posts of the week

• TaoSecurity: Mutually Assured DDoS
  good take on how retarded the idea of military botnets are... the only thing missing is the conclusion that col. williamson isn't qualified to hold his current post...
• New international group to become the CDC of cyber security
  seems like a breath of fresh air next to the utterly incompetent idea of military botnets...
• The commercial HTML packer dilemma - McAfee Avert Labs Blog
  it's the conclusion here that i really like... i fail to see any legitimate value in obfuscation (whether it's for javascript or more traditional executables) and think maybe we should just start flagging obfuscation itself as suspicious...
• 72% of companies and 23% of home users with an up-to-date security solution installed are infected - NanoScan Blog
  now there's a positive turn - not only is panda admitting that scanning alone isn't enough, they're using the opportunity turn it into a competitive advantage for their next generation technology...
• The Daily Incite - May 12, 2008 | Security Incite: Analysis on Information Security
  mike demonstrates that "total protection" isn't the only piece of snake oil out of mcafee... "the secure internet", it's good for what ails ya...