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Defending networks & #training #cybersecurity by day; researching #infosec by night; use to run #shmoocon #firetalks each winter; always looking to make the […]

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Still here ... just off the socials.
December 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Well someone took that a little literally...
April 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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That moment
April 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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I've been hacking at stuff for years. And by hacking, I mean literally, approaching real-time problems ("gotta figure this out NOW”) with a deep bag of tricks developed over, wow, decades of experience with UNIX systems.

The bag of tricks includes a bunch of command line tools like cut, sort […]
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infosec.exchange
April 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Happy 8th birthday to infosec.exchange 🎂🎈🎈🎉
April 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Hello friends. The dreaded and long awaiting blog on WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO THE CYBERSECURITY JOBS MARKET has arrived.

https://tisiphone.net/2025/04/01/lesley-what-happened-to-the-cybersecurity-skills-shortage/

I'm sorry.
tisiphone.net
April 2, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Defensive Security Podcast Episode 299

Summary In this episode of the Defensive Security Podcast, hosts Jerry Bell and Andrew Kalat discuss various cybersecurity topics, including a Disney employee's mishap with an AI tool that led to a significant hack, vulnerabilities in VMware ESX […]
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infosec.exchange
March 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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HEAR ME OUT
Charity infosec D&D steam
But it’s Kevin, Brian, Alyssa, Tarah, Deviant, and Patrick
And they have to rob a museum.
March 9, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Mom: “No videogames, go play outside”
Me: “Ok”
February 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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After a week of painstaking (well... KIND of painstaking) research, I have an update to my macOS disk usage woes. https://darthnull.org/spotlight-update/

I'm still confident I've found the problem, but now I have a better appreciation for how drive spotlight indexing can also eat up a lot of […]
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infosec.exchange
February 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Defensive Security Podcast Episode 297

Become a Patreon supporter of the show here: Links:

https://defensivesecurity.org/defensive-security-podcast-episode-297/
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 297
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February 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Defensive Security Podcast Episode 295

In this episode of the Defensive Security Podcast, hosts Jerry Bell and Andrew Kalat discuss various cybersecurity topics, including the alarming statistics surrounding ransomware attacks, the implications of paying ransoms, and the evolving nature of […]
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February 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Ground stop in effect at Reagan National Airport after small aircraft crashes into the Potomac River.https://wtop.com/arlington/2025/01/small-aircraft-crashes-into-potomac-river-near-reagan-national-airport/
January 30, 2025 at 2:54 AM
<sigh> Lots of Xitter spam notifications today (even though I have all the “related” and “recommended” options disabled). So nice to be here instead!
January 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
In hindsight should have totally created a Pixelfed instance called tictic, toktic, or something. Just might have accidentally gotten and number of TicTok refugees. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/tiktok-shuts-down-in-the-us-as-trump-throws-the-company-a-lifeline/
TikTok shuts down in the US as Trump throws the company a lifeline
TikTok shut down in the U.S. late Saturday night following the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the law that banned the company over national security concerns.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
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