It looks so realistic

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Not that I'm condoning killing people (goodness knows there's enough death going on already), but this would be an excellent example of using cover to disguise or otherwise hide your activities.

This trick is a treat

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Honestly, I really ought to do this. This is one of the most practical Halloween costumes I can imagine. It hides your identity, it's easy to use, it folds up into a small space when you're done with it. What's not to like?

Cybersecurity Awareness Halloween Edition

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How weird is it that Cybersecurity Awareness Month is the same month as Halloween? It's almost as though someone knew cybersecurity awareness would focus on scaring people.

Tricks AND Treats

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Ransomware can disrupt the gasoline industry, the meat industry, and even hospitals, but apparently it's no match for candy corn. 

Or turn your computer into a zombie

from here

It's the spookiest time of the year, at least in the offline world. Online there are scary threats looking to crawl into your system every day of the week. Don't let them get you.

Will it be a trick or a treat?

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This is why it's best to avoid sketchy sites. It's the easiest way to avoid getting bitten.

Keep Calm Because You Can't Scare The Chief Information Security Officer shirt

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Now, I'm not sure if this is supposed to mean scaring the CISO is impossible or if it's supposed to mean you must never ever do it. I kinda think it's the latter because I can't imaging a CISO I couldn't scare.

Encrypted at rest but not in transit

from here (image source)

In this day and age vampires must feel very threatened, so they stay safe and secure in their crypts most of the year. Except today of course. Today is the day they decrypt.

Surveillance Camera vs. Halloween Mask

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Surveillance cameras can be useful most of the time, but on a day when people are all wearing disguises? Not so much.

Gait recognition might give them away

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Bloody Cleaver Purse

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This might make the purse snatchers keep their distance this Halloween.

Tales from the Crypto Keeper

from here

Maybe we should rename Bitcoin to Satoshi's Monster.

Lock Picking Lawyer : Pumpkin Saw Converted into Electric Pick Gun

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It was meant to open a pumpkin but now it can open your locked door.

Click Here to Fix Now

from here

At least, there are no treats for you. The crooks behind scareware, on the other hand, get plenty of goodies from the people they trick.

Trojan Goodies

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And now you know why home-made treats aren't welcome anymore.