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Apple says users should install antivirus software

2008-12-02 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b3eeec in Network World on Security
 
We are all notoriously snobbish when it comes to not installing anti-virus software, but largely because we all know that malware is essentially non-existent when it comes to the Mac. Yes, yes, there's the occasional scare, but seriously: when was the last time that you noticed an actual piece of malware on the Mac of someone you know that...
 
Tags: notoriously snobbish, occasional scare, malware, anti-virus software, mac, actual piece, harm, time, non-existent
 
 
 
 
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The Onion on Terror

2008-02-08 13:28:35 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Scare? When every Christian gentleman lived in mortal terror of his daughter being doped up on opium and raped by pagan, mustachioed Chinamen? What about the Red Scare, when citizens from all walks of life showed their pride by turning in their friends and associates to rabid anticommunists? Has America ever been more resolute The whole thing...
 
Tags: america, preserve america, america strong, christian gentleman lived, total dread vital, yellow scare, mortal terror, rabid anticommunists, red scare
 
 
 
 
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Trick or Treat

2008-10-09 00:00:00 by John McDonald in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...scare tactics and extortion. So what does this have to do with IT security and compliance? Unfortunately, the way security and compliance professionals have traditonally gone about obtaining funds and resources for tools and projects necessary to do their jobs all too closely parallels what happens on Halloween. We frequently use scare...
 
Tags: scare tactics, compliance professionals, compliance, resources, jobs, closely parallels, scary creatures, treats, security
 
 
 
 
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Mac security program tries to scare users into buying

2008-01-15 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b40b90 in Network World on Security
 
Some Macintosh users have encountered a security program whose function and Web site have the tell-tale signs of a scam
 
Tags: security program, macintosh users, tell-tale signs, web site, function, scam
 
 
 
 
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Security vs. Privacy

2008-01-29 05:21:41 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...scare them first. But it's still a false dichotomy. There is no security without privacy. And liberty requires both security and privacy. The famous quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin reads: "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." It's also true that those who...
 
Tags: privacy, security, security affects privacy, people, people choose security, choose security, anti-privacy, afford privacy, security theater
 
 
 
 
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HOV lane inside the Airport for 65,000

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2008-01-18 03:18:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...Scare people? No, allow them to pay a few dollars more to go to the head of the line. The company who is introducing the program to Washington Dulles and Reagan National airports in the Spring, is called "Verified Identity Pass" of New York Travelers who wish to speed their way through the airport experience (and who wouldn't), pay a yearly...
 
Tags: airport, minimal yearly fee, yearly fee, reagan national airports, airports, shorter security wait, scare people, shorter security lines, travelers
 
 
 
 
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Windows stalked by rogue packets?

2008-02-28 00:00:00 by Jason Meserve in Network World on Security
 
...scare me, given my "Out of office" message is on this week, is a story about how spammers are using such auto-reply messages as means to relay Spam. Hopefully, I am not inadvertently spamming people while on vacation
 
Tags: redmond patch department, windows, packets, security team, rogue, sounds scary, relay spam, auto-reply messages, story
 
 
 
 
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Sitting on your hands is not an option - FUD, Compliance, what will it take to sell security?

2008-03-13 00:17:43 by HASH0x84729f8 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...scare the rest of us into doing something. Should we just wait around for our customers to get pwned and than come in like the cat that swallowed the canary with the magic bullet (even if there is no such thing as magic bullets). Or maybe as Bruce Schneier says people will just start expecting security as part of what they buy, not as a...
 
Tags: security breach, security breach scare, security, security breach cost, security purchase, security industry, provide security, industry, real live security
 
 
 
 
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Bomb Squad Defuses Turnip

2008-03-18 11:30:28 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Props to the writer who came up with the first sentence of the story : A raw turnip was at the root of a bomb scare that last for hours at a law office And a follow-up
 
Tags: law office, raw turnip, bomb scare, sentence, hours, story, follow-up, writer, props
 
 
 
 
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K.I.S.S. the castle (analogy) good-bye! Okay, done - now what?

2008-03-30 12:50:51 by Thomas Raschke in Security & Risk Management
 
...scare tactics are still our most often applied tools. But we all know and experience on a daily basis that we are not making ourselves clear to LOB managers, executives, and other non-technical people So, is there a single, all encompassing metaphor any longer? Or will we inevitably end up comparing the complexity of todays security and risk...
 
Tags: castle, castle metaphor, security, non-security folks, analogy, todays security, castle simply, network security, used-to-death castle analogy