Vmyths http://Vmyths.com Truth about computer security hysteria Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:03:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 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/ 2 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 Obama part 2: where did his “$1 trillion” guesstimate come from? http://Vmyths.com/2009/05/29/obama-2/ http://Vmyths.com/2009/05/29/obama-2/#comments Sat, 30 May 2009 01:41:20 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=697 status quo... ]]> http://Vmyths.com/2009/05/29/obama-2/feed/ 0 Obama (!) spouts an urban legend in his cybersecurity speech http://Vmyths.com/2009/05/29/obama/ http://Vmyths.com/2009/05/29/obama/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 22:08:46 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=656 http://Vmyths.com/2009/05/29/obama/feed/ 1 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 Follow Vmyths on Twitter http://Vmyths.com/2009/04/19/twitter-2/ http://Vmyths.com/2009/04/19/twitter-2/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:58:47 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://Vmyths.com/?p=562 won't get tweets about our speaking engagements, or the bad airline food we ate, or the Dr. Who episodes we missed...]]> http://Vmyths.com/2009/04/19/twitter-2/feed/ 0 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