Friday, January 29, 2021

For those crooks who have the munchies

from here and here (screen cap source)

It's supposed to be for community out-reach, but I can see certain types of offenders being lured out of their smokey homes for a tasty treat. 

Do you have what it takes to be an elite hacker?

found on Reddit

If only all cybercrooks were this dumb. That would make things a lot easier.

Thursday, January 28, 2021

We have seen the vulnerability and it is us

from here and here

When even security researchers are successfully targeted, that's all the proof one should need that no one is immune to social engineering

Lock Picking Lawyer: SimpliSafe Alarm Bypassed With a $2 Device From Amazon


Watch on YouTube

Have you heard of SimpliSafe before? I know I have. Some of my favourite YouTubers seem to swear by it (or at least swear by the sponsorship they get from the company). I hadn't heard about this weakness before, though, and it seems like an important consideration when selecting a home alarm system. I wonder how many other systems have similar vulnerabilities.

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

How can we trust you with backdoors if you don't trust yourselves?

from here

It's really revealing that the police want backdoors to use against other police, apparently oblivious to the fact that that would allow those other police to use the same backdoors against them (and a whole bunch of others). Clearly they aren't putting a lot of thought into this. All they know how to do is ask for more power.

The turtle's got it's eye on you

found on eBaum's World

There isn't really any such thing as a security camera. Camera's don't make things more secure, they don't prevent unwanted outcomes, they simply help in catching people after the fact. The best they can hope to do as far as prevention is to serve as a deterrent, but for that to work they have to be plainly visible, not hidden in a mural. People are less likely to be deterred by a turtle looking at them than they are by an obvious camera looking at them.

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Technologically impaired hacker is all wet

from here and here (image source)

Wrong kind of MAC, and wrong kind of flooding for MAC flooding.

Who Watches The Watchers? shirt

Product Page

 
Product Page

The phrase on the bottom of the graphic is Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? which is latin for "Who watches the watchers?"

It's an interesting question in this context. When you're online you're being watched by a bunch of different entities, some of them commercial, some of them government, but who watches them?

Monday, January 25, 2021

Don't let aliens invade your bank account

from here and here (image source)

I think I'll stick with more modestly sized laptops, so I only have to worry about hiding my passwords from people in my immediate vicinity.

And then everyone switched to Signal

found on Izismile

What happens when you treat your users like shit without having a monopoly? They leave.