Congressman James Langevin (D-RI) fears America will suffer dire consequences in a successful cyber-attack. It might cause the failure of banking or national electrical systems, he said. Strong words. So — did a cyber-attack cause the banking industry to plea for a $700 billion emergency bailout?
(Click the headline to read this article…)Windows Secrets editor Woody Leonhard quoted my “heretic” opinion of the Sinowal / Mebroot trojan. I’ll expand on my comments just to make sure everyone reads my viewpoint…
(Click the headline to read this article…)You could sign up to receive virus alerts from an antivirus firm — or you could receive virus alerts from a guy who makes paint at Sherwin-Williams. It’s amazing how many people will trust the paint guy to keep them abreast of computer threats…
(Click the headline to read this article…)An open letter to Enrique Salem, the incoming CEO at Symantec…
(Click the headline to read this article…)Along the way I’ve exposed numerous “experts” who fell for a computer security hoax. My desire to understand why experts get duped led me to pick up Dr. Madeleine L. Van Hecke’s new book on the topic…
(Click the headline to read this article…)Imagine the frustration Georgia’s president must have felt. Russian tanks & bombers are swooping in, but what does the media really care about? “President Saakashvili, is it true the president of Poland agreed to host your website until the cyberattacks subside?”
(Click the headline to read this article…)Way back in 2003, I said I wanted to put Vmyths on trial for its life in 2007. The death of my wife set me back a year, but I’ve finally handed down a verdict…
(Click the headline to read this article…)You’ll find details on the aircraft, tanks, and rifles used in this conflict … yet nothing at all on the cyber-weapons. Wikipedia offers not a single clue about the Kremlin’s computing might, software armaments, nor even a map of the major IP boundaries…
(Click the headline to read this article…)In a physical war, a politician shouts “Christiane Amanpour’s plane landed at the airport, everyone flee for your lives!” In a cyber-war, a coworker shouts “John Markoff’s story just went online, everyone click on the links!” And why don’t we hear stories about, who knows, maybe Georgia’s victorious counter-thrust into Russian IP space where they dropped a Google-bomb on the .ru TLD, or something like that…?
(Click the headline to read this article…)Do you realize the incredible gullibility exploit here? A hostile military could develop a PowerPoint slideshow, mail it to hysterical USAF personnel, and say “please give this widest possible dissemination.” Even if a gullible flyboy finds out he got duped by an enemy military, history predicts he won’t send out an email to retract the slideshow … because it would embarrass him too much to admit “the enemy exploited my hysteria in an official capacity”…
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