a bit of humor

How a 'NULL' License Plate Landed One Hacker in Ticket Hell
https://www.wired.com/story/null-license-plate-landed-one-hacker-ticket-hell

file under oops

Election Systems Are Even More Vulnerable Than We Thought

https://www.wired.com/story/security-news-election-systems-more-vulnerable

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3kxzk9/exclusive-critical-us-election-systems-have-been-left-exposed-online-despite-official-denials

“If they did everything correctly [with the ES&S systems] as they say they do, there is no danger,” Robert Graham, CEO of Errata Security, told Motherboard. “These are all secure technologies that if [configured] correctly work just fine. It’s just that we have no faith that they are done correctly. And the fact that [election officials are] saying they aren’t on the internet and yet they are on the internet shows us that we have every reason to distrust them.”

Lies and Damn Lies: Getting Past the Hype of Endpoint Security Solutions

Some good things in here for anyone to use in their own evaluation. 

I especially liked the business centrist view of the talk, as nothing gets done unless you can prove to the bean counters the benefits to the bottom line.