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It Changed My Life: My Review of "Geekonomics"

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2008-06-05 17:53:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
...Geekonomics" ( book site ) which I just finished reading (earlier impressions here and here ). The way it ends, BTW, just kicks you in the balls, hard (look up what Mr Petrov did on Sept 26, 1983 and why, if you are already curious Call me easily impressible, call me naive, darn, call me "out of touch with current security issues," but this...
 
Tags: software, software manufactures, typical software, software development, insecure, insecure software, bad software, bad, open-source software
 
 
 
 
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Q&A: Want better security apps? Make vendors accountable, Geekonomics author says

2008-03-06 14:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Security software vendors have gotten away with writing defective and insecure code only because the market has allowed them to, according to David Rice, the author of Geekonomics
 
Tags: security software vendors, geekonomics, author, david rice, insecure code, market, defective
 
 
 
 
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On Geekonomics

2008-04-21 20:26:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...Geekonomics " (can't work - I have a bit of a flu), provided by my friends from Addison-Wesley And you know what? The darn thing is turning me into a software liability advocate (like Bruce Schneier) - I really need to resist that Seriously, I just read another 10 pages and I am already thinking "Some say that if we have software liability,...
 
Tags: software liability, bruce schneier, san antonio, geekonomics, source, friends, bit, fun, save
 
 
 
 
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Evil BETAs Attack!

2008-06-30 17:45:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...Geekonomics ." Then think Yes, it is available today (as beta maybe - but then again "all software is beta Yes, it is free Yes, it works ... well, when it does Yes, you can trust, say, your email to it (who cares when it is made public, really And then the same programmer mindset trickles up to the software that controls your aircraft...
 
Tags: software manufacturers, beta, software, beta mindset, public, public enemy, programmer mindset trickles, geekonomics, aircraft engine
 
 
 
 
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Inside the black market 'bug trade'

2008-04-10 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b45630 in Network World on Security
 
The black market for software vulnerabilities is booming, with bugs regularly being sold for thousands of dollars a piece online. And one of the only ways to reduce this steady stream of hacks, according to Geekonomics author and IT security pro David Rice, is for software companies to simply write better code
 
Tags: black market, bugs regularly, geekonomics author, steady stream, software vulnerabilities, software companies, piece online, thousands, simply
 
 
 
 
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Paranoia Acting Up or Just Being Reasonable?

2008-05-28 13:37:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...Geekonomics" and - honestly! - I cannot handle more than 10-20 pages at a time since I develop a rage and start looking for a software developer to kill :-) If you need a reminder about how fragile the foundations of our civilization are, go read the book So, is there any public bodycount of people killed by bad (low quality OR insecure)...
 
Tags: software developer, runaway robot trans, robot gun victims, radiation therapy equipment, software, low quality, risks list, public bodycount, time
 
 
 
 
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Live Blogging from GOVCERT.NL 2008 - David Rice Speaking

2008-09-16 00:40:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...Geekonomics" fame is speaking; the content is pretty much the same as the book, but he sure can speak! :-) [see my review of the book here The message is the same: cybercrime is due to bad software; market motivates people to create bad software ("don't worry - be crappy" idea); market will fail to create secure software, etc Result? The...
 
Tags: david rice, secure software, bad software, market, insecure software, 0wned world, book, time, review
 
 
 
 
 
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