Cartoons (secmeme)

security - expectation versus reality

2009-07-10T18:00:00.001-04:00

found on xkcd

sometimes attacks are much simpler than you'd expect, you just have to think outside the box.

security fail redux

2009-06-18T18:00:00.001-04:00

from epiclosers

yeah, so in case you didn't realize it, securing a car is a lot different from securing a bicycle. it's really important that your security strategy matches the asset you're trying to secure.

risk management fail

2009-06-16T18:00:00.001-04:00

from failblog

i don't think these guys are managing their risks very well, but for some reason i really wouldn't want to go over there and tell them that.

security fail

2009-06-14T18:00:00.001-04:00

from failblog

sort of like closing the barn door after the horses have escaped - locking this door has absolutely no benefit.

yet another information security cartoon

2008-09-27T16:48:00.002-04:00

looks like didier stevens is getting in on the security cartoon craze, and this first one is pretty interesting...

while we're on the subject of sending our cyber-trash into space, however, why aren't we sending spam into space? surely there are beings out there that would be interested in making their tentacles larger and firmer? or perhaps some that want to be able to produce a greater volume of slime?

oh, wait, i know why we don't send spam into space - getting black holed in that context would suck...

google chrome comic

2008-09-05T13:58:00.003-04:00

truly, chris boyd is the next randall munroe...

privacy folks, it's more than just curtains and locked bathroom doors...

xkcd on voting machines

2008-08-18T19:29:00.003-04:00

found on xkcd (of course)...

haha, too funny... yes indeed, someone is doing their job horribly wrong, and in this case it's making voting machines out of desktop computers... once upon a time there were these things called special purpose computers that you didn't have to worry about running strange and possibly malicious code because they were physically incapable of doing so... it's so much cheaper and easier to use off-the-shelf components, however, so the real problem with these voting machines is that the people who made them were lazy cheapskates...

my first cavity search

2008-07-13T15:37:00.002-04:00

found at emergent chaos and it gives me the creeps just looking at it...

i think this underscores why it's important that more people start thinking intelligently about security... when there's only a select few doing it the chances of them getting it horribly wrong (as the TSA does) and going unchecked increase... this is probably not a real children's book but we live in a world where penguins are forced to walk through metal detectors so fictional or not this children's book idea isn't that far fetched, and that's actually pretty scary...

security checklists

2008-07-02T21:36:00.004-04:00

found at errata security

ah, the importance of actually thinking for yourself rather than just following a script/checklist...

signature scanning: past and present

2008-06-20T18:29:00.005-04:00

found on the panda research blog...

while i don't necessarily agree with the sentiment (because i don't agree with the common misinterpretation of AV), i see the benefit of trying to make people think twice about relying solely on what *they* know of as AV in today's threat climate... it's unfortunate that cartoons like this can backfire from that purpose and actually put people off using AV at all...

security vs. privacy

2008-06-17T23:05:00.001-04:00

found at the zero in a bit blog...

not all the memes posted here are necessarily going to originate here... sometimes i'll just be participating, and reposting cute cartoons that illustrate security concepts is definitely participating in a meme (i see people doing it, i do it, other people see me doing it, etc)...