News Eugene Kaspersky denies sabotaging rivals' software

Colour me completely unsuprised. Not only did the original article not have any evidence to back up their claims, this would be TRIVIAL for every other anti-virus vendor to identify: look up if they had been affect by a hash-collision attack against a critical file (you'd know, because the results are headline-making), then look up the source of the malware that generated that signature. If it came from Kaspersky, you have a scapegoat to declare yourself not-at-fault for the has collision and save face. That no-one has done so is a big red flag the claims were unsubstantiated.

 

This is a drop in the ocean when compared to the controversies surrounding McAfee. And while it is a good read on Bit-Tech, does it surprise us at all?

Incoming sweeping statement:

The IT industry was created by extremely intelligent sociopaths.