Computers IRL #10
The Athletic, the online sports section for the New York Times, posted a long article about John Harbaugh's first thirty days as the coach of the New York Giants. The…
Computers IRL #8
A major nuisance of modern browsers is videos auto-playing, often unmuted, catching you off-guard. Auto-play is potentially a security issue if a bad actor learned how to embed malware or…
The Importance of Computer Security
In The Cuckoo's Egg, Cliff Stoll recounts the true story of how a $0.75 billing discrepancy ultimately uncovered a German spy ring selling US military secrets to the KGB. Stoll's…
You Can’t Fix Stupid
Most organizations - most competent organizations - require employees to complete a litany of wide-ranging, cover-your-ass training: ethics, sexual harassment, workplace violence, non-discrimination, safety training, blah blah blah. Most require…
Windows IRL #3
from Craig Hettich/The New York Times video Today, the largest IT outage in history hit the Windows operating system when a Crowdstrike patch caused reboots to fail. Catastrophic. While this…
Artistic Security Problems
I was at the National Theater of Costa Rica website, which is in Spanish. I thought I would try the trick of adding en to the URL and this is…
Security Through Stupidity
© 2024 Scott C Sosna This card was part of our check-in for the Gran Hotel Costa Rica. Don't tell anyone the Wi-Fi password, it's a secret? Be environmentally conscious,…