Michael Gracie 

It may have been a good move to get some hardcore security guys involved in the development of Vista, but a lot of people are going to question why Microsoft looked to the NSA, which has been under fire recently for spying on people at the request of the Bush Administration. Adding fuel to the [...]

ID thieves are using the now infamous video of Saddam Hussein’s execution as a trojan horse for ID theft enabling malware. The former Iraqi dictator may have been a lot of bad things in life, but I’ll bet one of them wasn’t a malware writer. And for those who have been hiding under rocks for [...]

StopBadware, the powerhouse coalition brought together to warn folks about dangerous internet sites, doesn’t seem to be working too hard. As Techdirt points out, it doesn’t take much to get on the list, but it is a pain in the ass to get off. Add to that the fact that Google (in cooperation with WebSense), [...]

The British Security Service MI5 is going start issuing security threat updates via email. How long until spammers start emulating these alerts, and the alerts themselves wind up in the filters?

I’m not going to opine on the validity of this discovery, but I’ll throw in my two cents on the Slashdot commentary. Some folks noted that when they receive their machines, they immediately reformatted the drives and reinstalled (or installed alternative) operating systems. When I was part of the Windows world (using Dells) I did [...]

I hope online predators are too busy hiding from the cops to read the latest Pew study. The premise remains – kids are smarter than their parents think. But maybe what we need is a little misinformation now and then to quell the concern. I’d like to see a study released that says “85% of [...]

If you think the whole botnet issue is bad now – zombiefied computers galore spewing more virus-laden pharmaceutical spam than you can shake a stick at – imagine what it will be like when everyone has one of these. I guess the bright side is…if it is stuck in a closet with no monitor, you [...]

This is where the whole security by obscurity thing really comes into play… MacWorld is starting, and concurrent with it is comes a beautiful step-child – the Month of Apple Bugs. People are finding bugs in OS X, and others are busy fixing them. That’s great, but you can never make everyone happy – some [...]

I can’t help but smile with glee over this… The issue of zombies and the problems they cause on the networks has hit the New York Times. No, I am not happy because the New York Times is my favorite paper or anything; my joy comes from the awareness it is providing. Too many people [...]

Now that is saying something, since it is presently January 6th. No, I’m not the one saying it – some security researchers are, and those researchers are implying it could be the biggest bug of the whole year (but I think that is only because they know Acrobat Reader has a huge install base, and [...]