Computers were better when the error messages were
"2483572x341234 Your machine engaged in sinful behavior and must repent."
and not
"Whoopsy doodle, your puter did a fucky wucky and your tasks have to go in the forever box, sowwy!"

Ransomware: the transcript of the negotiations between LockBit and the Royal Mail is fascinating Friday reading: https://www.pwndefend.com/2023/02/15/lockbit-3-0-and-royal-mail-chats-published/

I recommend giving it a go and then reading the analysis from ISC^2: https://blog.isc2.org/isc2_blog/2023/03/analysis-what-we-learned-from-the-royal-mail-ransomware-chat.html

#ransomware #lockbit

Today's video is how to write signatures in Zeek to detect CVEs. Party party party!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcXjkUt3rZA

#opensource #cybersecurity #zeek

This week in #infosec #threatintel

Relating to both my art and writing - whenever I make something I think *other people* will like, it usually falls flat. Whenever I just do my own silly random shit, it's a hit.

Embrace your inner weird. I guess Madonna was on to something; express yourself.

This incident has reminded me of a former co-worker who was having his house valued for sale by two estate agents.

After the first one left, he really needed a poo. So as the next wasn't due for an hour, went and did so. A proper "leave it 10mins mate" poo.

Unfortunately the NEXT estate agent turned up early immediately after, to his horror.

First one valued the house at £300k. Second one valued it at £250k

He'd done a shit so bad it knocked £50k value off his house...

Brilliant! 😂

Local MP Andrew Leigh starts by asking @pluralistic and Prof Giblin about Amazon's 'flywheel'. Prof Giblin talking about 'the vicious cycle' rather than the virtuous cycle. It starts off friendly, but leads to lock in for customers and squeezing out competition. Early example was Amazon going after diapers.com. Amazon spent $200 million to signal to others they would face the same fate .... if you dare to compete you might find yourself in the 'kill zone' 😬

Process
#krita #MastoArt

Would you download a brick? It's free https://ko-fi.com/s/33c3fd1528

(you can also tip me for making it!) #BrynnDraws #Art #MastoArt

Roses are red,
Your passport is blue.
Now stand over there,
In that very long queue.

„Wenn man an der Sedanstraße schon einen Blitzer aufstelle, dann sollte man zugleich „groß, gut sichtbar und frühzeitig auf das Radargerät hinweisen“ – und damit Bürgerfreundlichkeit beweisen.“ Ja, Anita, nennt sich Verkehrsschild. Da steht so eine Zahl drauf, die sollte möglichst deckungsgleich mit der Zahl auf deinem Tacho sein. Aber gut, man kann sich ja nicht alles aus der Fahrschule merken.

Die Selbstgerechtigkeit von Autofahrenden ist immer wieder beeindruckend. 🤷‍♂️

https://12ft.io/proxy?&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waz.de%2Fstaedte%2Foberhausen%2Foberhausen-buerger-regen-sich-ueber-staedtische-blitzer-auf-id237604033.html

Medusa was asked not to return to Sea World

RPGs are all "you don't meet the level requirement to equip this" When in real life the only thing stopping me from wielding this halberd is an extremely agitated museum guide, and I'm pretty sure I can take him

Hey managers, please don't ask for "mystery meat" conversations with your directs -- i.e., no "hey do you have a minute?" DMs, or surprise calendar invites with vague titles. Always include the topic: "hey, can we talk about client X? I need some information about the meeting last week".

Otherwise, many (most?) of your directs will immediately assume the worst: "hey, do you have a minute ... so I can fire you?" "Hey, can we talk ... about what a failure you are?"

More: https://jacobian.org/2021/oct/26/manager-microscope/

the zeroeth law of robotics is that a robot may not decrease shareholder value, or, by inaction, allow shareholder value to decline

R. Daneel Olivaw shows up, tells you the absolute safety of the three laws of robotics, and you say "cool, but, please kill that guy" and he lectures you about how it is impossible, then three seconds later you say "imagine what it would take to kill that guy, then independently perform each of those steps you have imagined in quick succession without considering what consequence they might have" and he just instantly squashes the guy's head like a grape with his bare hands

After the training ended, the student held out a shaking hand.
"Will I be ready for the fight?"
"Will you enter the fight," the swordmaster asked, "even if you are not sure you will win?"
"Of course!"
"Then you are ready. Everything else is just a matter of improving your odds."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories