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Category Archives: articles
Article for AV-Comparatives
While I stopped working with ESET at the end of 2018, I didn’t entirely abandon the security industry: I’ve responded to the occasional request for an interview, including this one on Who owns social media? and I did quite a … Continue reading
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Who owns social media?
In spite of the fact that I have very little connection with the security business at this point, I was asked for my opinion regarding the topic of deleting your content on social media. I tend to think that the … Continue reading
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Newsflash: not all security news sites are useful
Is it just me who is exasperated when security ‘news’ sites quote articles that they don’t bother to link to? Continue reading
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More thoughts of a reluctant presenter.
The second in a series for ESET about how to look like a better speaker than you think you are. Or at any rate than I am. Continue reading
Auld Lang Syne – Ancient Techtarget Article
Security prognostication: reminding myself to be cautious. Continue reading
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Virus Bulletin article, August 2010
Another of my pet hobby horses: Mac security. This was commentary on popular attitudes to and misconceptions about Mac security, in the light of a survey conducted by ESET. No PDF version at the moment so here’s the link: Apple … Continue reading
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Tagged Mac security, Mac Virus
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Virus Bulletin article, January 2007
An article for Virus Bulletin from a more personal angle, looking back over 17 years in and around the malware management business. (I first became involved with that aspect of security the same year that Virus Bulletin itself came into existence.) … Continue reading
Virus Bulletin article, November 2006
An article for Virus Bulletin on the popular conception of the anti-malware industry as a (sometimes) necessary evil. Here’s a bit of a teaser: …we are mistrusted by our customers, by the media, and especially by other sectors of the security industry. … Continue reading
Virus Bulletin article, October 2006
One thing that tends to get the anti-malware industry hot under the collar, or at any rate those of us with an interest in sound malware testing. Testing with malware created with the tester. In fact, several things about an … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Paller, Consumer Reports, SANS, testing
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Virus Bulletin article, March 2011
This VB_Cocoa_article is not a comparison of the highly desirable qualities of Victoria Bitter and a comforting chocolate drink, but an article I wrote a while back for Virus Bulletin: to be precise, a review of Graham J. Lee’s excellent book on … Continue reading
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