Vmyths » Security vendors 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 Welcoming Mac malware victims http://Vmyths.com/2009/08/31/mac-malware-victims/ http://Vmyths.com/2009/08/31/mac-malware-victims/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:19:03 +0000 Gordon Fecyk http://Vmyths.com/?p=613 http://Vmyths.com/2009/08/31/mac-malware-victims/feed/ 0 Somber experts ask “where were you when the Blaster worm struck?” http://Vmyths.com/2009/08/12/blaster/ http://Vmyths.com/2009/08/12/blaster/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:18:20 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=846 can remem­ber, then it's be­cause you got paid to fight it. Your money pre­cludes my empathy...]]> http://Vmyths.com/2009/08/12/blaster/feed/ 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 Obama part 3: a plagiary of President Clinton’s virus hype, 11 years later http://Vmyths.com/2009/06/07/obama-3/ http://Vmyths.com/2009/06/07/obama-3/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:13:07 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=711 essen­tially the same as Presi­dent Clinton's speech 11 years ago — right down to the debut of a flawed presi­den­tial report...]]> http://Vmyths.com/2009/06/07/obama-3/feed/ 0 French expert gets duped, goes “nutty professor,” spouts hysteria… http://Vmyths.com/2009/05/28/mcafee-2/ http://Vmyths.com/2009/05/28/mcafee-2/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 18:39:03 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=657 protect you from being duped— protect you from the hysteria he— protect you from the threat he concocted— oh, never mind...]]> http://Vmyths.com/2009/05/28/mcafee-2/feed/ 2 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 A “get well soon” card for McAfee’s chief marketeer http://Vmyths.com/2009/04/18/envelope/ http://Vmyths.com/2009/04/18/envelope/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:23:14 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=549 http://Vmyths.com/2009/04/18/envelope/feed/ 0 “Email spam is destroying life on earth,” but McAfee’s anti-spam software can save our planet http://Vmyths.com/2009/04/17/mcafee/ http://Vmyths.com/2009/04/17/mcafee/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:01:06 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=520 spam releases 17 million metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere each year...]]> http://Vmyths.com/2009/04/17/mcafee/feed/ 2 New Twitter worm brings out the expert’s irony http://Vmyths.com/2009/04/12/hypponen/ http://Vmyths.com/2009/04/12/hypponen/#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:42:57 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=498 {Updated 13 Apr 09} You gotta laugh at any virus expert who warns "don't click links" and then immediately follows his warning with ... a link.]]> http://Vmyths.com/2009/04/12/hypponen/feed/ 0 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