Monday, April 28, 2014

Keep An Eye Out For His Ill Communication

from here (source article)

Thanks to @SecurityHumor for the idea.

I Can Has All UR Money... Or A Job?



Trying to rob a bank with a note written on your job application has LOLThreat written all over it.

Friday, April 25, 2014

Bathroom Insecurity: You're Dealing With It Wrong

from here (source image)

You need to understand the problem before you can select the right tools for the job.

The Trojans Are Not Falling For It Again

found on the meta picture

I wonder if the old man's name was Odysseus.

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Too Bad I Can't Operate My Mouth Securely

from here

OpSec (aka operational security - basically behaving or using technology in a secure manner) and SecOps (aka security operations - basically performing duties related to providing security) are not the same thing. Not even close.

Keep private things private, no matter what…

found on the meta picture

The only way anyone has privacy is if people respect that privacy. If you don't respect the privacy of others then how can you expect others to respect yours?

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Maybe You Should Stop Playing Games

from here

Here's a sentiment that really needs to go die in a fire. Security isn't something you win or lose at, don't treat it like it's a game. Cybercrime is CRIME. Nobody talks about regular criminals "winning", and it's not because criminals aren't getting away with stuff (they certainly are), but rather because that's a ridiculously simplistic way of looking at the world.

Defenses will always have weaknesses. There will always be victims. Stop putting all your eggs in the prevention basket and start learning how to recover from failure. Being able to recover from failure is the only way anyone succeeds.

Flappy Bird On A Point Of Sale Terminal



Can you think of any GOOD reason why playing some arbitrary game on a point of sale terminal should even be possible? Why does the device have that capability? It may be cheaper to build out of mass produced computer equipment capable of doing anything than specially built electronics that can only do limited things, but if cost is the reason then we're basically just whoring out the security of our data for the price of those cost savings.

(Thanks to Mikko Hypponen for bringing this video to my attention)

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Come At Me, Terrorists

from here (source image)

Go ahead, try some funny business on her airplane. I dare you.

Security is at an All-Time High

found on fail blog

For those times when you want to demonstrate the futility of only blocking what you know is bad.

(Thanks to Paul Ferguson for bringing this picture to my attention)