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RT @falconsview: @pmhesse celebrates @attritionorg :)
Don’t ask what he had to do for the flask…
At $75, i’ll add a shirt and more..
It’s that time again, we need to make room for more beef jerky, potable water and ammo. Out with the old, in with the gold we like to say. OK, Cancer Omega likes to say that, because he has been pawning off his gold teeth lately.
After incredibly successful break-even auctions of Lazlo’s Flasks and hacker stickers, it is time to put up our next box of crap. This time, the focus is on media from past hacker security conventions including DefCon, BlackHat and even shmoocon. After each con it became ritual to quickly shove dead trees and polycarbonate plastic in a file folder, hit the shower to wash the stench of “con” off and proceed to drink a lot more to avoid a hangover. Eventually, that file folder turned up and it was time to pass it along.
Congrats to @Israel_Torres for winning the sticker collection, shirts, flask and whatever else I can stuff in the box. Condolences maybe?
HNN T-shirts are on sale Online @ThisIsHNN or find Space Rogue at #Bsidesbos #quahogcon #thotcon (Lazlo says support the nerds @ HNN)
@ThisIsHNN http://attrition.org/news/content/stickers/ updated with the HNN shirt donation, over Lazlo’s protests…
Update: The auction concluded, with Israel Torres winning the sticker collection, three shirts (OSVDB, DatalossDB, HNN), a flask and a wonderful array of shit. The auction raised $295.00 for the Open Security Foundation and we appreciate all who bid.
We know you’re too busy to help on OSVDB or DatalossDB, don’t have the interest in volunteering, whatever. But, you can now help out in a small way while benefiting yourself with a unique box of swag.
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So… it looks like Space Rogue from Hacker News Network wanted to be “nice” to me and ACK’d my existence in a HNNCast. about 6:55 in there, he mentions me… and then says “a STUPID NAME for a STUPID LOOKING SQUIRREL!” WTF?!? he said “you know we love you attrition”… well, DUH. if you’re going to pick on attrition, mention Jericho’s peanut butter fetish or make fun of Lyger for… well, for being Lyger, but you can leave ME out of it, i’m a SQUIRREL, dammit. i like nuts. and sprog is just mad because my granpappy used to spell check his news posts on the original HNN back in 1937 or whenever it was. JERK!
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so here’s the deal, space rogue: you mentioned me first, so you must need me. our offer: we’ll give you 4 walnuts, 18 peanuts and 1 flask in return for a 10 second HNN video sponsorship, 3 RED shirts and 13 minutes of squirrel love with Courtnee.

bitches… life isn’t just about nuts. while a nice sack of nuts goes a long way in the winter, ultimately it isn’t enough for me. life is also about booze, and lots of it. some nice scotch will keep me warm in the winter. smooth tequila will keep the lady squirrels friendly. some Boone’s Farm will keep Lyger away from me.
unfortunately, bottles are a pain to sneak into courtrooms, movie theatres and AA meetings. time to invest in a piece of drinking security…
The Buy Lyger a New Fucking Mattress Fund
Lyger is an attrition.org staff member. Like many staff members, he occasionally sleeps. The duration of sleep varies greatly, though tends to be lower than average. Unfortunately for Lyger, he is forced to sleep on this 20 year old flea-infested semen sponge every night.