HN. As far as I can tell, he is certainly one of the good guys and we are lucky to have him in such a high profile position at Google.
>Kaspersky released information about state-sponsored malware.
Kaspersky acutally is the dirtiest of the bunch with ties to Russian KGB/FSB. I suggest you rethink who your heroes are.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-19/cybersecur...
http://www.wired.com/2012/07/ff_kaspersky/