Cybersecurity - Memes

Quote taken from a 24 year old article by Bruce Schneier that is still relevant in today's world.

If a single click on a phishing email can ruin the entire company, the blame doesn't lie with that individual.

Look at the thumbnail

i am interested in getting a job in cybersecurity

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12516311

Or maybe introduce them to Little Bobby Tables

(skeletor is leading by example by adding that unnecessary apostrophe...)

so, the company was Vastaamo. was because it got bankrupt after the breach, and GDPR violations.

the "hacker"(or rather cracker) was extradited from France to Finland.
you can read about how terrible the company's security was here: https://tietosuoja.fi/en/-/administrative-fine-imposed-on-psychotherapy-centre-vastaamo-for-data-protection-violations

or watch mental outlaw's video on the matter, or the Wikipedia article on the breach.

now there are several things that shouldn't have happened (e.g.: don't do these things on your main OS, have root access disabled, etc.), but I'll leave that to you experts.

image transcription:

famous Winnie the pooh meme template. I'm first row pooh is dressed in normal clothes without much facial expression. the text reads, "computer virus".
in next row, pooh is wearing a tuxedo with a smile. the text now reads, "self replicating automata."

I understand that when Von Neumann was talking about self replicating automata, he meant something more general.