Hackers suffering from 'writer's block'

Am I the only person that thinks Kaspersky Lab has completely lost its mind?

The security vendor released a press release this week informing us that virus writers have run out of ideas and accusing the hacking community of suffering from 'writer's block'.

'Virus writers are feverishly trying to defend their creations against new protective technologies by creating proof of concept code for new platforms,' said Alex Gostev, senior virus analyst at Kaspersky Lab.

'However, these creations do not yet have a footing in reality: we are not seeing threats that would be able to cause millions and millions of pounds of damage, as Klez, Mydoom, Lovesan and Sasser did in the past,' he said.

Kaspersky is waving a very large red rag in front of a very determined bull.

Hackers across the land must be rubbing their hands with glee at such a challenge.