A little TOO 'universal'

from here and here

A lot of things went wrong with Kias and Hyundais to allow them to be stolen as easily as they have been, but one that stands out to me is that there's a receptacle the same size as a USB plug that you can just plug a USB charging cable into and twist like a key to start the engine.

You've probably never heard of it

from here and here

Whenever the topic of password managers comes up, people generally promote the one they use, but I never hear anyone promote the one I use. That's fine, it doesn't need to be popular to do it's job, and in fact it might actually be better if it flies under the radar, because then it's a less tempting target for the bad guys.

Why not both?

from here and here

LooksRare is the name of an NFT marketplace and it kind of makes you wonder if they've ever thought about what kind of impression a name like that leaves on people.

What do you do if you're both?

from here and here

"Delete your account" is the best answer I've heard so far. If only it was that simple. 

Somewhere between 0-Day and Old-Day

found on imgflip

If you sit and stare at it long enough it definitely won't be a zero day anymore. Hurry up and submit it to the vendor before someone else does.

Bot herders are going to love all the unpatched systems

from here

I'm not sure if Microsoft realizes how unpopular Windows Updates are, but threatening to withhold them isn't going to get them the response they want. If anything some people are going to avoid upgrading their hardware just so they can have an unobtrusive computing experience.

Get it while supplies last

from here

Today I learned that spam volume has dropped significantly in the past 10+ years. 

Pick a side, already!

from here

There seems to be some very confused malware writers out there, unsure which side of the law they're supposed to be on. Of course both cybercrooks and copyright cops are villains, so at least we don't have to be confused about whether they're the good guys.

They'd have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for that meddling kid

from here

I'd love to hear more about the pint-sized prodigy who found threats that adults had missed but I understand why that kind of information shouldn't be made public.

Methinks he doth protest too much

from here

I don't entirely buy the claim that Hacking Team is dead. It would be great if it were true, but it seems to me that they're trying a little too hard to make the world believe it. If it's really dead, why bother announcing the fact? Why would it matter what anyone thought at that point?

How can you hate the kernel driver?

from here

It's amazing to me that, in 2020, video game developers will go to such lengths to fight cheaters that it starts to be reminiscent of malware.

Thanks, I hate it Microsoft

from here and here

I wonder how many people signed off on this plan without realizing they were turning an Office update into malware.

To trust or not to trust the surveillance industry, that is the question

from here

If a simple bug can allow random people to view your surveillance feed, how well are those surveillance feeds actually protected? Who else could be watching them?

Why not both?

from here

The news that Avast (the anti-virus software brought to you by International Talk Like A Pirate Day) is selling the browsing data it collects to 3rd parties is definitely more than a little disappointing. One could imagine that they're trying to take out the competition; in which case one might accuse them of anti-competitive behaviour, but who wants healthy competition in that industry? It's certainly fair to say this represents a significant conflict of interest and a profound ethical lapse, however it remains to be seen if other members of the AV industry will hold them accountable since they've got such a terrible track record of doing that in the past.

Something's broken alright

found on Meme Generator

This can be a theoretical problem with an encryption algorithm, but in practice you should be using a well designed cryptosystem that takes this issue into account and includes a solution (such as message authentication codes).

Not knowing that is one of the reasons most people shouldn't be rolling their own crypto.

Why not both?

found on Meme Guy

There's so much in updates these days, there could easily be both legitimate security updates and backdoors, and frankly even more than that.

Why not both?

from here

Normally if a stranger violates your personal space and actually touches you, there's good reason to think they're up to no good, but in a dense crowd that rule of thumb breaks down, which makes it one of the best times for people who are actually up to no good.

What a buzzkill

from here (source article)

Just another reason why it may still be better to get your weed the old fashioned way. Those folks have got more practice at keeping secrets.

Who wants to play update roulette?

from here

Abusing the already shaky trust users have in software updates is going to result in devices remaining vulnerable to attacks that could be prevented, all so that greedy corporations can get even more of our money.

Royal Bank of Scamland

from here

 If nobody has ever told you this before - don't click in links in emails purporting to be from your bank, Paypal, or really anything where you have an account. Chances are it's a scheme to break into that account.