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Are IT Security Journalists… Insecure?

Jul 25, 2009
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Netstat -vat by Sean Michael Kerner (bio)

A command line view of IT


From the ‘funny, I don’t feel insecure…’ files:

With Black Hat coming, I get a lot of ‘interesting’ pitches from PR people. One particularly interesting one I received is alleging that media professionals and organizations are vulnerable to IT security attacks.

“Members of the press are dropping the ball in efforts to protect themselves against online threats, even though they are more aware of and active in covering the subject, according to the results of a poll recently conducted by the BPM Forum and AVG Technologies,” the pitch states.

O RLY?? I didn’t know I was dropping the ball.


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