Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

2008-07-21 Thread Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon Hannah
Date sent: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:58:17 +1200 From: Nick FitzGerald [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the usual state of The Security Community. Sorry, I'm havingtrouble parsing that. This being disagreement or simplicity? I was thinking more of disagreement, but

Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

2008-07-20 Thread Nick FitzGerald
Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon Hannah to The Security Community: The Security Community simply disagrees This is the usual state of The Security Community. Sorry, I'm havingtrouble parsing that. This being disagreement or simplicity? Regards, Nick FitzGerald

Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

2008-07-20 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:58:17 +1200, Nick FitzGerald said: This being disagreement or simplicity? A better boolean operator there might be and, or maybe even xor. One of them will have a truth table that approximates reality better than the or operator. pgpmZWYK1rYxC.pgp Description: PGP

Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

2008-07-18 Thread Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon Hannah
Date sent: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:29:02 -0400 From: The Security Community [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://70percenters.googlepages.com/ Good heavens! You mean ... the CSI/FBI survey was never more than an ... opinion poll? My word! Whoever would have believed it! (I

Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

2008-07-18 Thread The Security Community
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 8:18 PM, Gadi Evron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 17 Jul 2008, The Security Community wrote: Not reading the post below, I can tell you the numbers are based on real research, but it is so old my memory fails me. The link to this research is all the Security

Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

2008-07-18 Thread Gadi Evron
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008, The Security Community wrote: On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 8:18 PM, Gadi Evron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 17 Jul 2008, The Security Community wrote: Not reading the post below, I can tell you the numbers are based on real research, but it is so old my memory fails me.

Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

2008-07-18 Thread The Security Community
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Gadi Evron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 18 Jul 2008, The Security Community wrote: On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 8:18 PM, Gadi Evron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 17 Jul 2008, The Security Community wrote: Not reading the post below, I can tell you the

Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

2008-07-18 Thread Gadi Evron
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008, The Security Community wrote: On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Gadi Evron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 18 Jul 2008, The Security Community wrote: On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 8:18 PM, Gadi Evron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 17 Jul 2008, The Security Community wrote:

Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

2008-07-18 Thread Young, Keith
There is no FBI research to support the 70% Lie. Probably never has been and never will be. No one can cite the original research because it doesn't exist. It is myth. It is urban legend. And how do you expect the FBI to produce data on their research of active/closed criminal

Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

2008-07-18 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:14:52 EDT, Young, Keith said: There is no FBI research to support the 70% Lie. Probably never has been and never will be. No one can cite the original research because it doesn't exist. It is myth. It is urban legend. And how do you expect the FBI to produce

Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

2008-07-18 Thread The Security Community
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 11:32 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:14:52 EDT, Young, Keith said: I think Verizon Business's recent report (based on over 500 actual data breach incidents) is fairly credible. I'd certainly believe that insiders racked up 70% or more of the

Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

2008-07-18 Thread Richard M. Smith
The issue is not what the number really is. The issue is the FBI never published it and journalists should stop using it until they can link to the facts. Personally, I find rapidly falling oil production in Mexico a much more compelling issue to be concerned with. Richard

Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

2008-07-18 Thread The Security Community
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Richard M. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Personally, I find rapidly falling oil production in Mexico a much more compelling issue to be concerned with. Richard And yet the 70% Lie goes on... here's another one for the Hall of Shame, published hours ago...

Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

2008-07-18 Thread Richard M. Smith
It's called a meme. They are hard to stop. It's easy to find many other examples. Richard -Original Message- From: The Security Community [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 2:27 PM To: Richard M. Smith Cc: funsec Subject: Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie On Fri, Jul

Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

2008-07-18 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:26:34 EDT, The Security Community said: And yet the 70% Lie goes on... here's another one for the Hall of Shame, published hours ago... same claim, no proof... this NEVER stops... http://www.itworld.com/opinion/53670/beware-hacker-next-door Beware the hacker next

Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

2008-07-18 Thread The Security Community
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 2:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:26:34 EDT, The Security Community said: And yet the 70% Lie goes on... here's another one for the Hall of Shame, published hours ago... same claim, no proof... this NEVER stops...

Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

2008-07-18 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:51:59 EDT, The Security Community said: If it bothers you *that* much, why don't you drop Calum and/or the ITWorld editorial staff a note about it? The comment is at the bottom of the page. Calum has been inducted into the 70 Percenters Hall of Shame. see

Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

2008-07-18 Thread The Security Community
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 3:01 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:51:59 EDT, The Security Community said: On the other hand, it's going to be very hard to fight the 70% are insiders meme until you find a way to debunk this survey:

Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

2008-07-18 Thread The Security Community
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Gadi Evron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:51:59 EDT, The Security Community said: The original number is from some research in the 70s. Then the articles should read According to some research done in the 70s... But they don't. FWIW, that

Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

2008-07-18 Thread Gadi Evron
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:51:59 EDT, The Security Community said: If it bothers you *that* much, why don't you drop Calum and/or the ITWorld editorial staff a note about it? The comment is at the bottom of the page. Calum has been inducted into the 70 Percenters Hall of Shame. see

Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

2008-07-18 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:22:56 EDT, The Security Community said: Again, CyberArk != FBI and 47 != 70. You missed the point - if 47% are doing things that are quite possibly ECPA offenses, they could *easily* total 70% of *all* the incidents *all by themselves*. Assume 5 sysadmins at a company.

Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

2008-07-18 Thread Jeff Kell
Gadi Evron wrote: The original number is from some research in the 70s. Yeah. Before the internet :-) Jeff ___ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open

Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

2008-07-18 Thread The Security Community
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 3:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:22:56 EDT, The Security Community said: Again, CyberArk != FBI and 47 != 70. You missed the point - if 47% are doing things that are quite possibly ECPA offenses, they could *easily* total 70% of *all* the

Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

2008-07-18 Thread Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon Hannah
Date sent: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:11:29 -0400 From: The Security Community [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Security Community simply disagrees This is the usual state of The Security Community. == (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) [EMAIL

[funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

2008-07-17 Thread The Security Community
http://70percenters.googlepages.com/ The FBI estimates that about 70 percent of all computer security breaches are perpetrated by insiders. For years this lie and variations on the same theme have been spreading through the Internet and the industry press. Year after year journalists, security

Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

2008-07-17 Thread Richard M. Smith
] On Behalf Of The Security Community Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 7:29 PM To: funsec; Full-Disclosure Subject: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie http://70percenters.googlepages.com/ The FBI estimates that about 70 percent of all computer security breaches are perpetrated by insiders. For years this lie

Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

2008-07-17 Thread Gadi Evron
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008, The Security Community wrote: http://70percenters.googlepages.com/ The FBI estimates that about 70 percent of all computer security breaches are perpetrated by insiders. For years this lie and variations on the same theme have been spreading through the Internet and the