

Secondly, rather than swearing and showing yourself to be ignorant by not actually reading what I wrote and resorting to calling me a troll, try reading first, and then comment only if you actually understood what was being said. "Īs it happens, I have a doctorate in computer security, so let's start there. They had to do a lot of work to check the code to find mistakes and vulnerabilities. "That's what Microsoft did in the past after so many incidents like Blaster and the more complicated worms that infected millions of computers in a short time. They will have to make changes in terms of the cycle of updates and so on and will be forced to invest more into their security audits for the software," Kaspersky told CBR. "They will understand very soon that they have the same problems Microsoft had ten or 12 years ago.

It took far too long to respond to recent threats, leaving its users vulnerable to attack. Kaspersky believes that Apple will have to change how it handles update cycles. "We now expect to see more and more because cyber criminals learn from success and this was the first successful one." "Apple is now entering the same world as Microsoft has been in for more than 10 years: updates, security patches and so on," he added. Now we have more, it's not just Flashback or Flashfake. Cyber criminals have now recognised that Mac is an interesting area. There’s no room for compromise in an invasion.Kaspersky continued to say that an increase in Mac malware was, "just a question of time and market share. Russia needs to stop its war and leave Ukraine to the Ukrainian people #StandWithUkraine️” he tweeted.Ī similar sentiment was expressed by Regina Bluman, security analyst at “This is not the statement you think this is. It is an invasion leading to a war in which innocents being killed by Russian soldiers. “Eugene there is no 'current situation' in Ukraine. Russians are not being murdered.”īrian Honan, CEO, BH Consulting, also spoke out about Kaspersky’s neutral choice of language and refusal to condemn the actions of the Kremlin. Rik Ferguson, VP of security research at Trend wrote: “Better to have stayed silent than to have called an invasion a “situation” that requires a “compromise" or to assert that it 'isn’t good for anyone'. His description of the conflict as a “situation” and apparent attempt to advertise his firm led to a number of furious responses from leading members of the infosec community. The main thing we can do in this situation is provide uninterrupted functioning of our products and services globally.” Kaspersky followed up his statement with another tweet: “Like the rest of the world, we are in shock regarding the recent events. This is a reference to peace talks that took place between Ukrainian and Russian officials yesterday on the border with Belarus, and a fresh agreement for the sides to meet again in the coming days.
