Wie ich auf Corporate Security Dudes gucke, die Open Knowledge bei Kritis verbieten wollen

#SecurityThroughObscurity

I made this, not sure if it's funny

#infosec
#trolling
#tokenring
#securitythroughobscurity

The following rules apply for user passwords:

* Passwords must be changed every year
* Passwords are checked against a list of known weak passwords
* Previously used passwords must not be reused
* Passwords must be at least 16 characters long
* Passwords must consist of at least three of the following groups
* lower case letters
* upper case letters
* digits
* emojis coding for emotion
* mostly red emojis
* one half of the simplified Japanese alphabet
* symbols that conjure Lucifer
* Passwords must neither begin or end with a number (because, why not?)
* Passwords must not contain the name of your mom
* Passwords must not contain any words of our secret "dictionary" (like the name of the company but also Football Clubs' deputy managers' wife's/husband's nicknames)
* Passwords sum of the characters' UTF codes must be divisible by seven, 11 or any prime number larger than 1000.

On the bright side: Typing your password *is* still working time, so you get paid. You can also now clame a law degree on your CV.

#ActiveDirectory #SecurityThroughObscurity #Passwords #PasswordPolicy

Microsoft is limiting China's access to information about cybersecurity flaws. What are the chances that this will actually help limit attacks, rather than just siloing off more companies?
#cybersecurity #securitythroughobscurity
https://seekingalpha.com/news/4487721-microsoft-curbs-chinese-access-to-cybersecurity-flaw-data
Microsoft curbs Chinese access to cybersecurity flaw data

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) (TSX:MSFT:CA) to curtail Chinese companies' access to its early warning system for cybersecurity vulnerabilities, following speculations of Chinese involvement in hacking attacks against Microsoft SharePoint servers.

Seeking Alpha

#HH2G #Cybersecurity question about Zaphod Beeblebrox's sunglasses:

Are the Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses to be considered #securitythroughobscurity ?

The first thing that would have to happen is a party, any party, in Canada aside from the Bloc would have to include transitioning to an independent Republic in their party platform.

I don't see that happening unless some sort of outside force/event occurs that makes it a current and immediate issue in the public sphere.

At this point I think most Canadians are open to the idea but it's not a priority.
#Uninteresting #SecurityThroughObscurity #Canada #UK #CanPoli #RepublicOfCanada

In other news... now that the United States Fascist Government isn't *actively* threatening Canada's sovereignty, the BBC is back to having no Canada-related articles on the top tier of its "US & Canada" section.

There is not a *single* story about Canada.

Even though the King is coming in less than a week.. lol.

I know it's not “the time”... but, why are we still a Monarchy…?

#Uninteresting #SecurityThroughObscurity #Canada #UK #CanPoli #RepublicOfCanada
https://www.bbc.com/news/us-canada

US & Canada | Latest News & Updates | BBC News

Get all the latest news, live updates and content about the US & Canada from across the BBC.

BBC News

I just remembered about port knocking, it is by far the most spy movie security-through-obscurity gate of cybersec

You must know the secret knock

...and of course now it's configured on my VPS on top of the usual SSH restrictions (no root login, attempt limit, PK auth, etc)

#ssh #linux #server #CyberSecurity #cybersec #securitythroughobscurity #securitybyobscurity

Security through obscurity - Wikipedia

Ticketmaster SafeTix Reverse-Engineered

Ticketmaster is having a rough time lately. Recently, a hacker named [Conduition] managed to reverse-engineer their new “safe” electronic ticket system. Of course, they also had the rec…

Hackaday