Symantec quarantining LiveCode standalone on client's machine

[Richard Gaskin]

It's possible that the long history between Kaspersky principals and GRU 
officials ended when they opened an office in a different country.

I recognize such issues are complex, and no intelligence, even 
corroborated by multiple allies, is perfect.

For myself, I do what I can to say on top of threat assessment, and 
choose my vendors with care.

When I'm giving root access to my systems, many of which are entry 
points to public-facing systems for clients, I avoid even potential 
risks where I have the opportunity to do so.

--
  Richard Gaskin
  Fourth World Systems


JJS wrote:

 > Kaspersky has moved their headquarters to Switserland for that reason,
 > as they claim to have nothing to do with the Kremlin.
 >
 > As far as i have read somewhere a time ago.
 >
 > Op 3-7-2019 om 17:45 schreef Richard Gaskin via use-livecode:
 >> Bob Sneidar wrote:
 >>
 >> > That being said, no one solution is a catch all. We use
 >> > Kaspersky...
 >>
 >> Russians have a very good reputation for technical achievement, but
 >> large Russian companies exist in an environment that often requires
 >> compromising their business objectives to serve the goals of the
 >> Kremlin.
 >>
 >>
 >> Kaspersky Lab Antivirus Software Is Ordered Off U.S. Government
 >> Computers
 >> 
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/us/politics/kaspersky-lab-antivirus-federal-government.html 

 >>
 >>
 >>
 >> FBI pushes private sector to cut ties with Kaspersky
 >> 
https://www.cyberscoop.com/fbi-kaspersky-private-sector-briefings-yarovaya-laws/ 

 >>
 >>
 >>
 >> In this new era of information warfare, extreme caution is advised.
 >>