Dec
20
2008
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?
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Nov
24
2008
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…
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Tags: Andy Hopkins, John Hawes, Mebroot, Microsoft, Sinowal, Symantec, US-CERT, Virus Bulletin, Windows Secrets, Wolfgang Stiller, Woody Leonhard
Gov't & military, Security vendors | Rob Rosenberger | Comments (2)
Nov
22
2008
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…
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Nov
20
2008
An open letter to Enrique Salem, the incoming CEO at Symantec…
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Nov
10
2008
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…
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Sep
07
2008
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?”
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Aug
20
2008
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…
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Aug
19
2008
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…
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Aug
18
2008
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…?
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Tags: Bill Hicks, Georgia, John Markoff, Marcus Sachs, Richard Clarke, Russia, SCADA, USAF
By type of hysteria, Cyber-war & cyber-terror, Gov't & military, Reporters & bloggers | Rob Rosenberger | Comments (1)
Aug
10
2008
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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