Re: [funsec] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2014-01-08 Thread Conrad Constantine
On 1/8/2014 3:07 AM, Mada R Perdhana wrote: I really beg your pardon for this spamming action. still better than the guy who spammed the whole CISSP-List about his coffee shop :) ___ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.

Re: [funsec] For the CISSPs amongst us ...

2013-11-27 Thread Conrad Constantine
On 11/27/2013 2:51 PM, Joel Esler wrote: …wait… ISC2 does elections via… Yahoogroups? they do the main CISSP mailing list via Yahoogroups, been that way since...well over a decade since I got mine. Apparently all the talent and funding they have available, isn't enough for them to manage

Re: [funsec] Don't mess up your Web people ...

2013-10-08 Thread Conrad Constantine
On 10/8/2013 5:53 AM, Steve Pirk wrote: Damn, where is the plus one button for mailing list emails? hahahaha Those two responses rocked. -- steve "Horrors of the Internet" was actually the working title for a presentation I was planning on putting together at a previous employer, specifical

Re: [funsec] Don't mess up your Web people ...

2013-10-08 Thread Conrad Constantine
On 10/8/2013 4:20 AM, Daniël W. Crompton wrote: This has been up for over a month, I saw it mentioned on HN YC. I don't think the owner is going to pay up. that just makes me wonder if they're just naive about The Horrors Of The Internet... A genteel sticky note? that's a pretty classy resp

Re: [funsec] Explosive breast implants

2013-08-19 Thread Conrad Constantine
On 8/19/2013 5:59 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote: Not much detail here, but I'm calling bullshit. Or, at least, irrelevance. "We'll need some enhanced inspection on those, ma'am" ___ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT p

Re: [funsec] Huawei

2013-07-23 Thread Conrad Constantine
On 7/22/2013 1:47 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote: "Huawei Is a Security Threat and There's Proof, Says Hayden" However, they are not going to tell you what the proof is. NSA: "Look, a Distraction!" Hayden: "Disregard all the other times that anything that has spilled

Re: [funsec] "1984" sales spike

2013-06-11 Thread Conrad Constantine
On 6/11/2013 3:25 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote: In other news, the NSA now knows the names of everyone who bought "1984" in the past three months ... Is anyone else feeling the urge to go buy a copy of Catcher In The Rye.. y'know.. even though you already have 8 copie

Re: [funsec] I'll believe corporations are people when they let them drive in the HOV lane ...

2013-02-05 Thread Conrad Constantine
On 2/5/2013 1:30 PM, Paul Ferguson wrote: The first *best* step is to take the money out of politics altogether. - ferg that would involve taking the power out of having money too. Politics is a modern day path to power and rulership, and the great families have a vested interest in maintain

Re: [funsec] I'll believe corporations are people when they let them drive in the HOV lane ...

2013-02-05 Thread Conrad Constantine
On 2/5/2013 12:46 PM, Dan White wrote: e. General election will decide the president (or whatever office) f.No more electoral college Yes please. I still think my solution is the best. Parties do not elect their presidential candidates, only nominate them. The population vo

Re: [funsec] Fwd: petition to remove Aaron Swartz prosecutor

2013-01-15 Thread Conrad Constantine
On 1/14/2013 9:30 PM, Kyle Creyts wrote: Well, with each passing Saturday bringing the trial closer, each probably looked more bleak. Indeed, I'm finding the apologism for the legal bullying rather offensive actually - when that teenager killed herself due to 'cyberbullying' (bleh.. they nee

Re: [funsec] Black Swans and the Challenge of Mitigating the Unknown

2012-12-24 Thread Conrad Constantine
http://securitymanagement.com/article/black-swans-and-challenge-mitigating-unknown-0011332?page=0%2C1 [In the interest of putting the 'Fun' back into this 'Sec' thread.] The author of the linked article keeps talking about this dude called Nissan Taleb - is that Nassim's brother? Sounds like h

Re: [funsec] Cyber Security Research Alliance

2012-10-25 Thread Conrad Constantine
On 10/25/2012 2:41 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote: `Membership starts at $15,000 per year for “Affiliated Members”, to $60,000 per year for founding members..' https://www.securityweek.com/tech-giants-form-cyber-security-research-alliance http://www.cybersecurityresea

Re: [funsec] This is [phishing] news?!?

2012-10-05 Thread Conrad Constantine
On 10/5/2012 4:35 PM, Stephanie Daugherty wrote: Yeah, would be nice if the term was properly explained, rather than turning into another buzzword. The old term "stairstepping" almost captures the meaning just as well, except that it leaves the "lying in wait" part off. -Steph I've always like

Re: [funsec] The Stuxnet worm, Obama, Bush, and Israel

2012-06-01 Thread Conrad Constantine
On 6/1/2012 12:04 PM, Vic Vandal wrote: This isn't quite FUNsec, but it's an interesting article no doubt. We've all heard suggestions that the U.S. and Israel were behind the Stuxnet attack on the Iranian nuclear facility. This is the most revealing article I've seen on it thus far though.