Episode 91 - Shorter Than The Average Podcast

<p><strong>This Week in InfoSec (05:24)</strong></p><p>With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account and further afield</p><p>30th January 1982: The first computer virus was written.  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Skrenta">Richard Skrenta</a> writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple II boot program called “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk_Cloner">Elk Cloner</a>“.</p><p>3rd February 1986: "Vaporware" Announced.  Time magazine reports on frustrations with the slow development of software for use in the computer industry. Reporter Philip Elmer-DeWitt complained about delays in Microsoft Corporation's new Windows operating system, which had been delayed much longer than promised. Silicon Valley pundits had taken to calling such software "Vaporware," the magazine noted.</p><p>30th January 2007:  Six years after the launch of Windows XP, the infamous operating system, Windows Vista, was released to an unsuspecting public. For various reasons, the launch of Vista was marred by numerous incompatibility, stability, and otherwise onerous problems. While Microsoft actually made Vista much more palatable after 2 Service Pack upgrades, the damage was already done. Vista’s reputation never recovered. Many wonder if this is why Microsoft so quickly followed only two years later with Windows 7.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Rant of the Week (10:45)</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/03/c_suite_security_survey/">Execs keep flinging money at us instead of understanding security, moan infosec pros</a></p><p>Fresh from years of complaining about underfunding and not having enough staff to deal with problems, infosec bods are now complaining that corporate execs merely firehose cash at them without getting their own hands dirty or engaging with the problem.</p><p>That's one conclusion that could be drawn from a Trend Micro study published yesterday. Around half of businesses surveyed are spending more on "cyber attacks" than they u