Humanity builds a better idiot 2: Idiot harder.

The client that managed to ignore 5 warnings and 2 MFA prompts is apparently worse than I thought. They decided to remove the geoblocking I put in place for Russia, North Korea and China during my last contract to harden their security. After I left of course. Because they knew I would object. But for some reason they got it in their heads that their CEO who has never left the country would want to go there some time...

I'm going to put in a bid with the shareholders to find them a new head of IT. 

#Consulting #Infosec #Cybersecurity

Never has the old adage about idiot-proofing and humanity producing a better idiot held more true to me. Just got a call from a client who somehow managed to ignore 5 different warning popups with 2 different MFA prompts to slow him down. But nope. Dude went through it all and turned off MFA for the account of a high level executive who is on vacation.

Humanity ALWAYS builds a better idiot.

Here's to the C-level, whose decisions keep an ever increasing infosec consulting job market flourishing. This little thing is courtesy of my notes after a client call earlier this week.

Security compromised, budget cuts made
The consequences felt, mistakes pervade
The hackers salivate, ready to pounce
Their eyes on the prize, a chance to announce

The company's secrets, now in their grasp
They slip out the back, their exit so fast
The damage they wrought, to the bottom line
The price to repair, a hefty incline

But who to blame, for this security lapse?
The fault lies with those, who balanced the apps
Cutting expenses, on essential means
Until they found their systems, torn at the seams

#Consulting #InfoSec #Security

The end of the fourth book of Age of Ashes is turning out to be quite the fight. In today's session we're starting out fighting this thing I have never seen before, and I'm REALLY hoping the frost rune on my weapon will be pulling some weight.

#Pathfinder2e #TTRPG #AgeOfAshes

I am a graceful gazelle and had a pretty bad slip on the ice right next to my car yesterday. Holy hell am I feeling it today. My back, elbow and thigh are pure pain and I cannot bend down at all.

At least I managed to fall properly to avoid something breaking, but now I'm going to spend a lot of time in bed with pain pills and continue my reading of the SPHINCS+ spec.

I don't think this mine is very conducive to your health...

This is where my group left off last session. We have learned that ghasts are very scary with their paralysis-inducing attacks, and if we roll low on a few important checks it could lead to a TPK.

Age of Ashes does not pull any punches, that is for sure. First we had two rounds fighting three golems (which we thankfully managed to down in time), and then immediately after we got the ghast and the massive skeleton. No rest in between.

I'm very glad I'm playing a Liberator, as Liberating Step is currently saving our butts.

#Pathfinder2e #TTRPG #AgeOfAshes

In response to my personal "clueless tech recruiter refusal" script (fondly nicknamed Foul Parrot due to the colorful language it uses in the replies), their takeaway seems to be that they should reword their email and send me the same position over and over. Thank you weirdo recruiter for testing the randomization for me I guess?

So far my favorite string of words generated is "Please kindly jump into a badger den you absolute doorknob."

I suspect a colleague of mine has fae folk somewhere along the family tree, because her present for me this year was equal parts amazing and fiendish.

These are dedicated spice mixes for turkey, pork ribs, pork steak and porridge (all of which are traditional foods consumed during Christmas in Norway). It is a really good gift since I love cooking and fancy myself a bit of a hobby chef.

What is not in the picture however, is that the box she had packed them in was filled to the brim with GLITTER. I am now contemplating revenge.

#Christmas #Prank

Someone is currently trying to DDoS my honeypot for some reason. I guess I'm going to watch some clueless script kiddie continually shout "Becky lemme smash" at it for the rest of the night.

So, how is your day going? 🙃

#DDoS #InfoSec #StupidityAsAService