On 2017-10-05 21:14, Buffalo  wrote:

>
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-government-hacke
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

TechDirt has a much bteer article on the subject:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20171005/17294138356/hackers-grab-more-nsa-ex
ploits-possibly-with-assistance-russian-antivirus-developer.shtml

Basically, and I looked at the license to make sure since I use 
Kaspersky, if you enable KSN (Kaspersky Security Network) then you allow 
the A/V to upload any file it wants to the Kaspersky Cloud and it will 
not tell you it is doing it. That does not mean the NSA contractor's PC 
uploaded an interesting file to the Kaspersky Cloud, nor does it mean 
that Kaspersky then alerted the Russian authorities telling them "This 
guy has NSA tools on his PC." But it *is* true that the A/V can upload 
anything it thinks is relevant if it finds an infection on your PC. I 
personally do not enable the KSN (you should see the list of things it 
is allowed to upload, it's scary.) FYI Avast also has a "Cloud" and it 
probably does the same thing Kaspersky does...

Best Regards,

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