This is what happens when you reply to spam (TED Talk)

What happens when you reply to a "too-good-to-miss-offer" coming in an e-mail? Good things? Bad things? Comedian James Veitch decided to find out for you. He went into a weeks-long exchange with a spammer and kept engaging his correspondant, and tells his story in this TED Talk.

This is hilarious and totally surrealistic. Most of all, this is really interesting.

James Veitch: This is what happens when you reply to spam email

"Understanding Big Data"

Here is a review by Jean: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1477106074

"The practice of Network Security Monitoring"

Here is a review by Jean: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1477096529

I feel relatively neutral about New York

Here is a review by Jean: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1383974143

Finding old treasures with data science

Almost a century and a half ago, the SS Central America sank, taking down a fortune in gold. A team decided to tackle the challenge and to use data science to determine the position of the shipwreck.

The short movie: here.

"Google Hacking"

Here is a review by Jean: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1271816531

PoS Security Is POS - RSA Conference

Byrne and Henderson did a very good talk at RSA 2015 on PoS (Point-of-Sale) security. Basically, they said that most of the vendors have little to no idea on how to embed security correctly in their products. 

From passwords that have not been changed in almost ten years, to default remote administration protocols that are not protected via poor cryptography, Byrne and Henderson showed how these vendors put everybody at risk of being a victim of card fraud.

Here are the slides. Proceed with caution, this is highly disturbing.