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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

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How One Hack Nearly Took Down The Internet
YouTube video by Veritasium How One Hack Nearly Took Down The Internet

#UmActually, the story begins with me. πŸ˜’

In 1988.

When Ross Greenberg & I wrote the "Computer Virus Myths treatise" to dispel every #Myth, #UrbanLegend, #Hoax, #AprilFool, #PublicityStunt, #Overhype, and #Hysteria that continues to infect our mindset…

25.02.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In the early '80s, a Russian submarine grounded in a complex fjord near a Swedish naval base. The Swedes' diplomatic team laughed in the faces of the Soviet delegation every. single. time. they tried to explain it! 🀣

Oh, and the Swedes brutally pranked the enlisted sailors aboard. I mean BRUTALLY.

25.02.2026 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Dyan Cannon Dated Johnny and She Can’t Stop Laughing About It
YouTube video by Johnny Carson Dyan Cannon Dated Johnny and She Can’t Stop Laughing About It

JJJ stole that laugh from Dyan Cannon
youtube.com/shorts/ibNuz...

24.02.2026 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I like my cell plan but I'm not going to be their unpaid intern

24.02.2026 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fam, you got any of those floppy discs with a virus collection? I want to test an 8086 CPU 😏

24.02.2026 07:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm just thinking about the math it will take to hide legit pizza spikes in an artificially random spike sequence

24.02.2026 07:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I imagine Air Force #cyber warrant officers will negotiate 7-figure incomes with keyboard warfare bonuses and perks like FOGO quarters plus a health care package to die for (your country)! 🫑⌨️

21.02.2026 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This machine prints sodas #ChangeMyMind

16.02.2026 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Robert Duvall, Star of β€˜The Godfather’ and β€˜The Great Santini,’ Dies at 95 Robert Duvall, who won an Oscar for "Tender Mercies" and was nominated for β€œThe Godfather,” β€œApocalypse Now,” andΒ β€œThe Great Santini,” has died.

BREAKING:
Casey J. Dunlevy has "verbally confirmed" malicious AI-powered #hackers who mine crypto for the Barzini Mafia crime family remotely killed Robert Duvall using a #SCADA cyber-terror attack while he lay helpless in a hi-tech hospital bed!

16.02.2026 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The cybersecurity industry shrugs when medivac airframes can't fly due to weather or layoffs or top secret lasers.

But man oh man, if a bored 14yr-old defaces an airport's website, we all collectively weep on the nightly news for the "million patient deaths that could have been prevented…"

15.02.2026 05:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I hate clicking a ❀️ for things like this, I just want to congratulate you for passing it along

15.02.2026 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Does billionaire #antivirus mogul Eugene Kaspersky appear in the #EpsteinFiles?

11.02.2026 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cube
YouTube video by Good Cop Great Cop Cube

They did a short story based on his book
youtu.be/Tv0GzsbnzWI

06.02.2026 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The #moron Columbus died probably not knowing he'd discovered a new continent… But there's a telltale question as to why he consulted Caputo's round-Earth charts to predict the famous lunar eclipse that saved his life, given the fact Columbus's charts show Earth shaped like a pear.

06.02.2026 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We were told for HOW MANY YEARS? to watch out for a #cyber-attack on our critical voting infrastructure. That it was RATC. That it would happen RSN. That it was OAMOT.

03.02.2026 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Acne Rx Nightmare #youtube #shorts #drpimplepopper #acne #news #shortvideo
YouTube video by Dr. Pimple Popper Acne Rx Nightmare #youtube #shorts #drpimplepopper #acne #news #shortvideo

Does this qualify as a #cyber attack? Discuss.

02.02.2026 03:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Your whiskey impacts your grammar. May I try a swig? πŸ₯ƒ

30.01.2026 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump declares national emergency over Cuba - UPI.com President Donald Trump has declared Cuba a national security threat, creating a new mechanism to impose tariffs on imports from any country that provides the island nation with oil.

It's 2026. Can we at least conquer an island nation using the terrifying awesomeness of #cyberwar?
www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...

30.01.2026 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

😞

29.01.2026 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
No Epistemic Trespassing

No Epistemic Trespassing

oooh!

28.01.2026 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Could River Song make her way back to #DoctorWho? πŸ‘€ Alex Kingston has some theories on how!
YouTube video by Doctor Who Could River Song make her way back to #DoctorWho? πŸ‘€ Alex Kingston has some theories on how!

This is #cyber you can't deny it

24.01.2026 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I only just learned she passed and I weep tears of joy for the life we now lead thanks to her work πŸ₯²

23.01.2026 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

AI is taking away our poor coding jobs!

22.01.2026 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ew

20.01.2026 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I've lost count of how many times delusional "U.S. officials" demanded anonymity to brief the media on a πŸ€¦β€β™€οΈ computer virus #myth, #UrbanLegend, or outright #hoax. Who else remembers 1992 when news anchor Ted Koppel got duped by "two senior U.S. officials" over a 1991 InfoWorld April Fools' joke?

20.01.2026 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait, "skepticism"? In the #cybersecurity industry? <faints>

20.01.2026 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a key plot point when Mystique supplies Magneto the iron he needed to escape his plastic prison box

15.01.2026 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I eventually learned the purpose for this #cyber device πŸ’‘πŸ‘…πŸš‘πŸ©Ή

11.01.2026 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I never heard back from him on it 😞

10.01.2026 02:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Iran plunged into internet blackout as protests over economy spread nationwide Security forces reported to have killed at least 45 people since protests began 12 days ago, as pressure on regime increases

Historically, we were assured a #cyber attack of this caliber could destroy any first-world nation
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

09.01.2026 07:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0