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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Rob Rosenberger
@vmyths.bsky.social
· Jan 13
Exactly as I said — dare I say "predicted"? — Steve Morgan announced his BS ✌️predictions✌️ re: "the global cost of cybercrime" for 2026 through 2031!
Strap in, because this 🧵 is a Crazy Taxi ride. Morgan says we'll have lost a QUADRILLION dollars roughly 75 years from now! 😵💫
Strap in, because this 🧵 is a Crazy Taxi ride. Morgan says we'll have lost a QUADRILLION dollars roughly 75 years from now! 😵💫
Does billionaire #antivirus mogul Eugene Kaspersky appear in the #EpsteinFiles?
February 11, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Does billionaire #antivirus mogul Eugene Kaspersky appear in the #EpsteinFiles?
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.
Sometimes you have to say it out loud to appreciate how dire t all is:
The president just openly declared his plans to steal the midterm elections — in an interview with the former number two person at the FBI.
The president just openly declared his plans to steal the midterm elections — in an interview with the former number two person at the FBI.
Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"
February 3, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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.
Does this qualify as a #cyber attack? Discuss.
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YouTube video by Dr. Pimple Popper
youtube.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Does this qualify as a #cyber attack? Discuss.
It's 2026. Can we at least conquer an island nation using the terrifying awesomeness of #cyberwar?
www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...
www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...
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.
www.upi.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:48 PM
It's 2026. Can we at least conquer an island nation using the terrifying awesomeness of #cyberwar?
www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...
www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...
This is #cyber you can't deny it
Could River Song make her way back to #DoctorWho? 👀 Alex Kingston has some theories on how!
YouTube video by Doctor Who
youtube.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
This is #cyber you can't deny it
I only just learned she passed and I weep tears of joy for the life we now lead thanks to her work 🥲
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 23, 2026 at 8:39 PM
I only just learned she passed and I weep tears of joy for the life we now lead thanks to her work 🥲
AI is taking away our poor coding jobs!
Cursor used agents to write a browser, proving AI can write shoddy code at scale
Cursor used agents to write a browser, proving AI can write shoddy code at scale
Project kind-of worked but left a lot of messes for humans to clean up
A week ago, Cursor CEO Michael Truell celebrated what sounded like a remarkable event.…
dlvr.it
January 22, 2026 at 5:10 PM
AI is taking away our poor coding jobs!
I've lost count of how many times delusional "U.S. officials" demanded anonymity to brief the media on a 🤦♀️ 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?
And here's the New York Times piece that cites "U.S. officials briefed on the operation."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
Cyberattack in Venezuela Demonstrated Precision of U.S. Capabilities
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:04 PM
I've lost count of how many times delusional "U.S. officials" demanded anonymity to brief the media on a 🤦♀️ 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?
Wait, "skepticism"? In the #cybersecurity industry?
These are good pieces on the alleged U.S. cyberattack against the Venezuelan power grid. It seems that for now the skepticism is warranted until we get more details and some independent confirmation from threat intelligence/infrastrucure researchers.
1) This Linkedin post by @metacurity.com
1) This Linkedin post by @metacurity.com
Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Energía Eléctrica | Cynthia Brumfield | 16 comments
Please, please, please let's be clear about the use or lack of use of cyber to cut off power in Venezuela. I began researching this possibility the second Trump finished his press conference, in which...
www.linkedin.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Wait, "skepticism"? In the #cybersecurity industry?
I never heard back from him on it 😞
January 10, 2026 at 2:21 AM
I never heard back from him on it 😞
Historically, we were assured a #cyber attack of this caliber could destroy any first-world nation
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Historically, we were assured a #cyber attack of this caliber could destroy any first-world nation
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Historically — after the ILOVEYOU virus swamped email servers in the Philippines — we were warned how a 14yr-old #cyber terrorist could effortlessly isolate entire countries from the rest of the world for as long as that child wanted.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Historically — after the ILOVEYOU virus swamped email servers in the Philippines — we were warned how a 14yr-old #cyber terrorist could effortlessly isolate entire countries from the rest of the world for as long as that child wanted.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
January 8, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Bye Felicia
Ames is dead. One of the marquis examples in insider threat training, but I'll bet ten years from now he isn't in the top ten. Still, nice to remember that every now and then we catch the womanizing drunken misanthropes who work with the Russians against us and our allies and they die in prison.
Aldrich Ames, CIA officer convicted of spying for Russia, dies at age 84 www.cbsnews.com/news/aldrich...
January 7, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Bye Felicia
This John McAfee reply is a 👩🍳💋
Doubt you'll see him.
Disney has standards.
Disney has standards.
January 6, 2026 at 9:14 PM
This John McAfee reply is a 👩🍳💋
I get the best replies 🤩
Be fair, the standard that most affected cybersecurity was "You should not be on hallucinogens at work" and we knew why we came up with that one.
January 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
I get the best replies 🤩
I'm at Disney World waiting to ride the Haunted Mansion ride because I hear they added the ghost of John McAfee
January 6, 2026 at 7:04 PM
I'm at Disney World waiting to ride the Haunted Mansion ride because I hear they added the ghost of John McAfee
Change this topic to "cybersecurity" and it's the same thing 😶
And while I'll admit progressives seized on it like "well now there should be proportionate representation, so we need to look at standards", I'm also old enough to remember that what really drove the changing standards discussion was being unable to explain standards we'd pulled out our asses.
January 6, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Change this topic to "cybersecurity" and it's the same thing 😶
Our #cyber troopers can ✌🏻delete✌🏻 25,000 Euro cheese-eating soldiers with the press of an ENTER key
January 6, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Our #cyber troopers can ✌🏻delete✌🏻 25,000 Euro cheese-eating soldiers with the press of an ENTER key
How many patients died?
New Zealand orders review into ManageMyHealth cyberattack
New Zealand orders review into ManageMyHealth cyberattack
Government 'incredibly' concerned about breach potentially affecting more than 100,000 patients
New Zealand health minister Simeon Brown has ordered a review into the cyberattack at ManageMyHealth, which threatens the data of hundreds of thousands of Kiwis.…
dlvr.it
January 5, 2026 at 12:34 PM
How many patients died?
My, how the #digictator has fallen! The global cybersecurity industry assessed in 2003 that Iran possessed the world's most dangerous Cyber Revolutionary Guard that could destroy anyone & anything anywhere with the press of an ENTER key.
As though there isn't enough going on already. An intelligence report cited by The Times claims that Iran’s leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has prepared a contingency plan to flee Tehran potentially to Moscow if nationwide unrest escalates and security forces begin to defect or disobey orders.
January 5, 2026 at 2:18 AM
My, how the #digictator has fallen! The global cybersecurity industry assessed in 2003 that Iran possessed the world's most dangerous Cyber Revolutionary Guard that could destroy anyone & anything anywhere with the press of an ENTER key.
Any truth to the rumor I'm spreading that El Prez has appointed Marco Rubio as the #Cyber-Commander in Chief of Venezuela, who will rule the country by Zoom?
January 5, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Any truth to the rumor I'm spreading that El Prez has appointed Marco Rubio as the #Cyber-Commander in Chief of Venezuela, who will rule the country by Zoom?
Excuse me while I yawn. 🥱 SANS Institute founder Allen Paller confirmed in 2008* that #cyber-terrorists were shutting off power to entire cities on a whim. Read more: x.com/i/status/142...
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* in New Orleans immediately after a hurricane shut off power to the entire city
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* in New Orleans immediately after a hurricane shut off power to the entire city
January 5, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Excuse me while I yawn. 🥱 SANS Institute founder Allen Paller confirmed in 2008* that #cyber-terrorists were shutting off power to entire cities on a whim. Read more: x.com/i/status/142...
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* in New Orleans immediately after a hurricane shut off power to the entire city
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* in New Orleans immediately after a hurricane shut off power to the entire city