[funsec] how doctors handle the human element

2009-04-26 Thread Gadi Evron
Today I wrote a blog post named: Debugging for Medical Doctors. In retrospect, I think it shows the difference between handling technology and handling humans, performing the same action. Debugging for Medical Doctors What's debugging you ask? When you know there is a bug in your program,

Re: [funsec] Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction?

2009-04-26 Thread David Harley
:-D I don't know about FUD, but all things Finjan are confusing me at the moment. Evidently it's infective. -- David Harley BA CISSP FBCS CITP Small Blue-Green World -Original Message- From: funsec-boun...@linuxbox.org [mailto:funsec-boun...@linuxbox.org] On Behalf Of Robert

Re: [funsec] Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction?

2009-04-26 Thread David Harley
No URL cited. I've asked for one, but they haven't responded. Found nothing on Google. Or did you mean the Finjan comment? That's on our blog at http://www.eset.com/threat-center/blog/?p=1001. -- David Harley BA CISSP FBCS CITP Small Blue-Green World -Original Message- From: Paul

Re: [funsec] Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction?

2009-04-26 Thread Gadi Evron
David Harley wrote: :-D I don't know about FUD, but all things Finjan are confusing me at the moment. Evidently it's infective. Stop whining. ___ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec

Re: [funsec] Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction?

2009-04-26 Thread Gadi Evron
Gadi Evron wrote: David Harley wrote: :-D I don't know about FUD, but all things Finjan are confusing me at the moment. Evidently it's infective. Stop whining. That was a joke, sorry for forgetting the smiley.. I apologize if I insulted you. Gadi.

Re: [funsec] Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction?

2009-04-26 Thread David Harley
I guess I should be used to your humour by now. No apology necessary. :) -- David Harley BA CISSP FBCS CITP Small Blue-Green World -Original Message- From: Gadi Evron [mailto:g...@linuxbox.org] Sent: 26 April 2009 11:14 To: Gadi Evron Cc: david.a.har...@gmail.com;

Re: [funsec] ANZAC Day

2009-04-26 Thread Nick FitzGerald
ferg wrote: For our friends down under, a belated Happy ANZAC Day. Thanks, but it's not really something you wish a happy day for... Although now (at least in NZ) it's a general remembrance day for service people who have served, and particularly for those who died, in foreign wars (i.e. all

Re: [funsec] Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction?

2009-04-26 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 12:16:58PM -0700, Paul M. Moriarty wrote: Finjan's Chief Technology Officer has told the Financial Times that six people based in Ukraine are suspected of compromising 1.9 million computers worldwide in just two months ? many of them in the U.S. In other news, the

Re: [funsec] Another security vendor spamming

2009-04-26 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 08:07:39AM +0100, Mike Preston wrote: I think the worst vendor I personally see for this is a certain spam gateway supplier spamming me on a regular basis even though I have opted out of their list once. I opt out of spammer effluent via a (permanent) blacklist, either

Re: [funsec] Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction?

2009-04-26 Thread Nick FitzGerald
David Harley wrote: So does anyone have any idea why Finjan are accusing me of accusing them of aggressively spreading FUD? History? They're so used to someone pointing out this tactic of theirs in such terms that they just accuse someone of doing it as they'll likely eventually be right...

Re: [funsec] how doctors handle the human element

2009-04-26 Thread Gadi Evron
Larry Seltzer wrote: Have you ever watched the TV show House? On occasion Larry Seltzer eWEEK.com Security Center Editor http://security.eweek.com/ http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ Contributing Editor, PC Magazine larry.selt...@ziffdavisenterprise.com -Original

Re: [funsec] how doctors handle the human element

2009-04-26 Thread Larry Seltzer
Have you ever watched the TV show House? Larry Seltzer eWEEK.com Security Center Editor http://security.eweek.com/ http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ Contributing Editor, PC Magazine larry.selt...@ziffdavisenterprise.com -Original Message- From: funsec-boun...@linuxbox.org

Re: [funsec] OT: Queen Bohemian Rhapsody old school computer Remix

2009-04-26 Thread rackow
Jon Kibler made the following keystrokes: Juha-Matti Laurio wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht96HJ01SE4 Just cool. Reminds me of the music that we used to have a 1401 play on its 1403 printer. I seem to recall that there was about a dozen songs, including Jingle Bells, Stars and

Re: [funsec] how doctors handle the human element

2009-04-26 Thread Paul Ferguson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 4:40 AM, Larry Seltzer la...@larryseltzer.com wrote: Have you ever watched the TV show House? Sure: http://roflrazzi.com/2009/04/22/celebrity-pictures-hugh-laurie-have-cheezbu rger/ Enjoy. :-) - - ferg -BEGIN PGP

Re: [funsec] Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction?

2009-04-26 Thread Robert Slade
From: Gadi Evron g...@linuxbox.org Date: Sunday, April 26, 2009 3:16 am David Harley wrote: I don't know about FUD, but all things Finjan are confusing me at the moment. Evidently it's infective. Stop whining. [ :-) inserted at original author's request] I fear we are giving

Re: [funsec] OT: Queen Bohemian Rhapsody old school computer Remix

2009-04-26 Thread Jeff Kell
rac...@mcs.anl.gov wrote: There was also the fun of setting a radio in specific places on the main control panel and listen to the music it played. Somewhat better than the printer banging away as you'd get actual tones to play. An AM radio in the vicinity of an IBM 360/30 and 360/40 would

Re: [funsec] how doctors handle the human element

2009-04-26 Thread Robert Slade
From: Larry Seltzer la...@larryseltzer.com Date: Sunday, April 26, 2009 5:14 am Have you ever watched the TV show House? We have two possibilities. Either he has watched House, or he hasn't. If he has, he wouldn't have posted that. Therefore, he hasn't watched House. Now, this is

[funsec] Obama's upcoming BlackBerry

2009-04-26 Thread Juha-Matti Laurio
The top-secret BlackBerry 8830 is in the final stages of development by the National Security Agency, which will soon begin checking to make sure its encryption software meets federal standards. The device could be ready for use in the next few months. --clip--

[funsec] Swine flu: Twitter's power to misinform

2009-04-26 Thread Paul Ferguson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Via Foreign Policy's net.effect. [snip] Who knew that swine flu could also infect Twitter? Yet this is what appears to have happened in the last 24 hours, with thousands of Twitter users turning to their favorite service to query each other about

Re: [funsec] OT: Queen Bohemian Rhapsody old school computer Remix

2009-04-26 Thread Les Bell
Jeff Kell jeff-k...@utc.edu wrote: An AM radio in the vicinity of an IBM 360/30 and 360/40 would definitely sing to you at the proper frequency. I remember doing the same thing with my Morrow Designs 2 MHz 8080 octal front panel in 1977 - in fact, it was playing The Fool on the Hill (Beatles)

[funsec] Sunday Distraction: The History of Beer

2009-04-26 Thread Paul Ferguson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Enjoy! http://www.manolith.com/2009/04/15/history-lesson-the-story-of-beer/ Hat-tip: Scott Beale http://laughingsquid.com/the-story-of-beer-through-history/ - - ferg -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.3 (Build 5003)

Re: [funsec] Swine flu: Twitter's power to misinform

2009-04-26 Thread Tomas L. Byrnes
Am I the only one who remembers the days when twitting meant putting someone in your killfile? (Yes, I know the twits at Twitter like to call it tweeting.) We're seeing first hand, in many venues, why pure democracy and populism don't work; and why only a Republic can long last without

Re: [funsec] Swine flu: Twitter's power to misinform

2009-04-26 Thread Paul Ferguson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 9:14 PM, Tomas L. Byrnes t...@byrneit.net wrote: Am I the only one who remembers the days when twitting meant putting someone in your killfile? (Yes, I know the twits at Twitter like to call it tweeting.) We're seeing

Re: [funsec] Swine flu: Twitter's power to misinform

2009-04-26 Thread Gadi Evron
Tomas L. Byrnes wrote: Am I the only one who remembers the days when twitting meant putting someone in your killfile? (Yes, I know the twits at Twitter like to call it tweeting.) We're seeing first hand, in many venues, why pure democracy and populism don't work; and why only a Republic can