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The Lounge What is on Your Mind? Business origins - MalWareBytes - interesting read Post 303037124 by Neo on Wednesday 24th of July 2019 08:28:00 AM
Old 07-24-2019
If Microsoft did not create such insecure software, anti-virus companies like MalwareBytes would not be in business.

It's an industry many of us in my circle of cybersecurity experts refer to as a "self-licking ice-cream cone" because all these companies just feed off the insecurity of the Window's (for the most part) operating system.

It's really a social and economic tragedy when you stop to think about it.

I just finished a GREAT book called "Lost in Math - How Beauty Leads Physics Astray" by Sabine Hossenfelder. In her transformational book, she describes the various biases, including cognitive bias" to which "following the herd" is a subset.

Computer security is so full of cognitive bias that if you really understood the industry, your stomach would turn, realizing how much corporate greed is the root cause of most of the IT insecurity we face in society.

There is yet no "antivirus software" for human greed and ignorance.

IMNSHO, everyone should read (or listen to), Sabine Hossenfelder's book, "Lost in Math".
 

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Math::Random::ISAAC::PP(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			      Math::Random::ISAAC::PP(3pm)

NAME
Math::Random::ISAAC::PP - Pure Perl port of the ISAAC PRNG algorithm VERSION
version 1.003 SYNOPSIS
This module implements the same interface as "Math::Random::ISAAC" and can be used as a drop-in replacement. However, it is recommended that you let the "Math::Random::ISAAC" module decide whether to use the PurePerl or XS version of this module, instead of choosing manually. Selecting the backend to use manually really only has two uses: o If you are trying to avoid the small overhead incurred with dispatching method calls to the appropriate backend modules. o If you are testing the module for performance and wish to explicitly decide which module you would like to use. Example code: # With Math::Random::ISAAC my $rng = Math::Random::ISAAC->new(time); my $rand = $rng->rand(); # With Math::Random::ISAAC::PP my $rng = Math::Random::ISAAC::PP->new(time); my $rand = $rng->rand(); DESCRIPTION
See Math::Random::ISAAC for the full description. METHODS
new Math::Random::ISAAC::PP->new( @seeds ) Implements the interface as specified in "Math::Random::ISAAC" rand $rng->rand() Implements the interface as specified in "Math::Random::ISAAC" irand $rng->irand() Implements the interface as specified in "Math::Random::ISAAC" SEE ALSO
Math::Random::ISAAC BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Math-Random-ISAAC When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature. AUTHOR
Jonathan Yu <jawnsy@cpan.org> COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Legally speaking, this package and its contents are: Copyright (c) 2011 by Jonathan Yu <jawnsy@cpan.org>. But this is really just a legal technicality that allows the author to offer this package under the public domain and also a variety of licensing options. For all intents and purposes, this is public domain software, which means you can do whatever you want with it. The software is provided "AS IS", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and noninfringement. In no event shall the authors or copyright holders be liable for any claim, damages or other liability, whether in an action of contract, tort or otherwise, arising from, out of or in connection with the software or the use or other dealings in the software. perl v5.10.1 2011-02-13 Math::Random::ISAAC::PP(3pm)
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