Look out, sysadmins - HOT FOREIGN SPIES are targeting you

Foreign spy agencies eh?

"The security service's warning about spy-infiltration tactics is a bid to encourage corporations to bolster their defences against such attacks.

MI5 and their colleagues in GCHQ can play their part in developing good solid strategy in defending against this kind of attack by not allying themselves with the foreign spy agency responsible. Just an idea I thought I'd throw out there

Next Frontier?

If false/stolen/copied credentials are the 'next frontier', what have all those Admins been bitching about for the last two decades? Are they involved in some sort of anti Post-It long game?

On that note, what has the Quote Droid who said 'next frontier' been doing with his work time? I'm going to guess it doesn't involve any ongoing reviews of security related news. Nor has he studied any part of history, watched Dr. Who or any of the hundreds of films where false credentials allow some plucky hero, or plucky anti-hero, to gain passage through otherwise impenetrable defenses. Saying things like that isn't a confidence builder you know.

determined?

I love the fact that hackers are becoming more determined. It implies that until recently they were just dabbling a bit on the side.

"Oh the phishing attack on HMRC didn't work? Ah well back to the allotment."

They'd never get me

I would just like to say that I will never be bribed by the offer of hot sex, fine wines, good meals and holidays in the Carribean (even if they were on a large yacht). And I challenge any interested spy agencies to try to prove otherwise.

Of course, GCHQ, MI5 and 6 would never use those same tactics to get onto systems they want access to now would they?

the IT guy you've known for years is a spy

Normal people and abnormal people who want to look normal begin a Monday morning by asking how your weekend was, but now there is a new class of people, normal people who ask about your weekend to put it in a spy database. statistics show that any given IT worker is 40% likely to be a spy.

If you are not paranoid you should be. Everyone should be at least 40% paranoid.

They're already here

Since our IT department consists 80% of foreign nationals, I think we're already wide open.

This seems to be the norm, at least in London and the southeast.

"The concept of Anna Chapman types flirting with the likes of Moss from the IT Crowd in order to gain access to sensitive information sounds absurd"

Not at all. My housemate (think Moss with much less hair) had a fit leggy blonde who was buttering him up (with homemade carrot cake, no less) at his last site, and was very suspicious. I would have thought something was up too, since the attention of attractive women isn't something I normally attract.

Hmm. Love of country versus getting my end away?

Well, make love not war they say - I'll vote for making the beast with two backs.

Yeah this is real all right

Now us ugly, socially inept repulsive individuals will have added value in the market place, oh yeah bring it on, kerching.

"Can you imagine how much it would cost to get someone to befriend him? not going to happen" I bet the crooks are saying, might start attaching my photo to the CV again.

make sure i post this anonymous... oh the phones ringing..

Fun facts for foreign spies.

* I have admin access to a growing number of servers in my area.

* I quite liked that Russian spy girl in season 7 of Burn Notice.

* I live in Australia.

* I enjoy long walks along the beach.

Wait... Instead of listing all that here, is there some sort of official spy dating service that matches us nerds to our preferred spy-ladies?

Spys'R'us catalog

Send me one containing lots of long stemmed fully blossomed auburn topped specimens.

...

Please?