Tag: ethics
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VB2019 paper: We need to talk – opening a discussion about ethics in infosec
If infosec was ever a subject with little practical impact, it certainly isn’t today: infosec headlines feature in the mainstream media almost every day. This means that those working in the field are faced with ethical dilemmas that are impossible to avoid ─ even if you still want to consider it a mostly technical field.…
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We need to continue the debate on the ethics and perils of publishing security research
At VB2015 in Prague, Juan Andrés Guerro-Saade, then of Kaspersky Lab , presented an important paper on the transformation of security researchers into intelligence brokers and how this changes the ethics concerning security research. The debate on how security companies in general and anti-virus products in particular should treat malware written for ‘good’ purposes has…
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We need to continue the debate on the ethics and perils of publishing security research
At VB2015 in Prague, Juan Andrés Guerro-Saade, then of Kaspersky Lab , presented an important paper on the transformation of security researchers into intelligence brokers and how this changes the ethics concerning security research. The debate on how security companies in general and anti-virus products in particular should treat malware written for ‘good’ purposes has…
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Chinese whispers of malware writing and bribery in the industry
As China corruption scandals rumble on, more rumours of malware writers in AV firms surface. Several recent stories in the media have revolved around China and malware writers, with the much confusion as to the real facts. After rumours last week that Spanish security firm Panda had hired the Chinese author of the Fujacks virus,…
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Malware writing teacher revives old rows
College instructor claims to be fighting industry monopoly. As announced to much controversy last year, a course in computer security at Sonoma State University, California, is teaching students to write their own viruses, keyloggers, spambots and other malicious software. According to a high-profile piece in Newsweek magazine, the teacher of the course, Dr George Ledin,…