Summary: Symantec happily spreads damaging disinformation about Android but not even information about Microsoft Windows, which is the real problem; John Thompson joins Microsoft's board

THERE IS new managerial overlap between Microsoft and Symantec, which is making money from selling Windows software and more recently from spreading Android FUD. Windows is not mentioned when Symantec writes about Windows botnets: [via]

Cybercriminals are using a modified version of the ZeuS computer Trojan that no longer relies on command and control (C&C) servers for receiving instructions, according to Symantec security researchers. ZeuS is very popular in the cybercriminal world because it's capable of stealing a wide variety of information, documents and login credentials from infected systems. For many years it was the weapon of choice for most fraudsters targeting online banking systems.

"The solution to these nasties has always been there," writes one person in USENET. "Block Windows PCs from Internet access. Sue Microsoft for providing an 'OS' unfit for purpose and use the money saved / collected productively." In Symantec's blog post, it is quite astounding that "Microsoft" and "Windows" are not named even once.

Well, guess what? Symantec's former CEO works for Microsoft now. Maybe Symantec just decided to go down the drain by selling placebo and FUD. ⬆