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Message   wolfmac    All   Re: Kaspersky   October 5, 2017
 11:54 AM *  

From: Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca>

On 2017-10-05 21:14, Buffalo wrote:
>
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national...
rs-exploited-antivirus-software-to-steal-us-cyber-capabilities/2017/10/05/a01bf
546-a9fc-11e7-92d1-58c702d2d975_story.html?utm_term=.d57947157833 
> 
> 
> True or false?
> 
> Should we still use it?
> 
> Buffalo

Take your pick:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-...
close-ties-to-russian-spies

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/09/14/dhs-vs...
s-ditching-russian-software-giant.html

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/s...
-lab-russian-spying

http://www.dominikgorecki.com/2012/07/stop-us...

http://www.dominikgorecki.com/2012/07/stop-us...

FWIW, I've nevr used it. It seems obvious to me that any org that can 
write software to detect malware can also write malware that can't be 
detected.

Sweet dreams,

-- 
Wolf K
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