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Can the Malware Industry be Trusted?
Joe Barr writes "Is the entire anti-virus / malware industry as rotten as it appears? I started digging into it as a result of the recent lame, unsubstantiated assertions of viral threats to Linux by Kaspersky Lab, but the practice doesn't seem to start or end with them. Who knows, maybe it's pandemic in that entire segment of the IT industry."
Exactly. I read the title and thought of course we can't trust the people who write malware... they write malware!!
Developers: We can use your help.
Every year, US-Cert produces huge fireworks in the security trade press with their annual summary of misinformation about security flaws. [...] The summary gives a total for flaws found in Windows and another total for flaws found in Unix and Linux. Last year, those totals were 812 for Windows and 2,312 for Unix/Linux.
Oh ****! Quick, someone tell me how to upgrade to this "Windows" thing!
- The malware industry cannot be trusted to report when things are improving or a better alternative to their bread and butter os exists.
- Doctors poor at telling hypochondriac when there is nothing wrong with them.
- Car companies not reliable source of information about bicycles and public transit.
- Lawyers cannot be trusted to create legislation that doesn't criminalize everything.
- Politicians appear to be lying or misleading to get elected.
- Wolves unwilling to notify sheep in advance of attack.
You are checking your backups, aren't you?
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