Ever felt as though there should be a song for system administrators?
One that is perfect for belting out in the server room over the noise of all that equipment?
Like a Sysmas Carol, perhaps, celebrating The 0x0C days of Sysmas?
Well, here it is!
Best of all, it’s a Sysmas Carol with an Easter Egg.
(Actually, all Naked Security pages contain the Easter Egg. You just have to search for it.)
----------- 0 0 0 1 ----------- On the first day of Sysmas, a user sent to me: All the files in his home folder tree.
----------- 0 0 1 0 ----------- On the second day of Sysmas, a user sent to me: Two exploit kits, And the files in his home folder tree.
----------- 0 0 1 1 ----------- On the third day of Sysmas, a user sent to me: Three Android apps, Two exploit kits, And the files in his home folder tree.
----------- 0 1 0 0 ----------- On the fourth day of Sysmas, a user sent to me: Four password cracks, Three Android apps, Two exploit kits, And the files in his home folder tree.
----------- 0 1 0 1 ----------- On the fifth day of Sysmas, a user sent to me: Five private keys. Four password cracks, Three Android apps, Two exploit kits, And the files in his home folder tree.
----------- 0 1 1 0 ----------- On the sixth day of Sysmas, a user sent to me: Six Wi-fi sniffers, Five private keys. Four password cracks, Three Android apps, Two exploit kits, And the files in his home folder tree.
----------- 0 1 1 1 ----------- On the seventh day of Sysmas, a user sent to me: Seven open routers, Six Wi-fi sniffers, Five private keys. Four password cracks, Three Android apps, Two exploit kits, And the files in his home folder tree.
----------- 1 0 0 0 ----------- On the eighth day of Sysmas, a user sent to me: Eight firmware patches, Seven open routers, Six Wi-fi sniffers, Five private keys. Four password cracks, Three Android apps, Two exploit kits, And the files in his home folder tree.
----------- 1 0 0 1 ----------- On the ninth day of Sysmas, a user sent to me: Nine broken archives, Eight firmware patches, Seven open routers, Six Wi-fi sniffers, Five private keys. Four password cracks, Three Android apps, Two exploit kits, And the files in his home folder tree.
----------- 1 0 1 0 ----------- On the 0x0Ath day of Sysmas, a user sent to me: 0x0A CryptoLockers, Nine broken archives, Eight firmware patches, Seven open routers, Six Wi-fi sniffers, Five private keys. Four password cracks, Three Android apps, Two exploit kits, And the files in his home folder tree.
----------- 1 0 1 1 ----------- On the 0x0Bth day of Sysmas, a user sent to me: 0x0B phishing emails, 0x0A CryptoLockers, Nine broken archives, Eight firmware patches, Seven open routers, Six Wi-fi sniffers, Five private keys. Four password cracks, Three Android apps, Two exploit kits, And the files in his home folder tree.
----------- 1 1 0 0 ----------- On the 0x0Cth day of Sysmas, a user sent to me: 0x0C malware samples, 0x0B phishing emails, 0x0A CryptoLockers, Nine broken archives, Eight firmware patches, Seven open routers, Six Wi-fi sniffers, Five private keys. Four password cracks, Three Android apps, Two exploit kits, And a warning from our I S P.
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