Fake news, and all that, with Eugene Kaspersky in a blog post calling the story 'sensationalist' and comparing it to 'the script of a C movie'. In a written statement, Kaspersky Labs said it had not seen any evidence substantiating the report, adding that it is 'unfortunate that news coverage of unproven claims continue to perpetuate accusations about the company'. 'But if it's just signatures on NSA implants and NSA exploits, then this is Kaspersky just doing its job, and not at all a Kaspersky-Russia thing.' If it's the former, 'Kaspersky is toast,' wrote Matt Tait, CEO of Capital Alpha Security on Twitter. How involved Kaspersky Labs is in this latest controversy comes down to the as-yet-unanswered question of whether it was actively looking for NSA docs or if it merely spotted samples of exploits in the confidential files as part of its antivirus work, with that feature then abused by hackers. Read more: When a tanker vanishes, all the evidence points to Russia Though even that comes with a caveat: 'We're just in the same kind of territory of any large multinational company being induced to collect information for the US government.' But, he adds, it would be problematic if Kaspersky is being leaned upon or 'induced to do things' that aren't part of the standard contract.

Giles notes that it's 'entirely normal and natural' for Kaspersky Labs to be working with the Russian government, just as other security firms work with the US or British governments. I think that is the only element of this that's new and surprising.' 'Is it that antivirus companies cooperate with their national governments? Or is it that the NSA has not prevented yet again one of its people from taking a lot of its work home when that's a really dangerous thing to do? I think the third part is the surprising part of this whole story. 'What's the surprise here? Is it that antivirus has access to people's computer to assess the files on it?' Giles says.

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