DNA Malware (and bash fork bombs)

I saw this in the blogosphere the other day and I wasn’t planning on commenting .  But then I saw it also in the trade press… and then I saw it getting more coverage… and then I saw it in some more blogs and more press… and then Ars Technica...

DirectDefense: marketing lesson

Have you heard about this thing with DirectDefense?  If not, the short version is that DirectDefense put up a blog post alleging that competitor CarbonBlack, among other things, is “…the world’s largest pay-for-play data exfiltration botnet.” They...

Musings on MEATPISTOL firings

So apparently Salesforce fired two of their engineers after they gave a talk at DefCon about their work.  The talk was about a tool called MEATPISTOL which, per their materials, is a “gun made out of meat… that shoots malware bullets”....

Bitcoin fork: Does it matter?

So Bitcoin hard forked the other day, resulting in there now being two flavors of Bitcoin: regular and extra crispy leaded and unleaded vanilla and chocolate chip Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash.  The result?  Well, Bitcoin Cash is up 200% so that’s something. I have...