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Always ask, "What am I not seeing?" "What am I not being shown?" "Why am I not being shown the things?" With constant news and information at your fingertips, there's so much that can get buried.
Keeping up with security podcasts has become a full time job.

Anyone know of a script I can use that will cause a user's computer to catch fire upon failure of a phishing test? Would that drive the point home?

Asking for a friend.

Wow, been some time since I've visited the Fediverse. @JohnsNotHere and @thegibson reminded me of how great this place can be.
When verifying account on keybase, it generally helps to enter in the correct username.

WannaCry's "accidental hero" pleads guilty to malware charges, Samsung and Nokia have fingerprint fumbles, the NCSC publishes a list of 100,000 dreadful passwords, and Apple finds itself at the centre of an identity mix-up.

All this, and much much more, is discussed on the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast.

Find us in your favourite podcast app, or on our website at https://www.smashingsecurity.com/125

125: Pick of the thief!

WannaCry's "accidental hero" pleads guilty to malware charges, Samsung and Nokia have fingerprint fumbles, the NCSC publishes a list of 100,000 dreadful passwords, and Apple finds itself at the centre of an identity mix-up.

Thinking about the case of Marcus Hutchins (@MalwareTech) who just plead guilty to writing banking Trojans. Wanted to do a poll to get people's opinions about that. Personally, I think that even if he did write the malware, it was so long ago and he seems to have made changes in his life that it seems a bit much to have held him in the US this long.
He should be penalized
35.7%
Charges should be dropped
0%
Reduced sentence
50%
The charges are bogus
14.3%
Poll ended at .
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