[openasocket]

I think that is a bit of a skewed sample. Stuxnet infected mostly Iranian computers, not a lot of US AV companies there. Duqu and Sauron also infected mostly Russian companies, which are far more likely to use Kaspersky Labs than a US AV company. Similarly, most of the reveals of Russian state-sponsored malware is done by US AV companies, for instance the DNC hacks, because Russian state-sponsored malware will tend to target US entities.

[Dolores12]

DNC hacks are actually leaks. :) Attribution is still not clear for me as any proficient hacking group could do this. It's not NSA after all.

>Russian state-sponsored malware will tend to target US entities.

I haven't heard of any. So its either 1) there is no such malware, 2) it stays undetected, 3) it is detected, but now is wrong timing to disclose it.(if ever)

I don't really afraid of Russians. Snowden's leak & Kaspersky research shows that NSA is far more superior threat to anybody, citizens included. And US-based anti-virus companies fail to protect me regardless of what their reason is.