post of the week

• Virus Bulletin : News - Almost half of users think virus-writing contests are a good idea
  the great thing about this is that the industry (who are in large part responsible for the public's perception of malware) gets to see how far off track the public's perception has gone... will that motivate them to get their act together? who knows...
• Top 5 Abused/Misused/Miscontrued Terms in Information Security « Amrit Williams Blog
  some perspective on some familiar phrases, including an admission from the av is dead camp that that idea is largely hyperbole...
• Fenomen(al) False Positives - Panda Research Blog
  interesting caveat about automated malware processing...