Malware Quotes

“We worried for decades about WMDs – Weapons of Mass Destruction. Now it is time to worry about a new kind of WMDs – Weapons of Mass Disruption.”
― John Mariotti

“Every conceivable layer of the election process is completely riddled with vulnerabilities, so yes, hacking elections is easy!”
― James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

“A Nation State or Cyber-Mercenary won’t hack e-voting machines one by one. This takes too long and will have minimal impact. Instead, they’ll take an easier approach like spear phishing the manufacturer with malware and poison the voting machine update pre-election and allow the manufacturer to update each individual machine with a self-deleting payload that will target the tabulation process.”
― James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

“Consider all tabulation systems infected by bad actors until a third party, not affiliated with the manufacturer or election officials, proves they are secure.”
― James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

“Hacking a national election is simple. Exploit a vulnerability in the manufacturer's network, poison the tabulation software update with self-deleting malware and let the manufacturer send to their field reps and election consultants who update the election systems.”
― James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

“A single spear-phishing email carrying a slightly altered malware can bypass multi-million dollar enterprise security solutions if an adversary deceives a cyber-hygienically apathetic employee into opening the attachment or clicking a malicious link and thereby compromising the entire network.”
― James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

“Wannacry is the Stuxnet of Ransomware”
― James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

“Beware of geeks bearing gifts”
― Kevin Mitnick, The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security

“It's time to wake up and smell the Mutating Hash! Signature Based Malware Detection is Dead”
― James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

“In an age of dynamic malware obfuscation through operations such as mutating hash, a hyper-evolving threat landscape, and technologically next generation adversaries, offensive campaigns have an overwhelming advantage over defensive strategies.”
― James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

“Dat had niemand gedacht, dat Christus terug zal komen als malware, als een worm, als het meest ingenieuze computervirus dat ooit bestaan heeft. (...) Maar als je de Bijbel goed leest, als je Openbaringen bestudeert, dan kun je daar eigenlijk al lezen dat Christus terug zal keren als een bestand”
― Arnon Grunberg, Het bestand

“The Six Principles of Cyber Security:

Cybersecurity starts with prevention. Follow the Six Principles of Cyber Security to keep your computer and network safe. When it comes to data protection, use strong encryption and keep copies off-site. Be suspicious of unsolicited email offers and don’t open attachments from people you don’t know. Regularly back up your files to be in a good position in case of an emergency. Finally, use common sense when online.
Hire A Ethical Hacker”
― Ervine