First, thanks for all your computer security work & writings over the years. My favorite is when you returned the "Brain" virus floppy disk back to the guy who wrote it!
I am old enough to remember when when computers were not connected to the internet, files were transferred by floppies, and you had to virus scan files you downloaded from BBSes.
Now to the questions:
*1. How do you keep from being discouraged in today's world when there are so many potential threats, vulnerabilities, and even nations trying to hack or monitor internet traffic? *
(Sometimes I feel that computing and technology has lost its own way and become another avenue for criminals and spying by "authorities")
2. How much more difficult is analyzing viruses/spyware nowadays than in the DOS days? Do you have better tools (disassemblers/sandboxed environments) that make life easier? Where do you think the future of threats will be headed?
3. What do you think the average person can do to ensure that the Internet remains free, unmonitored, and open while at the same time protected from threats?
alwaysinvisible20 karma
Hello Mikko,
First, thanks for all your computer security work & writings over the years. My favorite is when you returned the "Brain" virus floppy disk back to the guy who wrote it!
I am old enough to remember when when computers were not connected to the internet, files were transferred by floppies, and you had to virus scan files you downloaded from BBSes.
Now to the questions:
*1. How do you keep from being discouraged in today's world when there are so many potential threats, vulnerabilities, and even nations trying to hack or monitor internet traffic? *
(Sometimes I feel that computing and technology has lost its own way and become another avenue for criminals and spying by "authorities")
2. How much more difficult is analyzing viruses/spyware nowadays than in the DOS days? Do you have better tools (disassemblers/sandboxed environments) that make life easier? Where do you think the future of threats will be headed?
3. What do you think the average person can do to ensure that the Internet remains free, unmonitored, and open while at the same time protected from threats?
Thank you.
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