Month: April 2017

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Digital Criminals – How they got caught

I took a quick look at some Computer Misuse Act 1990 cases just trying to find some common denominators.

Where’s my money? Emotionally linked to the crime

Here’s what I noticed

  • High victim volume cases against the perpetrators left little solace or compensation for individual victims
  • Perpetrators had an emotional link to the crime, highly motivated by revenge, response to personal disaster or trauma.
  • Insider threat – abuse of trust cases were high i.e. Police officers doing unauthorised searches, teachers broadcasting false info.

Questions to ponder

What kind of internal controls failed?
Did the perpetrator leave too many digital breadcrumbs and careless whispers because of emotion?
What defences did the perpetrators have? I.e. IDS, logs, VPNs, Encryption
What was the real goal of the crime?
Who were the technical accomplices?
Did they know it was wrong? i.e. linked to Malicious Communications Act 1988

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Death and Mayhem

I added Drawn to Death™  to my gaming library a few days ago.  Pretty much an aggressive adult online shooter without the military or police theme.

An excellent gaming snack in-between the big titles.

The Art Work is excellently hand-drawn, hence the title.

Small and unapologetic, this title is upfront and clear about what you are getting into.

Time to go for a long walk
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Bringing Goodness

Some people just bring goodness into your day without actually doing much.

I smiled yesterday from the heart.

Nothing but Happy feelings as Randy Crawford’s  1981 track  “You bring the Sun out” resonated throughout my head.

You bring the stars out
To light the night up
To make the darkness go away

Thanks for yesterday, today and tomorrow.

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My Christmas Beach

Apart from a few emotional highs, it’s been a crap year so far. Nothing but problems and aggravating issues.

This is just the time to plan for Christmas.

December 25th, 2017 Daytona Beach

This year I want to spend it with my Mom. This has the potential to cause major upsets in my life but you only have one mother.

I need to be near her for my own sanity and I want to be somewhere safe where the weather is actually warm.

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First rule about Mental Health

Rule 1. Don’t talk about mental health, especially when it’s someone you know personally.

Rule 2. Never talk about Mental Health – It stirs up feelings of resentment, anger, guilt and helplessness towards the person who is ill.

Rule 3. Review Rule 1

It sucks but talking about someone’s fragile state of minds is a scary topic.  I am totally unequipped to handle it when someone freaks out on me and starts acting “weird”.

There’s an overwhelming feeling of self-preservation that sweeps over me, almost like I think the person’s corrupted mental state is contagious.

My initial instinct is to run away,  throw up a drone and snip them from a distance.  Unfortunately, tactical moves from Ghost Recon® Wildlands will not work here.

Rule 1. Don’t talk about it?

How does one handle someone showing signs of massive memory loss, chronic paranoia, irrational thoughts and threats to self?