Apple and Youtube hacked?
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It amazes me that such big companies can be hacked with all the eyeballs they have on the code running them. Is it just that security in general is such an illusion or is it they are just sleeping at the wheel? Sure do not want any of my sites to get hot enough that it would be the target of such attacks. If the big boys fail, where does that leave the little guys..
Rocky <>< Recent Blog Post: The Arrogant Apple!
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It amazes me that such big companies can be hacked with all the eyeballs they have on the code running them. Is it just that security in general is such an illusion or is it they are just sleeping at the wheel? Sure do not want any of my sites to get hot enough that it would be the target of such attacks. If the big boys fail, where does that leave the little guys..
Rocky <>< Recent Blog Post: The Arrogant Apple!
Rocky Moore wrote:
Is it just that security in general is such an illusion or is it they are just sleeping at the wheel?
It is more complex. Someone attacking finds one possible threat and tries his best to exploit it. Someone defending must think about all possibly existing threats and patch them. So there will always be one hacker to find the little hole nobody thought about before. (After rethinking, you could sum that up in "security in general is such an illusion". And on a side note a good business.)
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It amazes me that such big companies can be hacked with all the eyeballs they have on the code running them. Is it just that security in general is such an illusion or is it they are just sleeping at the wheel? Sure do not want any of my sites to get hot enough that it would be the target of such attacks. If the big boys fail, where does that leave the little guys..
Rocky <>< Recent Blog Post: The Arrogant Apple!
You have sites? OK, if I didn't know those, then it they aren't hot enough. ;P
It's time for a new sig. Seriously.
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It amazes me that such big companies can be hacked with all the eyeballs they have on the code running them. Is it just that security in general is such an illusion or is it they are just sleeping at the wheel? Sure do not want any of my sites to get hot enough that it would be the target of such attacks. If the big boys fail, where does that leave the little guys..
Rocky <>< Recent Blog Post: The Arrogant Apple!
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You have sites? OK, if I didn't know those, then it they aren't hot enough. ;P
It's time for a new sig. Seriously.
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It amazes me that such big companies can be hacked with all the eyeballs they have on the code running them. Is it just that security in general is such an illusion or is it they are just sleeping at the wheel? Sure do not want any of my sites to get hot enough that it would be the target of such attacks. If the big boys fail, where does that leave the little guys..
Rocky <>< Recent Blog Post: The Arrogant Apple!
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It amazes me that such big companies can be hacked with all the eyeballs they have on the code running them. Is it just that security in general is such an illusion or is it they are just sleeping at the wheel? Sure do not want any of my sites to get hot enough that it would be the target of such attacks. If the big boys fail, where does that leave the little guys..
Rocky <>< Recent Blog Post: The Arrogant Apple!
I believe it's always a balance between taking too long to review and fix every single security hole in the application/website and the risk of having the said application/website hacked. In reality the management always wins and it will be delivered without a proper security testing. A colleague of mine who used to work in a major bank said if we knew how banks implement security we'd be putting our money under the pillow.
"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine." - Thomas Jefferson "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." - Benjamin Franklin Edbert Sydney, Australia
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Rocky Moore wrote:
Is it just that security in general is such an illusion or is it they are just sleeping at the wheel?
It is more complex. Someone attacking finds one possible threat and tries his best to exploit it. Someone defending must think about all possibly existing threats and patch them. So there will always be one hacker to find the little hole nobody thought about before. (After rethinking, you could sum that up in "security in general is such an illusion". And on a side note a good business.)
And, besides all that, there can always be a traitor inside your castle who lowers the drawbridge for the attackers.
A while ago he asked me what he should have printed on my business cards. I said 'Wizard'. I read books which nobody else understand. Then I do something which nobody understands. After that the computer does something which nobody understands. When asked, I say things about the results which nobody understand. But everybody expects miracles from me on a regular basis. Looks to me like the classical definition of a wizard.
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I believe it's always a balance between taking too long to review and fix every single security hole in the application/website and the risk of having the said application/website hacked. In reality the management always wins and it will be delivered without a proper security testing. A colleague of mine who used to work in a major bank said if we knew how banks implement security we'd be putting our money under the pillow.
"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine." - Thomas Jefferson "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." - Benjamin Franklin Edbert Sydney, Australia
Edbert P wrote:
A colleague of mine who used to work in a major bank said if we knew how banks implement security we'd be putting our money under the pillow.
... Or helping ourselves.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!