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Eugene Kaspersky
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Eugene Kaspersky's personal blog at eugene.kaspersky.com covers security and culture. Since 2011, 37 different Hacker News readers have linked it 45 times, most often “Eugene Kaspersky: What Wired Is Not Telling You”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
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Most-linked posts?
- Eugene Kaspersky: What Wired Is Not Telling You4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2012-07-26
- A Man Who Found Stuxnet (2011)3 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2020-01-06
- Microsoft Kills off ISVs by Foisting Its Own Products That Are No Better3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2016-11-11
- Kaspersky discoveres professionally targeted cyberattack against them3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2023-06-01
- A pratical guide to making up a sensation2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-03-20
- A practical guide to making up a sensation2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-03-21
What Hacker News says?
Security through obscurity. I thought we all have learned that it doesn't work. Well, good riddance, KasperskyOS! "And then there are some details that will remain for certain customers’ eyes only forever, to ward off cyber-terrorist abuses." https://eugene.kaspersky.com/2012/10/16/kl-developing-its-ow...
Comment linking /2012/10/16/kl-developing-its-own-operating-system-we-confirm-the-rumors-and-end-the-speculation/
on “Kaspersky OS”Submitted Kaspersky OS as a story · 449 points
HN discussionNice of you to say but what about this: https://eugene.kaspersky.com/2016/11/10/thats-it-ive-had-eno... Obviously Kaspersky isn't open source, but the tiger's stripes certainly haven't changed. Also, Microsoft bundling Windows 10 upgrade malware into its security update channel has turned me off Microsoft, probably forever. Still don't understand why installing 10 after being told not to isn't a CFAA violation.
Comment linking /2016/11/10/thats-it-ive-had-enough/
on “Microsoft Becomes Linux Foundation Platinum Member”Submitted Microsoft Kills off ISVs by Foisting Its Own Products That Are No Better as a story · 431 points
HN discussionThis puts in perspective the Eugene Kaspersky's recent rant about Microsoft making AV vendors life harder: https://eugene.kaspersky.com/2016/11/10/thats-it-ive-had-eno... Maybe Microsoft is actually improving the Windows users experience. Discussion on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12929230
Comment linking /2016/11/10/thats-it-ive-had-enough/
on “Kaspersky: SSL interception differentiates certificates with a 32bit hash”Submitted Eugene Kaspersky: What Wired Is Not Telling You as a story · 160 points
HN discussionHighly skeptical that this isn't new red scare BS. Eugene gets to be the subject of so many dumb conspiracy theories. A recent rebuttal by himself: https://eugene.kaspersky.com/2015/03/20/a-practical-guide-to... Edit: and a more recent one: https://eugene.kaspersky.com/2017/05/12/they-asked-me-everyt... Edit 2: "FBI officials point to multiple specific accusations of wrongdoing by Kaspersky, such as a well-known ins…
Comment linking /2017/05/12/they-asked-me-everything/
on “FBI pushes private sector to cut ties with Kaspersky”Submitted Kaspersky Lab Developing Its Own Operating System as a story · 18 points
HN discussionInteresting to look at these links, all 5+ years old: 1. Russia’s Top Cyber Sleuth Foils US Spies, Helps Kremlin Pals 2. What Wired Is Not Telling You – a Response to Noah Shachtman’s Article in Wired Magazine 3. HN Discussion on 2 _____________________________ [1]: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/07/ff_kaspersky/all/ [2]: https://eugene.kaspersky.com/2012/07/25/what-wired-is-not-te... [3]: https://news.ycombin…
Comment linking /2012/07/25/what-wired-is-not-telling-you-a-response-to-noah-shachtmans-article-in-wired-magazine/
on “FBI pushes private sector to cut ties with Kaspersky”Submitted A Man Who Found Stuxnet (2011) as a story · 10 points
HN discussionhttps://eugene.kaspersky.com/2015/03/20/a-practical-guide-to... "For the record: I never worked for Russian military intelligence. As I mentioned above, I worked as a software engineer at the Ministry of Defense."
Comment linking /2015/03/20/a-practical-guide-to-making-up-a-sensation/
on “DHS Issues BOD Banning Kaspersky from Federal Government”Submitted A practical guide to making up a sensation as a story · 5 points
HN discussionRather than having a daily list, I use Feeder (Chrome extension: http://feeder.co/ ) to read my RSS feeds, I had always preferred it to Google Reader, I never did get myself into the mantra of checking Reader often (it ended up being once every few months, when I randomly remembered) ; however Feeder is nice in its minimalistic approach, just showing me how many items for each feed, which encourages me to zero it ou…
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on “Ask HN: What is your daily reading list?”Submitted Kaspersky Free antivirus program launches globally as a story · 3 points
HN discussionNothing in your post is in line with reality. You've cherry picked statements out of context to imply that they are not exclusive to the NSA, ignoring the smoking guns that were presented and failing to link them. There is simply no question that this is USG malware, and you'll notice that Kaspersky, who, no, does not have extensive ties to the FSB and Russian government, actually stops short of attribution, unlike…
Comment linking /2012/07/25/what-wired-is-not-telling-you-a-response-to-noah-shachtmans-article-in-wired-magazine/
on “Further ties of NSA to Equation Group hackers”Submitted Kaspersky discoveres professionally targeted cyberattack against them as a story · 2 points
HN discussionIts stuff like this. Phone recieves message, runs code embedded in msg for nfi reason why literally starting off the chain of events/exploits to hack yo device. https://eugene.kaspersky.com/2023/06/01/a-matter-of-triangul... We've had a few of these types of entry points in phones now over the years. Enough that if its still happening its probably by design as a favor to a 3 letter agency.
Comment linking /2023/06/01/a-matter-of-triangulation/
on “British man appears in court over bomb joke sent in private message”Submitted A Photo Blog of Mount Krenitsyn Expedition (Onekotan Island) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionEugene Kaspersky isn't too fond of AV-Test. https://eugene.kaspersky.com/2013/05/09/av-test-certificatio...
Comment linking /2013/05/09/av-test-certification-devalued/
on “Avast acquires rival AVG for $1.3B to create a security software giant”Submitted Iloveyou email worm – 20 years ago – to the day as a story · 2 points
HN discussionStuxnet was discovered by Belarusian antivirus expert Sergey Ulasen, who was working for Belarusian antivirus company VirusBlokAda. Later, he moved to Kaspersky. This is how it was discovered: "It all started when the technical support guys informed me about a rather unusual case: a customer in Iran reported arbitrary BSODs and computer reboots. They forwarded me the help-request together with info about their preli…
Comment linking /2011/11/02/the-man-who-found-stuxnet-sergey-ulasen-in-the-spotlight/
on “Stuxnet”Submitted There’s North; Then There’s Norilsk as a story · 2 points
HN discussionMake sure to read the response from the man himself - http://eugene.kaspersky.com/2012/07/25/what-wired-is-not-tel... And, yes, this has been on HN before. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4282126 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4340309
Comment linking /2012/07/25/what-wired-is-not-telling-you-a-response-to-noah-shachtmans-article-in-wired-magazine/
on “Russia's Top Cyber Sleuth Foils US Spies, Helps Kremlin Pals (2012)”Submitted The best defense is attack – and that now includes when fighting patent trolls as a story · 2 points
HN discussionKaspersky's response for greater justice: http://eugene.kaspersky.com/2015/03/20/a-practical-guide-to-...
Comment linking /2015/03/20/a-practical-guide-to-making-up-a-sensation/
on “The Company Securing Your Internet Has Close Ties to Russian Spies”Submitted How Microsoft addressed Kaspersky's antitrust demands as a story · 2 points
HN discussion> Despite many ups and downs, we eventually managed to obtain all the stages used in this attack, including four zero-day exploits reported to Apple, two validators, an implant and its modules. Looks like NSA still hasn't forgiven Kaspersky for exposing STUXNET [1]. It seems that this latest attack on Kaspersky was expensive. Losing 4 zerodays must have been painful. It's also possible that Israel and Unit 8200 [2]…
Comment linking /2011/11/02/the-man-who-found-stuxnet-sergey-ulasen-in-the-spotlight/
on “Kaspersky: How to Catch a Wild Triangle”Submitted Kaspersky OS as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Proactive Fight Against Patent Trolls as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Kaspersky calls for rules of engagement on cyber warfare as a story · 2 points
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