luis corrons is teaching security

luis corrons of panda security has actually been putting out these cartoons for a little while now and is even asking for contributions (hope that works out better for you than it has for me, luis). he's actually done more than are listed on that page and he releases them on twitter if you want the latest updates.

zoo ninja spam

if you accidentally expose contact information

if you accidentally expose contact information for the press in the process of making a press release about the accidental exposure of information then you might be a security idiot... and recursive.

(inspiration)

sinfest on malicious code

from the sinfully good webcomic sinfest

some marketing from f-secure

a little heavy-handed with the 'everything will be safe' rhetoric, but still interesting to watch. f-secure aren't the first ones in the cloud but this is a good medium to explain the benefits of the cloud to the layman.

intervention: laptop

funny commercial by comodo, thanks to the folks at stopbadware.org for bringing it to my attention.

if you announce your location on facebook

if you announce your location on facebook while on the run from the law then you might be a security idiot.

(inspiration)

if you think the law will...

if you think the law will solve your network security problems then you might be a security idiot.

(inspiration)

if you're proud of all your numbered followers...

if you're proud of all your numbered followers on twitter then you might be a security idiot.

guess who's drawing now

if you guessed david harley then you'd be right. i'm not sure if he's going to turn this into a semi-regular thing, but he has done more than one comic and they're quite good. also check out this one about hats.

one thing i like about this one here is that introduces a novel way to dispel the urban myth that av companies were the ones making the malware. as av companies become less and less capable in this arena, the myth becomes less and less plausible.