Vmyths » Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com Truth about computer security hysteria Mon, 14 Feb 2011 04:29:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 A third cyber-terror expert dies in a physical terror attack http://Vmyths.com/2010/11/30/stuxnet-2/ http://Vmyths.com/2010/11/30/stuxnet-2/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 05:11:06 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=1328 more cyber-terror experts will we ironically lose to the grim reaper?]]> http://Vmyths.com/2010/11/30/stuxnet-2/feed/ 0 Does “Gulf War printer virus” hoax have roots in a WWII sailor’s tale? http://Vmyths.com/2010/11/28/wwii/ http://Vmyths.com/2010/11/28/wwii/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 02:30:53 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=744 ends almost exactly like the pom­pous contri­vance for the Gulf War printer virus hoax...]]> http://Vmyths.com/2010/11/28/wwii/feed/ 1 Computer virus not behind a bizarre $6-20 million extortion scheme http://Vmyths.com/2010/11/09/bedi/ http://Vmyths.com/2010/11/09/bedi/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 03:56:39 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=1285 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...]]> http://Vmyths.com/2010/11/09/bedi/feed/ 0 SANS “Threat Level” remains green over Stuxnet hysteria http://Vmyths.com/2010/09/27/sans/ http://Vmyths.com/2010/09/27/sans/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:41:46 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=1224 Stuxnet worm. But the SANS Internet Storm Center didn't ratchet up their "Threat Level" for the media circus...]]> http://Vmyths.com/2010/09/27/sans/feed/ 1 Stuxnet worm smells like overhype http://Vmyths.com/2010/09/24/stuxnet/ http://Vmyths.com/2010/09/24/stuxnet/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 22:38:16 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=1098 didn't blame Israel for a cyber-attack in his recent U.N. speech...]]> http://Vmyths.com/2010/09/24/stuxnet/feed/ 1 Zone Alarm dabbling in “scareware” tactics http://Vmyths.com/2010/09/20/zonealarm/ http://Vmyths.com/2010/09/20/zonealarm/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:50:50 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=1044 legit antivirus firms analyze & use the sales tactics of fake antivirus firms?]]> http://Vmyths.com/2010/09/20/zonealarm/feed/ 0 Poetic irony for agent.btz malware author http://Vmyths.com/2010/09/13/oby-3/ http://Vmyths.com/2010/09/13/oby-3/#comments Mon, 13 Sep 2010 05:23:48 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=1033 his name! Imagine the all-consuming frustration this guy must live with...]]> http://Vmyths.com/2010/09/13/oby-3/feed/ 0 Virus experts play “king of the hill” on Twitter http://Vmyths.com/2010/08/30/twitter-3/ http://Vmyths.com/2010/08/30/twitter-3/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:19:50 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=1022 http://Vmyths.com/2010/08/30/twitter-3/feed/ 1 Today’s DEPSECDEF plagiarized his predecessor’s ”wake-up call” http://Vmyths.com/2010/08/27/oby-2/ http://Vmyths.com/2010/08/27/oby-2/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:02:39 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=942 (ta da!) you've got William Lynn's absurd panoply...]]> http://Vmyths.com/2010/08/27/oby-2/feed/ 1 Gov’t hype surrounds ”Operation Buckshot Yankee” http://Vmyths.com/2010/08/26/oby/ http://Vmyths.com/2010/08/26/oby/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:29:13 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=925 commercial publication? And why did it take this guy nine years to hear a "wake-up call"?]]> http://Vmyths.com/2010/08/26/oby/feed/ 2