protect this server, you will

from here

i wonder what lucasfilms/disney thinks of google stealing their cast to perform physical security duties.

it's actually in google maps, by the way. see below.

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i don't always sign up for a skype account...

from here

right, so something i started doing in 2006 (or maybe earlier) actually protected me today in a way i had never even considered. awesome.

don't run

found on very demotivational

very good advice for a little person. i think i'd add "don't do anything bad to begin with and then you won't need to run".

breaking badware

from here (source image)

it really has been an amazing story, i can't dispute that. time will tell how much of this is real and how much is just rumour.

not wanted: mcafee

thought i'd add a little contrast to this unfortunate news about the founder of mcafee who hasn't actually had anything to do with the company for somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 years.

(what's that? "not wanted" is a little too close to "do not want"? well, you can't win 'em all)

if you're a spymaster who cultivates a larger than life public image...

if you're a spymaster who cultivates a larger than life public image and draws attention to himself then you might be a security idiot

(inspiration - seriously, shouldn't this guy be a role model for the spies under his command and keep a low profile?)

kaspersky wat r u doin?

from here (source images one, two, three, four, and five)

i kid you not - kaspersky did a video where he helped save jackie chan's digital butt, there is indeed a t-shirt with kaspersky as che guevara, and he has even alluded to taking on fictional character john mcclane's role of saving the world.

i guess the answer to the question "kaspersky wat r u doin?" is "trying to be the hero of information security".

air support

found on comixed

one of the reasons it's important to stay alert is that you never know when your adversary will completely change the game

wallpaper permissions

from here (source image)

just let that whole concept sink in a bit. permissions for wallpaper. what the heck does wallpaper need any permissions for, nevermind those ridiculous sets of permissions. wallpaper doesn't actually do anything.

tries to restore drive image...

from here

hey, with the quality of remediation advice some experts hand out, this is actually an understandable error.