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Circuit Chuckles · Daily comic

Attack Surface

Published Monday, 28 September 2026 · By Security.io

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Rusty polishes a shiny server cabinet with wax while Glitch watches, and then demonstrates his literal interpretation of reducing the attack surface with a slipping suction cup.

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Rusty proudly “reduces the attack surface” by polishing a server cabinet until it is too slick for a suction cup to stick.

Transcript

Accessible reading order
  1. Panel 1 — Sound effect: SQUEAK SQUEAK.
  2. Panel 2 — Rusty: I reduced the attack surface.
  3. Panel 3 — Glitch: You polished the server.
  4. Panel 4 — Rusty: Exactly. Nothing can get a grip.