Blog Posts Tagged with "Humor"
Pre-Rejected CFP Submissions
September 27, 2012 Added by:Wendy Nather
A disturbing trend in security conferences is meta-talks that have nothing to do with pwning stuff. Burnout, sexism, career advice, economics, recruiting, food, exercise and other presentations on what's wrong with the security industry, are replacing actual knowledge transfer...
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How to Fake Network Security Monitoring
September 13, 2012 Added by:Javvad Malik
You’re the new guy in the security ops team, they’re giving you a very crucial and important job… Monitoring. You’ll be told how it is essential to be done correctly. But you notice that nobody really shows any interest in doing it. There’s are two reasons for this...
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On Secploitation...
August 14, 2012 Added by:Javvad Malik
To honour the new found love-affair the media has with security, I predict Hollywood will jump on the Secploitation bandwagon, so I’ve done the hard work and come up with some sample titles. If you’re a producer or director and need scripts, get your people to give my people a call. We can work something out...
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Security Slide Rules
June 29, 2012 Added by:Wendy Nather
First off, there must be a slide talking about The Problem We All Face and that it’s a scary, scary world out there, otherwise I would forget why we’re all here. Next, there must be a slide that includes icons of people, the cloudernet, and either monitors or CPUs. Extra points for creatively drawn bad guys...
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Infosec Isn't for You If...
June 14, 2012 Added by:Ali-Reza Anghaie
Ali-Reza Anghaie - aka Packetknife - lays out a comprehensive and slightly humorous examination of why a career in information security may not be your cup of tea... How many describe you?
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Remember, Security Predictions Make...
February 15, 2012 Added by:Wendy Nather
Security predictions can be a great way of starting conversations if you look at them the right way. If you look at them the wrong way, they're great for raising a huge chorus of "Nuh-UH!" or even "You're kidding, right? Call the coroner..."
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Can You Explain Encryption to Me?
January 23, 2012 Added by:Javvad Malik
I assumed that senior technology managers would have half a clue about technology. I have thought long and hard about this and think the easiest way to explain this would be to replace the word encryption with witchcraft. It too is misunderstood by the masses...
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Duqu Malware Authors Display Sense of Humor
November 14, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"This is another prank pulled by the Duqu authors, since Showtime Inc. is the cable broadcasting company behind the TV series Dexter, about a CSI doctor who happens also to be a serial killer who avenges criminals in some post-modern perversion of Charles Bronson’s character in Death Wish..."
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Security versus Compliance - A Simple Graphic
October 18, 2011 Added by:Javvad Malik
Taken from the ever popular Security Vs Compliance Video is a poster that sums it up so you can share with colleagues or use it in presentations. Because we know nothing spices up a boring powerpoint presentation than a badly edited photo. Hey, it’s better than clip art...
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On Romulan Ale and Bird of Prey Malware
July 20, 2011 Added by:Vulcan Mindm3ld
Defenders are bound by a set of process and procedures. An organization’s inflexibility in deviating from them compound the problems. Many changes are often rejected on the basis of economic concerns. The majority are focusing on useless security guidelines such as the DISA PDI GEN001280...
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Top 5 Ridiculous Hacking Scenes in Movies
November 03, 2010 Added by:Bozidar Spirovski
Like any technology-fed phenomenon with increasing public exposure, hacking is often ill-conceived and exaggerated in movie scenes. The following are five of the most implausible and amusing scenes that have resulted from this approach to hacker depiction in movies...
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A Cynics guide to Infosec Consultancy
June 18, 2010 Added by:Javvad Malik
So you want to be an infosec consultant? If you’re like most guys, its better you consider a career in risk management or audit. Or maybe you’ve already got some variation of “security” in your job title but are stuck in a rut. Results are coming slowly and career progression is almost non-existent. What you need is a dose of cynic motivation to deliver a swift kick in the ...
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Most overhyped security
June 16, 2010 Added by:Javvad Malik
Whether you call it security theatre or just a sales pitch that sets expectations too high. We've had lots of products and processes that have claimed to increase security only to contain enough hot air to propel one of Richard Bransons baloons across the world.
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Most annoying consultants
June 13, 2010 Added by:Javvad Malik
Infosec would have a better reputation if all consultants were perfect like me. When speaking to a project manager, we should have completed our research. Scoured the internet, finding out what a particular application does and how many security vulnerabilities are out there. The list goes on, but suffice to say a good consultant always does their homework before they actually start talking t...
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Divine Security Policy
June 12, 2010 Added by:Javvad Malik
So companies spend countless hours writing their security policies and this isn't an easy task. Each policy has to be drafted, proof read, re-drafted, re-proof read and then published. It's at this point that the real fun begins where users have to be educated in the ways of the new policy. Gap analysis have to be conducted and new baselines set.
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Reasons to love infosec
May 22, 2010 Added by:Javvad Malik
Infosec sometimes unfairly gets a lot of bad press for being a barrier to business goals and objectives. How infosec professionals don’t understand business needs and drivers. How pouring money into security is about as good as burning it. But infosec has improved the quality of working and the lives of workers the world over.
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