luigi's password

found on Gadi Evron's blog

yes, sometimes social engineering is that easy. be careful out there, you don't want to be the next luigi.

secrecy is sharing

orignally from The Joy of Tech comic

found on Emergent Chaos

it's certainly some bizarro logic at work. reminds me of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon and his "property is theft" concept.

oh firewall, oh firewall

from Andrew Hay's blog

Oh Firewall (sung to the tune of Oh Christmas Tree)

Oh firewall, oh firewall, your blinking lights protect me
Oh firewall, oh firewall, your blinking lights protect me
Each day you bring me such delight, safety in the dead of night
Oh firewall, oh firewall, your blinking lights protect me

Oh firewall, oh firewall, perimeter protector
Oh firewall, oh firewall, perimeter protector
Your rules are just, in line with policy and won’t be changed because you fuss
Oh firewall, oh firewall, perimeter protector

Each day you bring me such delight, safety in the dead of night
Oh firewall, oh firewall, your blinking lights protect me

unfortunately it seems he only did the one security carol. maybe he'll do more this year. might we request "silent log"?

the best antivirus

found here

so maybe best is a subjective concept. i'm sure it's the most satisfying, though.

all your grammar are belong to us

100% credit for this goes to the Sunbelt Blog's Tom Kelchner (and Patrick). it's even Tom's caption. absolutely perfect.

worms are bad, m'kay?

from the McAfee Labs blog

this was just a picture to go along with their blog post. they gave it the caption "a picture is worth a thousand words", and it's really true, a picture is worth a thousand words, but in this case i think there are only 3 words that will come to the reader's mind

Do Not Want

and frankly, that's a perfectly good message to send. you do not want a worm.

hello security

from Hello Kitty Hell

honestly, even if it is a real product, i'm not sure i can take it seriously.

matt on travel

a nice series of cartoons about airport security drawn by matt pritchett of the telegraph.

if you have something that's supposed to be encrypted...

if you have something that's supposed to be encrypted and you write the decryption key on it then you might be a security idiot...

(inspiration)

if you detect explosives by swabbing bags

if you detect explosives by swabbing bags instead of using your brain and possibly recognizing the ingredients for gun powder then you might be a security idiot...

(inspiration)