Kaspersky Lab cybersecurity firm is hacked
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#2"Duqu 2.0 Hits Kaspersky Lab (securelist.com)" thread @ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9691654
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That's the BBC article's title. Isn't it S.O.P. to leave article titles as they are?
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#5Here's one of the reason not to install antivirus software: if a malicious adversary finds a vuln in the AV or hacks C&C servers, you have a nice backdoor you installed to "protect" yourself.
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#7Here's one of the reason not to install antivirus software: if a malicious adversary finds a vuln in the AV or hacks C&C servers, you have a nice backdoor you installed to "protect" yourself.
Depends on your threat model. I'm more worried about something nasty in one of the many pieces of random software I download from the internet than my AV being compromised.
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#8Here's one of the reason not to install antivirus software: if a malicious adversary finds a vuln in the AV or hacks C&C servers, you have a nice backdoor you installed to "protect" yourself.
What was the software.. Adaware, I believe, would block a fair bit of spyware.. except for the companies that it made deals with.
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#9Here's one of the reason not to install antivirus software: if a malicious adversary finds a vuln in the AV or hacks C&C servers, you have a nice backdoor you installed to "protect" yourself.
Depends on your threat model. I'm more worried about something nasty in one of the many pieces of random software I download from the internet than my AV being compromised.
Unfortunately our standard web browsers are insecure because of the way Javascripts work.
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#10Here's one of the reason not to install antivirus software: if a malicious adversary finds a vuln in the AV or hacks C&C servers, you have a nice backdoor you installed to "protect" yourself.
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