http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com Computer Security · News · Opinion · Advice · Research Wed, 22 May 2013 01:06:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/10/flaming-retort-eleven-uk-government-employees-sacked-over-social-media-use-at-work/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/10/flaming-retort-eleven-uk-government-employees-sacked-over-social-media-use-at-work/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 07:39:50 +0000 Paul Ducklin http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=211391 ]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/10/flaming-retort-eleven-uk-government-employees-sacked-over-social-media-use-at-work/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 7 pducklin The word you are looking for is "alembic": a distilling apparatus, now obsolete, consisting of a gourd-shaped container and a cap with a long beak for conveying the products to a receiver. (Long live the Oxford Dictionary of English. And please remember - that is *not* the same as the Oxford English Dictionary, which cannot be lifted with one hand.) What could possibly go wrong? I've worked with that bloke for like, what, weeks, and I trust him like a brother, well, not *my* brother because he's on bail over that thing with his ex-gf's credit card, but maybe someone else's brother Yes, folks. It really is possible to get onto Twitter whilst at work without using the company's network, all thanks to this newfangled device called a telephone, which (and you are never going to believe this) can also be used for TALKING to people who are FAR AWAY. And if you'd attended one of Parliament's Street's preferred schools and had studied Latin and Greek you would jolly well know the etymology of the word. It is derived from the Greek 'tele', which means 'on a bus', and 'phone', which means 'to be in the process of a journey'. Sophos Social Media Security Toolkit download page http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/11/27/flaming-retort-linux-rootkit-news-provides-some-comic-relief/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/11/27/flaming-retort-linux-rootkit-news-provides-some-comic-relief/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2012 07:04:41 +0000 Paul Ducklin http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=205806 ]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/11/27/flaming-retort-linux-rootkit-news-provides-some-comic-relief/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 11 pducklin The word you are looking for is "alembic": a distilling apparatus, now obsolete, consisting of a gourd-shaped container and a cap with a long beak for conveying the products to a receiver. (Long live the Oxford Dictionary of English. And please remember - that is *not* the same as the Oxford English Dictionary, which cannot be lifted with one hand.) Full Disclosure notification. I'm not giving you a link because of the malware attachment. You can find it if you really must, and good luck to you. But do be careful, won't you? Don't run with scissors, etc. Patched code in kernel - sorry about the tiny size http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/08/27/flaming-retort-frankenstein-malware-the-future-of-cyberwar/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/08/27/flaming-retort-frankenstein-malware-the-future-of-cyberwar/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 02:18:35 +0000 Paul Ducklin http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=182882 ]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/08/27/flaming-retort-frankenstein-malware-the-future-of-cyberwar/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 4 FLAMING RETORT: Frankenstein Malware - the future of cyberwar, or just a catchy headline? pducklin Flaming Retort graphic Title of Frankenstein Malware paper in drop shadow effect headline look Boris Karlof as Frankenstein's monster (with apologies to the Hulk) Frankenstein algorithm for gadget discovery http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/04/17/flaming-retort-all-this-new-mac-malware-whose-fault-is-it/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/04/17/flaming-retort-all-this-new-mac-malware-whose-fault-is-it/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:55:35 +0000 Paul Ducklin http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=159515 ]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/04/17/flaming-retort-all-this-new-mac-malware-whose-fault-is-it/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 37 FLAMING RETORT: It's all your fault! pducklin Flaming Retort graphic Our swag of USB keys OSX download safety warning Linux/Rst-B virus infections, mid-2008 http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/11/30/flaming-retort-putting-out-the-hp-printer-fires/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/11/30/flaming-retort-putting-out-the-hp-printer-fires/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:02:22 +0000 Paul Ducklin http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=105559 ]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/11/30/flaming-retort-putting-out-the-hp-printer-fires/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 11 FLAMING RETORT pducklin Flaming Retort Fire hazard sign Columbia IDS Lab web page (complete with spelling mistake :-) http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/08/09/hacktivism-hacking-and-hackers/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/08/09/hacktivism-hacking-and-hackers/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 07:53:34 +0000 Paul Ducklin http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=75177 ]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/08/09/hacktivism-hacking-and-hackers/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 5 flaming-retort-square-image-250 pducklin Flaming Retort It was their main recruiting poster, hung nearly ten feet up a wall! This means the hackers have LADDER technology! Are we headed for a future where everyone has to pay $50 for one of those locked plexiglass poster covers? More after the break ... Richard Chirgwin picture Night of the Living Dead movie poster http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/02/25/flaming-retort-whither-anonymous/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/02/25/flaming-retort-whither-anonymous/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:59:44 +0000 Paul Ducklin http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=49520 Flaming Retort! Anonymous. You either get it or you don't. You're either for it our against it. You're either a member or you're not. Which should you be?]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/02/25/flaming-retort-whither-anonymous/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 15 FLAMING RETORT pducklin Flaming Retort Anonymous. Should I? Or shouldn't I? Hackers For Charity dot Org http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/02/07/flaming-retort-cooling-the-linux-users/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/02/07/flaming-retort-cooling-the-linux-users/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 02:52:46 +0000 Paul Ducklin http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=47695 Flaming Retort! This week, Sophos Voice of Reason Paul Ducklin soothes the friction which seems to warm things up whenever Linux meets anti-virus.]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/02/07/flaming-retort-cooling-the-linux-users/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 37 FLAMING RETORT pducklin Flaming Retort VB100% award - Sophos - Feb 2011 Linux/Rst-B virus infections, mid-2008