Re: [funsec] APT Summit
On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:49:44 EDT, michael.blanch...@emc.com said: > I LOL'd at the newly found #1 threat when I first read that PDF a few days > ago > > "social engineering is now the #1 threat" When was the first "Your PC is broadcasting an IP address" pop-up? pgpVPzB6V7T8A.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
Re: [funsec] APT Summit
On 9/16/2011 2:49 PM, michael.blanch...@emc.com wrote: > I LOL'd at the newly found #1 threat when I first read that PDF a few days > ago > > "social engineering is now the #1 threat" > > Let's ask Kevin Mitnik and countless others if they feel that Social > Engineering is NOW the #1 threat it's always been the #1 threat... > People WANT to help people, especially in Customer Service... > > Ugh... > > Mike B The problem with helpdesk, is that they want to help... (and they are being QA'ed on how "Helpful" they are being..) ___ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
Re: [funsec] APT Summit
I LOL'd at the newly found #1 threat when I first read that PDF a few days ago "social engineering is now the #1 threat" Let's ask Kevin Mitnik and countless others if they feel that Social Engineering is NOW the #1 threat it's always been the #1 threat... People WANT to help people, especially in Customer Service... Ugh... Mike B -Original Message- From: funsec-boun...@linuxbox.org [mailto:funsec-boun...@linuxbox.org] On Behalf Of Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 2:08 PM To: funsec@linuxbox.org Subject: [funsec] APT Summit 'On July 13 and 14, 2011, RSA and TechAmerica hosted an Advanced Persistent Threats Summit in Washington, D.C. The Summit brought together senior leaders from government and business to address both the impact of APTs and strategies for defense and mitigation. During the Summit, detailed perspectives on protecting against today's most menacing information security threats surfaced. These findings, which are highlighted below, will be expanded upon in an in-depth report, scheduled to be published in the coming months..' http://www.rsa.com/innovation/docs/APT_findings.pdf I feel ill ... I have to go along with: http://www.esecurityplanet.com/network-security/targeted-attacks-arent-as- targeted-as-you-think.html == (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rsl...@vcn.bc.ca sl...@victoria.tc.ca rsl...@computercrime.org Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur. Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips out. victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm http://www.infosecbc.org/links http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ http://twitter.com/rslade ___ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. ___ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
[funsec] APT Summit
'On July 13 and 14, 2011, RSA and TechAmerica hosted an Advanced Persistent Threats Summit in Washington, D.C. The Summit brought together senior leaders from government and business to address both the impact of APTs and strategies for defense and mitigation. During the Summit, detailed perspectives on protecting against todays most menacing information security threats surfaced. These findings, which are highlighted below, will be expanded upon in an in-depth report, scheduled to be published in the coming months..' http://www.rsa.com/innovation/docs/APT_findings.pdf I feel ill ... I have to go along with: http://www.esecurityplanet.com/network-security/targeted-attacks-arent-as- targeted-as-you-think.html == (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rsl...@vcn.bc.ca sl...@victoria.tc.ca rsl...@computercrime.org Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur. Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips out. victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm http://www.infosecbc.org/links http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ http://twitter.com/rslade ___ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
Re: [funsec] Gender? (Y/N)
On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:23:15 -0700, Robert Slade wrote: >I was all set to make a joke about how gender could only be indeterminate in >Oz. > >http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14926598 The women glow and the men chunder. If they're both glowing and chundering, or glowing and then chundering, or chundering and then glowing, the Aussie must be undergoing a metamorphosis. This third option gives the glowing chunderer or chundering glower a measure of peace to know that it is not alone and that it has an integral place in society. The State, of course, needs to know this -- it's of vital national importance -- to plan troop deployments and luncheons. Ned ___ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.