The computer security industry has failed computer users
Cybercrime profits are running into trillions. Weekly, and often daily, I remind readers of how potentially screwed they are once...
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Your networks continue to be threatend by Conficker
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert We are not out of the woods with this one. Conficker’s rise and fall and...
Great article on what contributed to the mess we’re in (plus bonus former CDO manager commentary)
Hat tip to David Brooks for his article in the NYT today. http://american.com/archive/2009/our-epistemological-depression Our Epistemological Depression, by Jerry Z. Muller...
Stepping in the Same Pile
Close your eyes and guess which era I am referencing. If you guess correctly, you receive a lifetime supply of...
The Argument Against PPIP: Missing Leverage
In a letter to investors this week, Bridgewater Associates, a money-management firm with $71 billion of assets, said it would...
‘Some Are to Blame, But All Are Responsible’ – The US-UK Position
In their joint press conference yesterday, President Obama and UK Prime Minister Gordan Brown were asked point blank whether the...
FASB Meets Today on Fair Value
The Financial Accounting Standards Board meets today to discuss fair-value accounting proposals. I'm torn about whether or not to support...
FDIC Resolution Minute-by-Minute
This is an excellent piece of journalism by NPR documenting the FDIC takeover of the Bank of Clark County. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102384657
Conficker virus waits it out
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert With the world watching Conficker has reached out but has not delivered any new malware....
FIS to Buy Metavante for $2.94B
In a seismic deal for bank processing, Fidelity National Information Services Inc. agreed today to acquire Metavante Technologies Inc. in...
