A Sysmas Carol
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.)
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On the first day of Sysmas, a user sent to me:
All the files in his home folder tree.
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On the second day of Sysmas, a user sent to me:
Two exploit kits,
And the files in his home folder tree.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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