Tag: Anti-virus

  • Rebuttal: Got One Part Right; You Fail

    [This was originally posted on attrition.org. This is a rebuttal to Why Antivirus Companies Like Mine Failed to Catch Flame and Stuxnet (June 1, 2012) by Mikko Hypponen. There are several updates to this article at the end, based on replies from a variety of people including Mikko.] The antivirus market is worth over 4 billion dollars, with a…

  • Social aspects of the Love Bug virus

    [This was originally published on SunWorld and IDG, and mirrored on attrition.org.] Social aspects of the Love Bug virusEmail clients and operating systems must better protect the end user SummaryThe latest and not-so-greatest computer virus — the Love Bug — was no isolated event, and because of the widespread damage it caused and the media…