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fairy tales

10 articles

  • truth

Hans Christian Andersen on security technologies

Our Danish colleague spilled a lot of cybersecurity ink in his works.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • December 30, 2021

How to explain cybersecurity to a child using Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy as an example
  • truth

Transformers as a cybersecurity how-to guide

Want to teach your kid the concept of cybersecurity? Start with Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • April 15, 2021

  • truth

Cinderella and the signature-based detection

We examine the tale of Cinderella, one of the earliest stories that attempts to teach children basic cybersecurity principles.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • December 29, 2020

A look at the medieval legend as a cautionary tale of cyberweapon development
  • fairy tales

The Pied Piper of Hamelin and cyberweapons

The legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin has been used before as an allegory of real, tragic events. Here’s our take.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • October 6, 2020

Andersen’s report on how Kai got infected by a cryptominer, and how Gerda investigated the Snow Queen incident
  • truth

The Snow Queen: A cybersecurity report in seven stories

Hans Christian Andersen’s report on the Kai infection incident, and the investigation by infosec expert Gerda.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • May 15, 2020

More confirmation that storytellers are infosec experts.
  • truth

The Three Little Pigs and cybersecurity

More confirmation that storytellers are infosec experts.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • February 26, 2020

The Brothers Grimm fairy tales are deep source of object lessons in information security — not just for children, but also for adults.
  • truth

Snow White, the Seven Cryptominers, and the targeted attacks

The Brothers Grimm fairy tales are deep source of object lessons in information security — not just for children, but also for adults.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • January 4, 2020

  • threats

“Puss in Boots” APT campaign

Charles Perrault explains how hired hackers use social engineering and watering hole attacks for political purposes.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • October 16, 2019

  • kids

The Seven Young Goats and multifactor authentication

We analyze the fairy tale The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats in terms of cybersecurity

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • September 20, 2019

  • kids

Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf-in-the-Middle

Folk tales are a fount of wisdom, but not many would use them to teach children the basics of information security. Well, you could!

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • September 18, 2019

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