In an early scene in the movie “Sneakers“, a security guard is aroused by an alarm and rushes to the phone. The voice on the phone reassures the guard that this is a false alarm, and that it should stop in a minute. It does. The guard is visibly relieved and thanks the officer. Then [...]

The movies and even TV media have misled us countless times; somebody is trying to hack into a system. They have a screen of scrolling, indecipherable code going by. The hacker types in some mystical incantation and a big, dumb box pops up on the screen: “access grated”. The crafty hacker cackles at his own [...]

It’s freaky how the “Storm Botnet” has been reported by the media. It’s as if this was a natural phenomena like an ice age or El Nino. The average home user has no idea of the details and isn’t told what any of it means, only that they should be afraid. So, let’s see if [...]