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Paolo posted an update 8 years, 6 months ago
It seems that Kaspersky anti-virus tools contain a Russian Government hacking tool that scans for documents on computers on which Kaspersky is installed. Israeli cyber slooths discovered this. The plot thickens!!
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/10/israeli-spies-found-russians-using-kaspersky-software-for-hacks.html
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“So, the anti-virus program identified files containing computer security exploits, which is what it’s supposed to do. That people viewing this information happened to be Russian hackers and they used it to identify files that might be NSA tools isn’t Kaspersky’s fault – except insofar as a Kaspersky protected computer still got hacked anyway. Assuming all the conjectured details proffered by anonymous sources are actually correct.
This looks to me like a pretty clear case of trying to make Kaspersky look bad, both to cover up the failure of the NSA’s own security measures and to push out of the market security software they cannot control, influence, or sidejack.”
From here: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/10/yet_another_rus.html#c6761719
So, we know, through the Snowden revelations that: a.) The NSA has built in back door exploits into every operating system, from desktop PC’s to cell phones. b.) NSA can use these tools, with the push of a button, to snoop on everyone, everywhere. c.) Kaspersky is aware of this Malware By Design. d.) It is common practice, on the battlefield, for opponents to pick up that which falls to the ground and use the enemy’s own weapons and tools. Example, The USA Bazooka was dropped on the ground at Kaserine in N. Africa, picked up by the Germans, back engineered and then reintroduced by the Germans a Panzer-Shrek. e.) From Israeli sources, it appears that NSA ‘type’ of hacking tools are embeded into Kaspersky anti-virus software.
The Plot Thickens— even more.
Who could throw doubt on such a reliable source of information??