5 Increasingly Effective Ways to Achieve Immortality

5 Increasingly Effective Ways to Achieve Immortality



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I think a lot about how to become immortal. More than I should, probably.

Many think it’s a waste of time. Everyone dies, and it’s foolish to think we can avoid it. This piece takes a different view, and describes a number of ways, with varying levels of requirement and effectiveness, one can either avoid dying or live on after death.

They’ll go from most practical to most effective.

1. Live On Through Your Children

This one is cheating a bit, mostly because you’re not actually becoming immortal.

But the fact remains that this does give many people (probably billions) a genuine feeling of lastingness, and that’s significant.

Again, I don’t really count it because it’s an extremely tenuous way of living on, but it deserves mention.

2. Live On Through Your Works

This one is kind of like the first, in that you’re not actually getting to continue living. So it’s a bit of a misnomer too.

What it deals with, however, can also provide a significant sense of contentment at the end of one’s life. Basically, if you leave behind works and ideas that will be used by significant numbers of people, for a significant period of time, you can think of this as living on.

It’ll take some sting off of dying, perhaps. But not much. You’re still dead.

3. Reconstruction Through Reproduction of Variables

Ok, now we’re getting into actual survivability.

This one works like this: either before you die, or after you are dead, an organization collects a series of inputs about you and uses them to create a working model of you.

Here are some of the input types:


* Your DNA (this is really important)
* Everything there is to know about where you grew up (what was happening in the world then, where you went to high school, what the major news events were, the major themes in culture and art, etc.)
* Everything there is to know about the people you grew up with
* All your personal, transformational experiences. This can be gathered from a myriad of sources, but your own description of the incidents will be key. It’ll also come from interviews with people who know those experiences and how they affected you
* Every piece of output you left behind, e.g. blog posts, Facebook posts, books, essays, schoolwork, letters, videos, whatever. They’re all harvested for evidence of who you are


Then, the system takes the environment data and models it against your DNA, which it got from a piece of hair or something. It runs your entire genome and determines how you would respond mentally to these various stimuli.

The output is a digital life form that is, as much as it can be, you. You now live in cyberspace somewhere, and you’re introduced to the fact that you were reconstructed using this method, and that you have this rich history, etc. You are you.

4. Preserving Your Brain to Be Put in Another Body in the Future

Another method for achieving comfort that you’ll continue to live after death is to have a reliable way to preserve your brain once you pass, with the belief that it’ll be either 1) put into another body later (not my favorite idea), or 2) it’ll be downloaded into a digital form to live permanently in cyberspace.

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T1SP: Episode 25

T1SP: Episode 25

[ Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes | Android | RSS ] News * [ ] TrendMicro node.js server listening on localhost can execute commands; exposed to the internet * [ ] SSH backdoor found in Fortinet firewalls * [ ] SSH client vulnerability * [ ] Australia’s Cybercrime Online Reporting Network (ACORN) received over 39K reports of criminal activity in 2015 * [ ] Hyatt names 250 hotels hit by malware, includes the one for DerbyCon * [ ] Web sense rebranding as Forepoint, acquires Intel’s firewall business * [ ] Twitter might be ending its 140 character limit * [ ] Major vulns still being found in Health and Fitness mobile apps * [ ] Angler exploit kit continues to evade detection * [ ] LostPass attack is a phishing email attack that works against LastPass (showed at Shmoocon this weekend) * [ ] Virus just took down the Melbourne Health computer system * [ ] Lastpass has found a workaround for the LostPass attack * [ ] A bit match fixing problem has been found in Tennis * [ ] Trustwave is being sued by Affinity for supposedly missing an second hack that was going on while they were there to fix an initial hack Ideas, updates, and discussion * [ ] IR is messy and dangerous; assume compromise; assume continued compromise; be extremely careful saying that things were contained; if you’re not Mandiant you’re probably not doing a great job * [ ] Smartphone encryption and the gun debate: same coin? ISIS supposedly has its own encryption app. What next, make murder illegal? Tools, talks, and projects * [ ] FIR – Fast Incident Response Management Platform * [ ] DIVA damn insecure and vulnerable Android app * [ ] Kill Chain for Kali Linux 2.0 : recon, weaponization, delivery, exploit, installation, c2, actions * [ ] EZ-Wave: exploiting Z-Wave networks using SDR * [ ] GoPhish: open source phishing framework * [ ] V3n0m SQLi scanner * [ ] VScan : uses NSE scripts to find vulns * [ ] SleepyPuppy Burp Extension * [ ] DBDAT — Database Assessment Tool — https://github.com/foospidy/DbDat Announcements * [ ] Speaking at AppSec Cali next week (Tuesday) on ATM * [ ] Shmoocon hiring list: http://www.room362.com/2016/01/2016-shmoocon-hiring-list.html Miscellaneous * [ ] Great security news source: https://security.didici.cc/news * [ ] Thanks to Tripwire for giving a shoutout to the podcast on Twitter [ Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes | Android | RSS ] Notes * The intro track is from one of my favorite EDM artists: Zomby. The song is ‘Orion’, and it’s from the ‘With Love’ album. Highly recommended if you like chill EDM. Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

19 Jan 201626min

T1SP: Episode 24

T1SP: Episode 24

[ Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes | Android | RSS ] News * [ ] Norse lays of 20 people; not clear what percentage that is; threat intel not going so well? * [ ] OPM declines to release details on its big breach * [ ] Juniper says it’s going to remove the code that it thinks was developed by the NSA to eavesdrop on traffic * [ ] CVE details lists (OS X, iOS, Flash, Air, IE, Chrome, Firefox) as the software with the most issues * [ ] GM is going to do a bug bounty * [ ] The Hacker Manifesto turned 30 (My crime is that of curiosity) * [ ] Sophos Home free for Windows and Mac users * [ ] SF Yellowcab filling for bankruptcy * [ ] Hackers shut down Ukraine power grid; evidently a malicious word doc sent via email; supposedly the Sandworm Team * [ ] Bicycle Attack on TLS: https://guidovranken.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/https-bicycle-attack.pdf * [ ] North Korea evidently detonated a hydrogen bomb * [ ] Time warner customers lose email passwords (320K) * [ ] Microsoft killing off IE 8, 9, and 10 on January 12th * [ ] VTech launching new product line after it got hacked and leaked data on 6 million kids * [ ] Big Flash player update, 0-day and 18 other issues Ideas, updates, and discussion * [ ] Back to Ubuntu from CentOS * [ ] Sick for five weeks * [ ] Ikigai (what you love, what the world needs, what you can be paid for, what you are good at) * [ ] Giving books as gifts Tools, talks, and projects * [ ] TOWER-SEC protecting ECUs and Telematics on cars * [ ] AppSensor project; Detection points: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/AppSensor_DetectionPoints * [ ] Where the Science is Taking Us in Cybersecurity, Dan Geer * [ ] Rapid7 Hackazon app (modern) * [ ] DVNA (Damn vulnerable Node Application) * [ ] Argon2 password hashing algorithm * [ ] Dradis * [ ] Kippo SSH honeypot [ Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes | Android | RSS ] Notes * The intro track is from one of my favorite EDM artists: Zomby. The song is ‘Orion’, and it’s from the ‘With Love’ album. Highly recommended if you like chill EDM. * It’s better to listen via iTunes or with the player embedded above, but you can also download the sound file directly. Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11 Jan 201628min

T1SP: Episode 23

T1SP: Episode 23

[ Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes | Android | RSS ] News * [ ] Juniper backdoor; could have been found with diff; signs point to NSA * [ ] RCE on FireEye appliances * [ ] Hyatt got hacked; malware on POS * [ ] 45K drones registered with FAA within 2 days * [ ] Industry moving towards password-free logins; still single factor, now the factor is your device; although access to device could require factors * [ ] Microsoft will now tell you if your account has been targeted by government authorities * [ ] Tor announced it’s doing a bug bounty, looks like it’ll be internal * [ ] Steam had a DoS that revealed 34K user details * [ ] Linode has been suffering a massive DDoS on its datacenters, DNS infrastructure * [ ] Spy files found in North Korea’s Operating System Ideas, updates, and discussion * [ ] 3 things you should do every January * [ ] Web Scanner Series: Burp vs. Netsparker * [ ] When you’re interviewing, make sure you make it clear that you’re the asset too, not just them * [ ] Failing at the basics in intelligence and infosec * [ ] Why Trump is Winning * [ ] Sensitive data sent in URL over HTTPS * [ ] Difference between correlation and causation * [ ] Paul Graham’s REFRAGMENTATION post * [ ] The relationship between Relaxation, Fun, and Performance * [ ] Michael Coates makes the argument that false negatives are way better than false positives because false positives create unnecessary work for his team * [ ] Brainstorm questions, not solutions Tools and projects * [ ] BLUTO * [ ] Serpico * [ ] Firmware Extraction from Craig Smith * [ ] Vulnerability Database Resources * [ ] IoT Attack Surfaces Project * [ ] RobotsDisallowed Project * [ ] Nowhere.net (CyberPunk) * [ ] EyeWitness * [ ] REST Security Cheat Sheet * [ ] Censys.io * [ ] GithubDorks * [ ] InstaRecon (DNS lookups, whois, shodan, google dorks, etc) * [ ] twfactorauth.org Announcements * [ ] Speaking at OWASP Cali end of January * [ ] Currently working on an ICS / SCADA primer Miscellaneous * [ ] Need to check out the Benedict Evans blog * [ ] Serial Podcast / Making a Murderer on Netflix * [ ] If you know any Army veterans who are getting out and want to get into InfoSec, let me know * [ ] Twitter account: CISSP Googling * [ ] Sam Altman (Startup Playbook) [ Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes | Android | RSS ] Notes * The intro track is from one of my favorite EDM artists: Zomby. The song is ‘Orion’, and it’s from the ‘With Love’ album. Highly recommended if you like chill EDM. Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

4 Jan 201655min

Security and Obscurity

Security and Obscurity

[ Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes | Android | RSS ] In this episode I explore the topic of Security and Obscurity by reading my popular essay on the topic. Notes * The intro track is from one of my favorite EDM artists: Zomby. The song is ‘Orion’, and it’s from the ‘With Love’ album. Highly recommended if you like chill EDM. Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

13 Des 201510min

T1SP: Episode 21

T1SP: Episode 21

[ Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes | Android | RSS ] Topics for this episode: News * [ ] Stringing Shodan to exploitation * [ ] Why you need to check HaveIBeenPwned * [ ] Another DELL root cert hacked * [ ] ISIS OPSEC advice (data privacy, tor, crytocat, telegram, proton mail, gps features on mobile devices, etc.) They also mention not to use instagram because Facebook has a poor privacy record. * [ ] Obama wants to make it harder for terrorists to use technology to escape from justice * [ ] DHS giving companies free penetration tests * [ ] Issues in Honeywell gas detectors (path traversal and clear-text passwords) * [ ] UAE Bank declines to pay ransom, data released * [ ] Swift is open source * [ ] Amazon two-factor now available * [ ] Credit freeze vs. monitoring * [ ] Thousands of IoT devices sharing the same SSH keys * [ ] Many people predicting that 2016 is the year that Apple gets targeted by more attackers * [ ] Engine Immobilizers hackable over the internet Announcements * [ ] Speaking at OWASP Cali end of January * [ ] Currently working on an ICS / SCADA primer Productivity * [ ] Algorithmic learning [ Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes | Android | RSS ] Notes * The intro track is from one of my favorite EDM artists: Zomby. The song is ‘Orion’, and it’s from the ‘With Love’ album. Highly recommended if you like chill EDM. * It’s better to listen via iTunes or with the player embedded above, but you can also download the sound file directly. Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

13 Des 201518min

Take 1 Security Podcast: Episode 20

Take 1 Security Podcast: Episode 20

Topics for this episode: News and analysis * [ ] Ads using high frequency sound to communicate across devices. The ultrasonic pitches are embedded into TV commercials or are played when a user encounters an ad displayed in a computer browser. While the sound can’t be heard by the human ear, nearby tablets and smartphones can detect it. When they do, browser cookies can now pair a single user to multiple devices and keep track of what TV commercials the person sees, how long the person watches the ads, and whether the person acts on the ads by doing a Web search or buying a product. * [ ] Conficker in police body cameras (windows brute force tool) * [ ] Siri iOS data extraction. Tv reporter * [ ] The eye of Siri * [ ] Read top stories from the security news site * [ ] Expect to see concealed carry increase in the united states * [ ] Starwood hotels hit with POS malware * [ ] How to Deploy Splunk AD Monitoring in 437 Easy Steps * [ ] PCs being shipped with MiTM certs in them (supply chain security) * [ ] Java Deserialization flaws evidently affect more libraries * [ ] France looking at banning Tor, blocking public WiFi * [ ] Blackberry leaves Pakistan rather than provide backdoor * [ ] EFF launches bug disclosure program for Let’s Encrypt and HTTPS Everywhere * [ ] Flash is really on the way out Ideas and commentary * Personal Github Notes * The intro track is from one of my favorite EDM artists: Zomby. The song is ‘Orion’, and it’s from the ‘With Love’ album. Highly recommended if you like chill EDM. * It’s better to listen via iTunes or with the player embedded above, but you can also download the sound file directly. Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

7 Des 201523min

Corporations Don't Want Employees

Corporations Don't Want Employees

Companies don't want employees, and they're doing their best to get rid of them. We should be getting ready for this.Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

17 Nov 20153min

Take 1 Security Podcast: Episode 19

Take 1 Security Podcast: Episode 19

Topics for this episode: News and analysis * [ ] A couple of months into my job with IOActive * [ ] Paris Attacks: resilience vs. prevention * [ ] Updating the OWASP IoT Project (no longer the Top 10) It’s an umbrella project. * [ ] Adding to the IoT project the SCADA Top 10 List (read the list), and Nabil Ouchn is going to be project leader on that project * [ ] Pentagon farms coding to Russia * [ ] Crypto email service pays ransom, gets taken out anyway * [ ] Blackout Europe shows vulnerabilities in LTE. Forced leak of location within 2-KM radius. Were also able to block LTE and force 3G or 2G. * [ ] Onapsis talks SAP HANA vulnerabilities. They’re config issues, and aren’t patchable, and include: remote file writes, remote directory deletions, moving files to where they can be access remotely, remote command execution, and remote python execution. To fix, you have to upgrade to the latest version and reconfigure your system. Also two issues with the database that allow HTTP RCE and SQL RCE. * [ ] TPP : how did we even get an agreement that was secret in the first place. Forget the details. This should never be allowed to happen again * [ ] Linux ransomware now hitting websites (broken by Brian Krebs) * [ ] Linux.Encoder.1 has a predictable key for its ransomware, and a tool was released to decrypt victims’ systems. Good to know that even attackers make dumb encryption implementation mistakes. * [ ] Visio smart tracking turned on for 10 million users. Here was the pitch “revolutionary shift across all screens that brings measurability, relevancy and personalization to the consumer like never before!” * [ ] Ring-0 theory of devops: history of the o-ring. Small thing that everything else depends on. for serial tasks you need A players to have an A process. As you lower the whole thing tumbles down * [ ] The Chinese Great Cannon: so we know about the Great Firewall, now learn about the Great Cannon * [ ] Must read article: What ISIS Really Wants, by the Atlantic * [ ] Two must follows: Gunnar Peterson, and Benedict Evans. Gunnar is brilliant in security, and Benedict works for Adresesen Horowitz Updates and announcements * Hit me up at IOActive if you have any security consulting needs. Notes * The intro track is from one of my favorite EDM artists: Zomby. The song is ‘Orion’, and it’s from the ‘With Love’ album. Highly recommended if you like chill EDM. * It’s better to listen via iTunes or with the player embedded above, but you can also download the sound file directly. Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

16 Nov 201531min

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