prayer no defense against cyberattack

from here (original story)

if prayer was going to help anyone, you'd think it would help the vatican. but they've been hit twice now so clearly prayer and hope and faith just don't cut it when it comes to defending yourself online.

no doubt they weren't relying solely on prayer, of course. it would be stupid to do so. jesus saves souls, not websites.

stationary bike isn't going anywhere

from here (image source)

somehow i doubt that bike was going anywhere even before it got chained up. it's not like you can make a quick getaway on it.

the privacy bus has left the station

found on failblog

i've seen people crap on the bench in a bus shelter (thankfully, i didn't see it in progress), but i've never seen a toilet bowl in one.

are you the key master?

from here (image source)

if you try to mindlessly apply security you're bound to lock yourself out of something.

loose clicks sinks ships

from here

the idea that NATO officials are falling for fake facebook profiles is... alarming. too much focus on security operations and not enough on operational security leads to very bad outcomes.

defense in depth it ain't

found on failblog

i wonder what genius decided a second layer of fencing would overcome the weaknesses of the first layer. clearly, if someone can get past one fence, they can get past two.

R.I.P. chrome's perfect record

from here (image source one, two, three, and four)

just paying my respects to chrome. it had a pretty good record for a while, there, but all good things come to an end. no security is perfect.

keys?

from here (image source)

a reminder that there's more to physical security than just putting locks on doors.

keeping people out fail

from here (source image)

a fence without a gate i can understand. a gate without a fence is a little dumber, but i've posted a few of those here so i kinda understand that too. but a fence in place of a gate-without-a-fence? what the.. i don't even...

if you're hoping the police won't try to verify...

if you're hoping the police won't try to verify your claim of being an FBI agent, then you might be a security idiot.

(inspiration)