Caught Red Handed: The Rat Trap

Watch on YouTube

This appears to be an actual television show, though I've never heard of it before. The point is, though, that this is just one episode of many similar episodes focusing on how thieves operate and how they can be stopped. If you enjoyed watching this, check out their other videos - they appear to have several seasons (or series if you're from the UK) under their belts.

So long and thanks for lying to Congress

from here

Today is James Clapper's last day in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. He won't be the one hiding what's going on in the 17 agencies of the US Intelligence Community anymore.

Have you ever wondered why they're called patches?

found on Reddit

Like many people, I'd heard the story of the actual bug found inside a computer giving rise to the term debugging, but this explanation of the origin of patching is just perfect. (Thanks to Alex Girard for sharing this with me)

You don't fish for them, they phish for you

from here

I wonder how other security terms could be misinterpreted.

Threat model irony

original tweet

Yeah, about that threat model... I somehow doubt he realizes how close that is to becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.

The security must be really strong

from here (source image)

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

Don't let crooks 'rune' your day

found on Meme Generator

I didn't know this (because I don't play the game myself) but the game Runescape has a game mechanic known as a bank where you can store in-game items, and each player's bank can be protected by a PIN which can either be a 4-digit code that you choose, or a 6-digit one-time-passcode returned from an authenticator app for the game. Essentially, the game has a sort of 2-factor authentication.

No pics for Putin

found on Need More Cookies

Maybe if political candidates kept everything on their phones the Russian election hacking fiasco wouldn't have succeeded. Then again, maybe not.

Maybe you don't have to pay all the taxes

from here

The two things that have always irked me about the pharma spam pushing cheap Canadian drugs is that:

• drugs aren't cheap in Canada (I was floored by the cost of my mother's cancer meds) 
•  I hardly ever see that kind of spam IN Canada (it's almost like the spammers/scammers know that trick won't work here)

Hacking Facts with Rami Malek & Christian Slater

Watch on YouTube

I'm not sure what part of culture video listicles and quizzes fit into, but I'm pretty sure Buzzfeed makes these things because they work. If this gets hacking facts into more people's brains then I'm all for it.