The score now stands at three-zip. How many more cyber-terror experts will we ironically lose to the grim reaper?
(Click the headline to read this article…)Tags: Chet Wisniewski, Costin Raiu, irony, Kaspersky Labs, Linda Franklin, Majid Shahriari, Ray Downey, Sophos, Stuxnet
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A storyboard on the deck of a historic ship tells a tale that ends almost exactly like the pompous contrivance for the Gulf War printer virus hoax…
(Click the headline to read this article…)Know this: there is no real “computer virus angle” to this story. It’s about an extraordinarily gullible man who got bilked for millions over a very long time. Everything else is an anecdote — especially the computer virus…
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Computer reporters — many who’ve never written about a major virus or worm — are chomping at the bit to write about the Stuxnet worm. But the SANS Internet Storm Center didn’t ratchet up their “Threat Level” for the media circus…
(Click the headline to read this article…)Iran’s firebrand politician didn’t blame Israel for a cyber-attack in his recent U.N. speech…
(Click the headline to read this article…)Should legit antivirus firms analyze & use the sales tactics of fake antivirus firms?
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This guy’s lame piece of malware gave birth to U.S. Cyber Command. But no one knows his name! Imagine the all-consuming frustration this guy must live with…
(Click the headline to read this article…)Tags: agent.btz, Buckshot Yankee, irony, Michelangelo virus
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How many times does one virus expert need to re-tweet a link to a blog entry he posted a few hours ago? How will we get timely computer security news if all the experts start playing “king of the hill” on Twitter?
(Click the headline to read this article…)Take John Hamre’s absurd panoply from the late 1990s … change the dates & names … and (ta da!) you’ve got William Lynn’s absurd panoply…
(Click the headline to read this article…)Since when did the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense become the world’s #2 hacker? Did he only declassify a secret cyber operation so he could write for a commercial publication? And why did it take this guy nine years to hear a “wake-up call”?
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