Great responses, thank you. That has helped. On Monday, 22 August 2022 at 14:47:55 UTC+1 Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> This is not a problem that arises from *you *using Go; it's a problem > arising from the fact that *other *people are using Go to write malware, > and bad security techniques are unable to deal with it. > > You could stop using Go entirely and it wouldn't change the dynamic. The > better course is not to rely on scanners of the sort the article describes. > Anti-virus was never a good strategy anyhow, and is in my opinion > dangerous. Tavis Ormandy has enjoyed a constant stream of cases where > running antivirus "protections" was actually the gateway to serious > exploits. > > Behavior-based detection is a good technique to use. > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 9:30 AM 'Gopher-Insane' via golang-nuts < > golan...@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> So our security team has raised a concern with Go and malware. The link >> that was sent to me was >> https://securityboulevard.com/2021/09/behavior-based-detection-can-stop-exotic-malware/ >> . >> I reached out to Bill Kennedy on Twitter who disagreed that Go was a >> problem. Said it was worth posting here to hear people's thoughts. >> >> Thanks! >> >> -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "golang-nuts" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to golang-nuts...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/ed1966c2-675b-4030-911b-7fa618291985n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/ed1966c2-675b-4030-911b-7fa618291985n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/e65e2157-103a-46de-8ab8-ddb87b509ad5n%40googlegroups.com.
