Time to blacklist blacklists
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| Blacklists have their place for detecting and identifying malicious
| content and activity, with the whole signature-based malware
| detection industry effectively being built around the concept
| that blacklists are reliable mechanisms.
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| The only problem is that they aren't.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/08/blacklists_are_baaad/
Antivirus Vendors Head to Court
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| The growing dispute, tracked by the Chinese Internet Security Response
| Team, started when an update issued by Kaspersky for their antivirus
| products misidentified some of the files associated with the Rising
| Tech antivirus products as being malicious.
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| [...]
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| Misidentification of critical system files and competitor files
| is an unfortunately all-too common problem that many antivirus
| and antimalware vendors have encountered in the past, with
| several significant incidents taking place in China over recent months.
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http://www.beskerming.com/commentary/2007/07/08/209/Antivirus_Vendors_Head_to_Court
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