Skills not included

from here and here

It was always just hacker cosplay, so why shouldn't everyone get to try it?

There's a reason he only got one victim

from here and here

I'm sure I'm not the only one who has seen the results of some comically misconfigured spambots before. I fully expect there are other misconfigurations that are just so broken that no one would ever see the results, except maybe the attackers themselves.

Manual Denial Of Service

from here (image source)

Apparently a news organization couldn't find hacker stock photos that were over-the-top enough for their purposes so they hired an artist to create such an image? I'm not sure why they couldn't just stage their own hacker stock photo (just need a scruffy guy and some simple props), but here we are.

The escape key won't help you now

from here (image source)

What happens when you don't understand how your protective measures work is that you wind up squandering the protection they offer.

Technologically impaired hacker is all wet

from here and here (image source)

Wrong kind of MAC, and wrong kind of flooding for MAC flooding.

Left the screens above ground so he could monitor them

from here (image source)

Of course actual computer worms don't come from the ground, but worms in the ground could probably squirm into a computer and that probably wouldn't be good for the computer - but more in the way that cleaning a computer in the bath tub isn't good for that computer.

Some brute force attacks are less effective than others

from here (image source)

I hope I don't have to spell it out that breaking into online accounts doesn't work that way, but I suppose at least he's not hacking with a bladed instrument.

This keyboard can fit so many biological booby traps in it

from here (image source)

The current pandemic really makes you look at those awful hacker stock photos with new eyes. I hope physical penetration testers are taking adequate precautions.

No security alerts for you

from here

A/V (audio visual) is certainly not the same as AV (antivirus), but I suppose disabling either one will stop the user from seeing those pesky warnings.

You'd think identity thieves would take more care with their own

from here

Brian Krebs often has interesting stories about cybercriminals, but sometimes some of the details just stand way out, like an identity thief and SIM swapper who used his real name on a cybercrime forum. It's just a small detail in a much bigger story, but really who does that?

How not to become the master of someone else' domain

from here (image source)

Obviously you shouldn't commit cybercrime, but even more than that, you really shouldn't do it in person.

You mean that's not how they work?

found on Meme Base

To be honest, I think I'd rather see that particular group of people remain dumb.

It does weird things when I click it so it must be working

from here (source image)

If only all the cyber criminals were foolish enough to target the wrong intermediaries (like infecting Android developers in an attempt to spread Windows malware). A lot fewer people would get infected that way.

The security must be really strong

from here (source image)

Somehow I don't think this is going to work.

So That's What A Cyber Hazmat Suit Looks Like

from here and here (source image)

I don't know, is it humanly possible to cover yourself with more ridiculous hacker tropes than this? I'm not sure it is.

I Can Has Undetectable Malware?

from here

Inspired by a tweet by Mikko Hypponen suggesting this actually happened with a recent targeted attack.

It's certainly something that does happen, and the more sophisticated attackers long ago figured out they needed to use a service that doesn't send their test samples to their adversaries. Always nice when attackers fail to think things through, though.

Does The Mask Stop You From Wearing Glasses?

from here (source image)

I just can't get enough of those white guys in balaclavas hacking badly.

Give Me My Specs!

from here

The other possibility is that he's one of those people whose eyesight is failing but is too vain to see a doctor about it and thus has no glasses in the first place.

Technologically Impaired Hacker Needs Love Too

from here

Inspired by a tweet from @PaulWebSec.

I'll Decrypt You Yet, Qwerty Keyboard

from here (source image)

It looks to me like all he's going to manage to do is pop the space bar off the keyboard.