Using another metaphor, Kaspersky added: “ take the fish from the water … We don’t know what language this fish is speaking. While Kaspersky did not address the specific decision to publish the Slingshot report, he deflected blame by claiming that Kaspersky Lab’s technology is designed to spot malicious software regardless of origin or purpose. We provide the world’s best X-ray … Maybe days after we find that it’s a criminal searching for money, or it’s espionage looking for information. It doesn’t matter who’s wearing the gun, a terrorist or a policeman. “Don’t blame our X-ray,” he told The Australian after speaking at a Formula One event in Melbourne. Prior reporting by CyberScoop showed that the research report in question, which looked at a malware framework dubbed “Slingshot,” was in fact connected to an expansive U.S.-led counterterrorism effort. In an interview with Australian press, Eugene Kaspersky said his company’s anti-virus engine does not discriminate based on nationality or the malware authors’ intent. cyber-espionage operation against ISIS and Al-Qaeda terrorists. The founder and current CEO of Kaspersky Lab is defending the Moscow-based company after it published a research report that ultimately exposed an active U.S.