[TriLUG] Kapersky: Bad News Bears

[ac via TriLUG]

On Fri, 6 Oct 2017 13:54:29 -0400
Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 1:49 PM, Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG
> <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, 6 Oct 2017, Roger W. Broseus via TriLUG wrote:
> >> Reports in today's news confirms that Kapersky Labs' anti-virus
> >> software has enabled Russian spying. Excerpts:  
> > well yes, but if you read the comments on various technical
> > newsgroups, this is exactly what was supposed to happen.
> > When you install Kaspersky you agree that any unknown malware on
> > your machine will be uploaded to Kaspersky for further inspection.
> > The Kaspersky anti-virus software found the malware that the govt
> > employee had installed on his home machine, not knowing that it was
> > freedom fighting malware from NSA, and sent it to Kaspersky.
> > Apparently the Russian Govt has first dibs on malware that
> > Kaspersky finds. 
>       And the solution according to certain "experts" (and managers
> who read those experts articles because they have large picture and
> small content) is more cloud!
> Still does not work or is insecure? You did not put enough clouds on
> it!

hmm more clouds :) 

-  imho the problem started when someone "took work home" 

so the headline should not be anything other than "employee/nsa negligence" or lack 
of security enforcement at .gov

it is shameful how blame is shifted and the 'narrative' is polished to suit whatever agenda. 

what is more disgusting is how successful this happens and how easy it has become.

then again, this is 'post truth' so truth does not matter as much as control and power.

Andre