That's One Way To 'Exploit' The Market

from here and here

In reality they put vulnerabilities in their software the same way everyone else does - by accident. But that doesn't mean those vulnerabilities couldn't still be useful if the malware writers all decided to move on to other endeavors.

Gibberish So Nice I Type It Twice

found on Memebase

I too find typing my password twice annoying but I suppose the alternative is mistyping it without knowing. Hold on, no, the alternative is to paste it from the keyboard buffer after your password manager puts it there. No mistyping possible that way.

IoG: The Internet Of Gross

from here

With all the re-use of technologies going on in the IoT world, cross contamination of vulnerabilities seems a likely outcome.

Their Password Policy Is Ruff

found on Wanna-Joke

I wonder if the person who made this realizes the dogs are actually on the wrong side of the door. They can't keep people out, they're the ones on the outside because the bolt is on the inside.

Untouchable Security

from here and here and here (source image)

Default Passwords Are Bad, M'Kay?

original tweet

Many things come with default passwords because they need to have some kind of password when you pick them up off the shelf, but if you don't change the default password then it sort of defeats the purpose of having a password at all - anyone could get up to any kind of shenanigans.

(Thanks to Kashmir Hill for tweeting this example of what can happen when you don't change default passwords)

Destructive Phishing Practices

from here and here

I wonder if the person who coined the term "botnet" considered how the average person would interpret it.

Practice Your Incident Response Procedures

Watch on YouTube

If a zoo can practice incident response, why can't your organization?

Someone's Got A Case Of The Monday Morning Ransomwares

from here and here

Considering how easy it would be for users to wipe out ransomware makers' business model, they really ought to start saying "Please".

Surveillance Cameras Can't "Watch Over" Everything

found on Fail Blog

The word surveillance comes from French and means 'watch over', but practically speaking there will always be things above whatever does the watching so there will always be things that are missed.