Rik Ferguson, Director Security Research at Trend Micro, had a great tweet early last Tueday morning calling out potential FUD in an article over at The Metro:
You want to see FUD? This is FUD. Im looking at you M86 http://t.co/9p13bDon
— Rik Ferguson 💯🇺🇦 (@rik_ferguson) November 22, 2011
Given the plethora of FUD-dropping in the article, I could only think of one way to do it justice, and that was a paragraph-by-paragraph check-in via:
Every FUD-check counts!
(it may help to have the article open in another window)
OK! we’ve got you at The Metro. You’ve been here 1 time.
- +1 for heartstring tug (“Children”)
- +1 for immediate FUD in headline
- +1 for Facebook reference in headline
Nice check-in! You earned +3 points!
- +1 for mention of Pentagon in sub-head
- +3 for context switch from personal to national scariness
- +1 for Facebook reference in sub-head
- +1 for first use of “cyber”
Great mixing of FUD domains!
- +3 for context switch to “child pornography” in main article picture caption
- +1 for Facebook reference in caption
You’ve been to Facebook FUD 3 times! You’re the Mayor!
- +3 for context switch back to national scariness
- +1 for use of “cyber”
Every cyber-FUD check-in counts!
- +2 for global scariness
- +1 for social-media scariness
- +3 for Facebook (you’re the Mayor!)
- +1 for mentioning Sony attack
- +1 for national scariness
- +1 for mentioning Lockheed attack
- +1 for mobile scariness
- +1 for use of ‘bot’
Whoa! +10 points! Awesome check-in!
- +3 for context switch back to personal scariness
- +1 for re-mention of child pornography
- +2 for added scariness of kidnappers
You know “they” know where they live and aren’t afraid to spread the FUD!
- +1 for geolocation scariness
Headed in the right direction with this check in!
- +1 for more geolocation scariness
- +3 for Facebook (you’re the Mayor!)
- +2 for “bedroom”
With that last check-in, you’re well on your way to becoming the Mayor of FUDville!
- +1 for social-media scariness
Social-FUD FTW
- +3 for Facebook (You’re the Mayor!)
- +3 for coining ‘lifejacking’
- +1 for mobile scariness
The Mayor is in the house!
- +2 for Android scariness
- +1 for “Wild West”
Artifical life-form FUD meets historic gunslinger FUD!
- +1 for mobile/acrobatics tie-in
You’re a FUD gymnast!
- +1 for SMS scariness
Every check-in counts!
- +3 for Anonymous reference
- +3 for LulzSec reference
- +3 for context switch back to national scariness
Good use of “cyber-vigilante” FUD!
- +1 for Lockheed reference
Defense FUD FTW!
- +1 for “cyber”
- +1 for “cyber”
- +1 for “cyber” (You’re the Mayor!)
- +3 for “cyber”
You’ve earned the Cyber-FUD Badge!
- +3 for “cyber” (You’re the Mayor!)
- +10 for nuclear scariness
- +10 for “scary”
FUD is scary
- +10 for context switch to global “Olympic” scariness
Congratulations! You scored over 100 points! You’re the mayor of FUD-ville!
(Done with homage to @shpantzer‘s SCSOVLF.)
