Comments on: Hysteria in the making? Computer security experts lack focus on Twitter http://Vmyths.com/2009/04/27/stovepipe/ Truth about computer security hysteria Thu, 03 Feb 2011 05:36:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/2009/04/27/stovepipe/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Rob Rosenberger Fri, 29 May 2009 17:03:05 +0000 http://Vmyths.com/?p=518#comment-172 I agree, Graham. Half of Leyden's tweets right now seem to revolve around his kickball team. But hey, if it's any consolation ... you only appeared in my column because I couldn't resist the line about "Cluley’s inability to time-shift a TV time traveler." :-) On a serious note: I hope my observations will shift the way AV experts use Twitter. When I read something like "on the way home, I posted a letter!", I expect to see it in Justin Hayward's diary, not an antivirus expert's tweet. I view Twitter much like I view the telephone. Sure, you might work out of your home office, but you install a second phone line in the name of professionalism. You don't want the CEO of BuggleWarp Corp. to hear "yeah, I think he's surfing in the den room. DAD! Some guy on the phone for you..." AV experts need a professional Twitter account just like they need a professional phone line. Either that, or we need the CNN news ticker to start tweeting us on all the great things Robin Meade is doing at every hour of the day. "Obama unveils new cyber security report ... N Korea detonates fourth nuclear test ... Wolf Blitzer getting a bit fussy in the makeup chair..." I agree, Graham. Half of Leyden’s tweets right now seem to revolve around his kickball team.

But hey, if it’s any consolation … you only appeared in my column because I couldn’t resist the line about “Cluley’s inability to time-shift a TV time traveler.” :-)

On a serious note: I hope my observations will shift the way AV experts use Twitter. When I read something like “on the way home, I posted a letter!”, I expect to see it in Justin Hayward’s diary, not an antivirus expert’s tweet.

I view Twitter much like I view the telephone. Sure, you might work out of your home office, but you install a second phone line in the name of professionalism. You don’t want the CEO of BuggleWarp Corp. to hear “yeah, I think he’s surfing in the den room. DAD! Some guy on the phone for you…”

AV experts need a professional Twitter account just like they need a professional phone line.

Either that, or we need the CNN news ticker to start tweeting us on all the great things Robin Meade is doing at every hour of the day. “Obama unveils new cyber security report … N Korea detonates fourth nuclear test … Wolf Blitzer getting a bit fussy in the makeup chair…”

]]> By: GrahamCluley http://Vmyths.com/2009/04/27/stovepipe/comment-page-1/#comment-170 GrahamCluley Fri, 29 May 2009 15:34:47 +0000 http://Vmyths.com/?p=518#comment-170 I reckon over 99% of my Tweets aren't about Dr Who, so although I may not have 20-20 vision my focus is pretty good. :) PS. When talking to John Leyden on the phone he's often discussed "Doctor Who" with me (I imagine next time he calls he'll ask my opinions on the new companion who was announced to the world today), so I doubt he'll unfollow me for that reason. ;-) I reckon over 99% of my Tweets aren’t about Dr Who, so although I may not have 20-20 vision my focus is pretty good. :)

PS. When talking to John Leyden on the phone he’s often discussed “Doctor Who” with me (I imagine next time he calls he’ll ask my opinions on the new companion who was announced to the world today), so I doubt he’ll unfollow me for that reason. ;-)

]]> By: dharley http://Vmyths.com/2009/04/27/stovepipe/comment-page-1/#comment-152 dharley Sun, 03 May 2009 10:10:59 +0000 http://Vmyths.com/?p=518#comment-152 Without wishing to be absorbed in my own celebrity status, I have two reasons for spending time on twitter. (1) Early security info is now getting onto twitter before it gets onto specialist lists and sometimes -instead- of seclists. Occasionally, that makes it worth skimming the dross. I haven't yet decided whether the additional skimming on facebook is worth the time overhead, but it has its recreational advantages. (2) Facebook supports my work-related blogging, which may not change the world very much, but is meant to, a bit at a time. I presume those swine flu tweets are about using the flu as a social engineering hook, which is happening a lot, rather than about the flu itself, but I haven't checked 'em. Without wishing to be absorbed in my own celebrity status, I have two reasons for spending time on twitter. (1) Early security info is now getting onto twitter before it gets onto specialist lists and sometimes -instead- of seclists. Occasionally, that makes it worth skimming the dross. I haven’t yet decided whether the additional skimming on facebook is worth the time overhead, but it has its recreational advantages. (2) Facebook supports my work-related blogging, which may not change the world very much, but is meant to, a bit at a time.

I presume those swine flu tweets are about using the flu as a social engineering hook, which is happening a lot, rather than about the flu itself, but I haven’t checked ‘em.

]]> By: ShaunDay http://Vmyths.com/2009/04/27/stovepipe/comment-page-1/#comment-145 ShaunDay Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:58:02 +0000 http://Vmyths.com/?p=518#comment-145 As I type, the two most recent tweets from McAfee are not about computer viruses, but about a human virus - namely the swine flu. Vaguly interesting I guess. There's far too much stovepiping in the media already. <a href="http://angermanagementtoday.blogspot.com/2009/02/anger-rage-and-how-to-deal-with-them.html" rel="nofollow"> Anger Rage</a> As I type, the two most recent tweets from McAfee are not about computer viruses, but about a human virus – namely the swine flu. Vaguly interesting I guess. There’s far too much stovepiping in the media already.


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