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Happy Halloween from the MMPC

31

Oct

2012

One of my pet peeves working in computer security has always been the use of emotive language. I have always felt that using highly emotive terms to discuss malware greatly adds to the already-considerable FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) that surrounds a lot of malware information. The FUD, in turn, leads users to think that this is […]

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9/11: More Scams Upcoming

09

Sep

2011

Nearly ten years ago, I was sitting in an office in Birmingham (in the UK) reading the first messages about the shocking and tragic attacks on the Twin Towers. The tenth anniversary of those attacks is not one I relish thinking about, let alone writing about, but I'm afraid I must. In a presentation I did […]

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Bitcoin: P2P underground cyber currency?

07

Jun

2011

Bitcoins, a self-generated hash-based peer-to-peer currency with no centralized regulating body, are on a stratospheric trajectory, will it replace traditional legal tender as the currency of choice for cyber-nastiness? First, a little background. Bitcoins first surfaced in a white paper purportedly by Satoshi Nakamoto. While no one can trace his (her) exact identity, it seems […]

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