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Japan loving cybersecurity nerd Pentesting | Forensics | Incident Response | SANS Instructor | Purple Teaming | @[email protected]/@GuardianCosmos in the old place | Views AMO
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Are you an Austin-area software engineer who writes Go (or aspires to become one)? Join us Wednesday, August 13, 2025 for two hours of lightning talks and discussion.

This meetup is hosted by Capital Factory and runs from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM CDT: www.meetup.com/atxgolang/ev...
ATX Golang Meetup - August 2025 - Hacker Lightning Talks, Wed, Aug 13, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
Our August meetup includes lightning talks with a focus on using Go for cybersecurity, including recaps of awesome Go work from the 2025 Black Hat and DEF CON conferences.
www.meetup.com
August 10, 2025 at 3:38 AM
The weird places we sometimes find ourselves ...

Never did I think I'd be attending the Startup World Cup to listen to other companies pitch themselves, and at the Tokyo Regionals no less 😅

Life has definitely gotten strange, but not in a bad way!
July 18, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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The funny thing is how NTFS deals with fragmentation and how utterly ludicrous a modern SSD is under that doctrine.
We used to regularly defrag our computers. I guess these days our hard drives remain fragmented.
May 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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“Location data is some of the most sensitive, revealing information that is generated by our devices,” EFF’s Andrew Crocker told @wired.com. “You can paint a very clear picture of someone's life with just a list of all the places they've been in their car.”
Car Subscription Features Raise Your Risk of Government Surveillance, Police Records Show
Records reviewed by WIRED show law enforcement agencies are eager to take advantage of the data trails generated by a flood of new internet-connected vehicle features.
www.wired.com
April 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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April 29, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Sometimes writing for yourself means putting a modern physics joke in your book for middle schoolers. Mr. Muffins is out now in stores!
March 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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What do you call a Linux user who uses "sudo" too much? A root cause of system instability.
February 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Chris Hadnagy vs. DEF CON Lawsuit update
2025/02/24

It’s been a while since our last update - a lot has been going on behind the scenes - and with the discovery phase complete we have filed a motion for summary judgement asking the court to dismiss his lawsuit.
February 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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EFF’s @sveawindwehr.bsky.social joined @techpolicypress.bsky.social’s Sunday Show to discuss the first systemic risk assessments and independent audit reports from Very Large Online Platforms and Search Engines produced in compliance with the EU's Digital Services Act.
Evaluating the First Systemic Risk and Audit Reports Under the Digital Services Act | TechPolicy.Press
Tech Policy Press Associate Editor Ramsha Jahangir hosts a discussion featuring Hillary Ross, Magdalena Jozwiak, and Svea Windwehr.
www.techpolicy.press
February 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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I'm #Hiring!!! Looking for security analysts to join our Security Operations team. Fully remote with the opportunity to work a Hybrid model if you'd prefer. Take a look or share with your network.

Job IDs:
R0030423
R0030422
R0030421

epiqsystems.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/Epiq_Careers...
Epiq is a leading global provider of integrated technology and services for the legal profession, including eDiscovery, managed services, bankruptcy, class action and mass tort administration, federal regulatory actions and data breach responses. Our innovative solutions are designed to streamline the administration of litigation, investigations, financial transactions, regulatory compliance and other legal matters. Epiq’s subject-matter experts bring clarity to complexity, create efficiency through expertise and deliver confidence to our clients around the world. We strive for a cohesive, collaborative environment that focuses on group achievement. With over 8000 associates worldwide, Epiq operates in 19 countries and over 80 global locations.
epiqsystems.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
February 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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February 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Now more than ever.
February 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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CactusCon Kids is *BACK* on Saturday for CC13! We will have a hardware and coding station for a cool custom badge, a cryptography station, a lockpicking station, and a computer graveyard. 😎

Register today!

https://buff.ly/4j9gzWZ

#cc13
CactusCon 13
Arizona's hacker con
buff.ly
January 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Slides and videos just dropped on the NIST Workshop on Privacy-Enhancing Cryptography 2024. Great material.
csrc.nist.gov/events/2024/...
NIST Workshop on Privacy-Enhancing Cryptography 2024 | CSRC
WPEC 2024 (September 24th–26th) is a virtual workshop, free to attend, and with a call for talk proposals. Featured topics: Private-Set Intersection (PSI); Fully-Homomorphic Encryption (FHE); Secure ...
csrc.nist.gov
January 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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That’s enough Mastodon for this week.
January 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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T-MINUS ONE HOUR UNTIL EFF'S LIVESTREAM 🚀 Join us at 10 AM pacific time for a discussion about your rights to privacy and free expression under Trump and the 119th Congress: livestream.eff.org
January 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Having just returned home from this the last #ShmooCon, I'm reminded again how grateful I am for the community that was built the friendships that were made, to the ShmooCon staff, the Potters and all of the folks that attend and have made this amazing event, and the legacy Thanks for the memories
January 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
What time is it? It's hurry up and wait for the last @shmoocon.bsky.social to kick off o'clock, only a few more days! Can't wait to see everyone there and enjoy, so to those preparing to start their journey to #shmoocon safe travels and see you all soon!
January 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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One of the finest hackers & humans to ever hack the planet needs our help.

Marc Rogers (@marcwrogers on the other site) is lucky to be alive & we are luckier to be able to help him.

Donate if you can, and please *share* to spread the word.

gofund.me/27112e30
Donate to Support Marc Rogers' Road to Recovery, organized by Katie Vogel
cjunkie (Marc Rogers) is an invaluable and beloved member of our hacker community: a… Katie Vogel needs your support for Support Marc Rogers' Road to Recovery
gofund.me
January 6, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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“Cannot stress this enough, if you believe you may have ever stored your seed phrase or keys in LastPass migrate your crypto assets immediately.”
December 18, 2024 at 12:23 AM
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I can't spend more than a few minutes on my LinkedIn timeline before I suffer brain melt. Saw this meme recently and finally understood why...
December 17, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Oh no, who could have possibly predicted Recall would present security risks even with it's new "sensitive information" filter 🙄

www.tomshardware.com/software/win...
a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face in front of a shelf of envelopes .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face in front of a shelf of envelopes .
media.tenor.com
December 17, 2024 at 10:15 PM
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December 16, 2024 at 1:47 AM
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I will gift the 18 book bundle to the first 10 new cyber/information security professionals or students who DM me.
www.humblebundle.com/books/hackin...
Humble Tech Book Bundle: Hacking 2024 by No Starch
Level up your hacking and skills with this tech bundle from No Starch. Learn to protect yourself and others! Pay what you want & support charity!
www.humblebundle.com
December 12, 2024 at 8:17 PM
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Oh look; me last weekend:
December 12, 2024 at 3:42 PM