Vmyths » Reporters & bloggers http://Vmyths.com Truth about computer security hysteria Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:58:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Poor Conficker … we hardly knew ye http://Vmyths.com/2009/08/10/conficker/ http://Vmyths.com/2009/08/10/conficker/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:11:29 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=788 mis­directed secu­rity hype — and then they'll ignore the real threat(s) after they realize just how badly they got hood­winked by their own mis­direction...]]> http://Vmyths.com/2009/08/10/conficker/feed/ 4 Rep. HoaxsterHoekstra panders to Asian media http://Vmyths.com/2009/07/12/hoekstra/ http://Vmyths.com/2009/07/12/hoekstra/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:34:22 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=751 knew in advance this guy was going to call for a military cyber-attack against North Korea?]]> http://Vmyths.com/2009/07/12/hoekstra/feed/ 0 Iran accuses CNN of waging a “cyber war” http://Vmyths.com/2009/06/23/iran/ http://Vmyths.com/2009/06/23/iran/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:56:22 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=733 war, then what words will we cheapen when something worse comes along? Will we call it a "cyber genocide"? A "cyber holocaust," perhaps?]]> http://Vmyths.com/2009/06/23/iran/feed/ 3 Hysteria in the making? Computer security experts lack focus on Twitter http://Vmyths.com/2009/04/27/stovepipe/ http://Vmyths.com/2009/04/27/stovepipe/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:34:16 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=518 http://Vmyths.com/2009/04/27/stovepipe/feed/ 4 Two months later — antivirus firms remain blasé over Conficker / Downadup worm http://Vmyths.com/2009/03/31/downadup-4/ http://Vmyths.com/2009/03/31/downadup-4/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:05:15 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=481 http://Vmyths.com/2009/03/31/downadup-4/feed/ 2 Reporters don’t need to write a news story — TrustPort will gladly write it for them http://Vmyths.com/2009/03/30/trustport/ http://Vmyths.com/2009/03/30/trustport/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:04:22 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=445 slapping his byline on TrustPort's veiled press release...]]> http://Vmyths.com/2009/03/30/trustport/feed/ 0 Two decades of virus hysteria contributes to the success of fake-AV scams http://Vmyths.com/2009/03/22/rogue-av/ http://Vmyths.com/2009/03/22/rogue-av/#comments Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:09:10 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=452 http://Vmyths.com/2009/03/22/rogue-av/feed/ 1 Media doesn’t reveal who claimed “20 million” Downadup infections http://Vmyths.com/2009/01/29/downadup-20mil/ http://Vmyths.com/2009/01/29/downadup-20mil/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:01:06 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=311 bored with this worm? "Contact me when it actually does something..."]]> http://Vmyths.com/2009/01/29/downadup-20mil/feed/ 0 “Rampant worm”? Pass me the crackpipe! http://Vmyths.com/2009/01/26/puff/ http://Vmyths.com/2009/01/26/puff/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:51:41 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=312 Downadup worm. Who in their right mind could predict "potential[ly] 300 to 350 million" infections with no support from the big boys in the industry?]]> http://Vmyths.com/2009/01/26/puff/feed/ 1 Expert compares rampaging worm to “Eagle Eye” movie http://Vmyths.com/2009/01/25/sherstobitoff/ http://Vmyths.com/2009/01/25/sherstobitoff/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:26:29 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=297 Wall Street Journal story, a flabbergasted Ryan Sherstobitoff spouted almost exactly the same line...]]> http://Vmyths.com/2009/01/25/sherstobitoff/feed/ 1