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I don't see what's the problem here. Of course hackers test their malicious code against anti-virus programs, and Virustotal is just one of the most convenient
by Kenji 12y ago
I don't see what's the problem here. Of course hackers test their malicious code against anti-virus programs, and Virustotal is just one of the most convenient checkers.
If there was no Virustotal, hackers would simply use other similar checkers or set up their own checker.
Virustotal is not at fault at all, it's the concept of virus checkers that's failing.
The headline makes it look like Google knowingly exposes us to hackers. It does not, of course.
- arikrak 12y agoThe last paragraph of the article basically says that, but the title needs to get people to click.
- schoen 12y agoThe article's title is even stranger in context of what the article says, which is mainly that Google researchers were able to detect this kind of use, and were able to learn much more about the attackers' identities, methods, and targets as a result of this use. The article says they're now inviting other researchers to use the data for the same purposes. So in some ways it's a lot more like "A Google Site Meant to Protect You is Helping Hackers Attack You And Thereby Expose Their Affiliations, Methods, Targets, and Schedules to Security Researchers".
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