Ok, so to this point (and I'm not a security researcher, so forgive my ignorance) couldn't a legit malware creator call their work "research"? I feel like a mal

Ok, so to this point (and I'm not a security researcher, so forgive my ignorance) couldn't a legit malware creator call their work "research"? I feel like a malware creator could throw this smoke screen whenever they wanted. It's not a free pass...