Rob Rosenberger
@vmyths.bsky.social
#Retired I'm the longest reigning #critic of the computer #antivirus industry. I debunk #cybersecurity & #cyberwar hype. Bluesky #100,754
This was a key component of the global #antivirus industrial complex from 1988 through 2005 — the tenure that spans from the Computer Virus Myths home page to Vmyths[.]com
October 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This was a key component of the global #antivirus industrial complex from 1988 through 2005 — the tenure that spans from the Computer Virus Myths home page to Vmyths[.]com
I find it odd to read "very uncommon" in this context. It runs counter to millennia of spying between every EU member.
I submit it is more correct to say spying has gone on "since time immemorial" (legally speaking: before the year 1189) than to call it "uncommon" in any context anywhere on earth.
I submit it is more correct to say spying has gone on "since time immemorial" (legally speaking: before the year 1189) than to call it "uncommon" in any context anywhere on earth.
October 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I find it odd to read "very uncommon" in this context. It runs counter to millennia of spying between every EU member.
I submit it is more correct to say spying has gone on "since time immemorial" (legally speaking: before the year 1189) than to call it "uncommon" in any context anywhere on earth.
I submit it is more correct to say spying has gone on "since time immemorial" (legally speaking: before the year 1189) than to call it "uncommon" in any context anywhere on earth.
The actual PowerPoint chart Gen. McChrystal was supposed to make sense of in Afghanistan.
October 6, 2025 at 5:18 AM
The actual PowerPoint chart Gen. McChrystal was supposed to make sense of in Afghanistan.
I wonder how AFCEA's "Signal" magazine will react to Hegseth firing the 3-star commanding general at DIA? 🤔
August 30, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I wonder how AFCEA's "Signal" magazine will react to Hegseth firing the 3-star commanding general at DIA? 🤔
😏 "…with preemptive retaliatory #tariffs" could only have been written by an OG Vmyths[.]com fan #ChangeMyMind
August 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
😏 "…with preemptive retaliatory #tariffs" could only have been written by an OG Vmyths[.]com fan #ChangeMyMind
You POSs should religiously thank us elderly cybersecurity experts EVERY SATURDAY for sacrificing years of our lives to save your fragile economy and your worthless lifestyles from the deadly global #Y2K cybergeddon
July 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
You POSs should religiously thank us elderly cybersecurity experts EVERY SATURDAY for sacrificing years of our lives to save your fragile economy and your worthless lifestyles from the deadly global #Y2K cybergeddon
Historically, no decision-maker could be held responsible for a future #cyber attack IF AND ONLY IF they, as the approval authority, checked a box to indicate "I accept the risk." In all such cases, "an unidentified intern" would ultimately be held responsible.
July 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Historically, no decision-maker could be held responsible for a future #cyber attack IF AND ONLY IF they, as the approval authority, checked a box to indicate "I accept the risk." In all such cases, "an unidentified intern" would ultimately be held responsible.
Known as "coordinated cyber attacks," they date back to 1991 (ref: Winn Schwartau) and have been a staple of the cybersecurity industrial complex for more than a third of a century. I've openly rooted for them since 2003 just to get this shit over with 🙄
July 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Known as "coordinated cyber attacks," they date back to 1991 (ref: Winn Schwartau) and have been a staple of the cybersecurity industrial complex for more than a third of a century. I've openly rooted for them since 2003 just to get this shit over with 🙄
Really, AFCEA Signal Magazine? It's 2025 and you're going with THIS headline & subhead?
July 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Really, AFCEA Signal Magazine? It's 2025 and you're going with THIS headline & subhead?
The U.S. Debt Clock struck $37 trillion and the World Bank revised its global economic outlook for 2025.
So I ran the numbers.
Steve Morgan's absolute BS prediction would now consume 9.49% of the global GDP … if his prediction wasn't absolute BS. 🤬
So I ran the numbers.
Steve Morgan's absolute BS prediction would now consume 9.49% of the global GDP … if his prediction wasn't absolute BS. 🤬
June 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The U.S. Debt Clock struck $37 trillion and the World Bank revised its global economic outlook for 2025.
So I ran the numbers.
Steve Morgan's absolute BS prediction would now consume 9.49% of the global GDP … if his prediction wasn't absolute BS. 🤬
So I ran the numbers.
Steve Morgan's absolute BS prediction would now consume 9.49% of the global GDP … if his prediction wasn't absolute BS. 🤬
Historically, cybersecurity experts predicted a #cybergeddon whenever the U.S. waged kinetic warfare against Muslim-centric countries. To hear the experts say it, cyber-terrorists could strike at the very heart of America from the comfort of their parents' desert shanties.
June 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Historically, cybersecurity experts predicted a #cybergeddon whenever the U.S. waged kinetic warfare against Muslim-centric countries. To hear the experts say it, cyber-terrorists could strike at the very heart of America from the comfort of their parents' desert shanties.
Oh yeah, I'd positively *hate* to see a whole futbol team laying on the pitch clutching their knees while screaming in agony because a computer virus rolled back the Rolex clock 3.514 seconds 🙄
May 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Oh yeah, I'd positively *hate* to see a whole futbol team laying on the pitch clutching their knees while screaming in agony because a computer virus rolled back the Rolex clock 3.514 seconds 🙄
May 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Let me give you some advice:
When an automated system tells you to do something "and press any key to continue," you hit that big red button with the weird-looking LEGO® brick. #TimeSaver!
When an automated system tells you to do something "and press any key to continue," you hit that big red button with the weird-looking LEGO® brick. #TimeSaver!
May 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Let me give you some advice:
When an automated system tells you to do something "and press any key to continue," you hit that big red button with the weird-looking LEGO® brick. #TimeSaver!
When an automated system tells you to do something "and press any key to continue," you hit that big red button with the weird-looking LEGO® brick. #TimeSaver!
My elementary, middle, & high school classmates will confirm I took 1,400 beatings from bullies before I quit counting. I refused to defend myself from the middle of the third grade. #FightingIsWrong
I've a lifetime of physical & psychological scars. It makes me despise people who assault others.
I've a lifetime of physical & psychological scars. It makes me despise people who assault others.
April 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
My elementary, middle, & high school classmates will confirm I took 1,400 beatings from bullies before I quit counting. I refused to defend myself from the middle of the third grade. #FightingIsWrong
I've a lifetime of physical & psychological scars. It makes me despise people who assault others.
I've a lifetime of physical & psychological scars. It makes me despise people who assault others.
Historically, we in the cybersecurity community described such things as "cyber-sabotage," which we claimed was worse than ordinary traditional kinetic sabotage.
April 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Historically, we in the cybersecurity community described such things as "cyber-sabotage," which we claimed was worse than ordinary traditional kinetic sabotage.
Historically, we in the global cybersecurity community didn't provide evidence to support our dire accusations. We feigned disgust at anyone who questioned our sage knowledge — and we refused to provide evidence, claiming its publication would do infinitely more harm than good.
April 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Historically, we in the global cybersecurity community didn't provide evidence to support our dire accusations. We feigned disgust at anyone who questioned our sage knowledge — and we refused to provide evidence, claiming its publication would do infinitely more harm than good.
BREAKING:
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the NSA to remove all references to the Rainbow Series
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the NSA to remove all references to the Rainbow Series
April 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
BREAKING:
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the NSA to remove all references to the Rainbow Series
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the NSA to remove all references to the Rainbow Series
Historically, we in the U.S. cybersecurity community wanted diversity, equity, and inclusion for U.S. military officers in cyber positions such as those afflicted with Dwarfism, Muscular Dystrophy, Gorlin Syndrome, Epilepsy, and of course Morbid Obesity.
April 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Historically, we in the U.S. cybersecurity community wanted diversity, equity, and inclusion for U.S. military officers in cyber positions such as those afflicted with Dwarfism, Muscular Dystrophy, Gorlin Syndrome, Epilepsy, and of course Morbid Obesity.
