Michalis Polychronakis
@mikepo.bsky.social
Professor, CS Department, Stony Brook University | research on network and system security, network monitoring and measurement, online privacy | https://www.cs.stonybrook.edu/~mikepo/
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On December 4, 2007, in the Usenet group “Friends of the Friendless,” someone wrote:
“Happy Friendsgiving Y’all!”
And that is the first recorded use of ‘Friendsgiving’ in print.
“Happy Friendsgiving Y’all!”
And that is the first recorded use of ‘Friendsgiving’ in print.
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
On December 4, 2007, in the Usenet group “Friends of the Friendless,” someone wrote:
“Happy Friendsgiving Y’all!”
And that is the first recorded use of ‘Friendsgiving’ in print.
“Happy Friendsgiving Y’all!”
And that is the first recorded use of ‘Friendsgiving’ in print.
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📢 Announcing hacklore.org 📢
It’s time to retire outdated cyber advice! More than 80 cybersecurity veterans have signed an open letter urging a shift from folklore to guidance that actually helps people avoid the most common attacks. 🔐
Blog: medium.com/@boblord/let...
Site: www.hacklore.org
It’s time to retire outdated cyber advice! More than 80 cybersecurity veterans have signed an open letter urging a shift from folklore to guidance that actually helps people avoid the most common attacks. 🔐
Blog: medium.com/@boblord/let...
Site: www.hacklore.org
Stop Hacklore!
hacklore.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
📢 Announcing hacklore.org 📢
It’s time to retire outdated cyber advice! More than 80 cybersecurity veterans have signed an open letter urging a shift from folklore to guidance that actually helps people avoid the most common attacks. 🔐
Blog: medium.com/@boblord/let...
Site: www.hacklore.org
It’s time to retire outdated cyber advice! More than 80 cybersecurity veterans have signed an open letter urging a shift from folklore to guidance that actually helps people avoid the most common attacks. 🔐
Blog: medium.com/@boblord/let...
Site: www.hacklore.org
I gave these as a gift ages ago! In the 2000s, our gadgets dressed better than we did.
Before the iPhone Pocket, we had socks for our iPods. The set was $29.
November 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I gave these as a gift ages ago! In the 2000s, our gadgets dressed better than we did.
Paschalis (@pbekos.bsky.social) presenting our work on PII leakage through Meta Pixel at ACM CCS 2025 | paper: www3.cs.stonybrook.edu/~mikepo/pape... | code+data: github.com/pasxalisbeko...
October 16, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Paschalis (@pbekos.bsky.social) presenting our work on PII leakage through Meta Pixel at ACM CCS 2025 | paper: www3.cs.stonybrook.edu/~mikepo/pape... | code+data: github.com/pasxalisbeko...
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🗣️ Call for Papers – #DIMVA26
Deadlines are out!
📅Cycle 1 is Dec 3.
CfP is live 👉 dimva.org/dimva2026
📍 Chania, Greece | 1–3 July 2026
Don’t miss your chance to share your research! #CFP
Deadlines are out!
📅Cycle 1 is Dec 3.
CfP is live 👉 dimva.org/dimva2026
📍 Chania, Greece | 1–3 July 2026
Don’t miss your chance to share your research! #CFP
23rd Conference on Detection of Intrusions and Malware & Vulnerability Assessment (DIMVA '26)
dimva.org
October 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
🗣️ Call for Papers – #DIMVA26
Deadlines are out!
📅Cycle 1 is Dec 3.
CfP is live 👉 dimva.org/dimva2026
📍 Chania, Greece | 1–3 July 2026
Don’t miss your chance to share your research! #CFP
Deadlines are out!
📅Cycle 1 is Dec 3.
CfP is live 👉 dimva.org/dimva2026
📍 Chania, Greece | 1–3 July 2026
Don’t miss your chance to share your research! #CFP
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i wrote about atproto and why it matters
Open Social — overreacted
The protocol is the API.
overreacted.io
September 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
i wrote about atproto and why it matters
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I posted online the 2023 essay that was available as a Shift Happens booklet before: The convoluted history of Return and Enter on keyboards. aresluna.org/the-day-retu...
The day Return became Enter
A deep dive into the convoluted and fascinating story of one of the most important keys on the keyboard
aresluna.org
August 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I posted online the 2023 essay that was available as a Shift Happens booklet before: The convoluted history of Return and Enter on keyboards. aresluna.org/the-day-retu...
Reposted by Michalis Polychronakis
Phrack turns 40.
The digital drop is live.
Download it. Archive it. Pass it on.
💾 www.phrack.org
#phrackat40 #phrack72
The digital drop is live.
Download it. Archive it. Pass it on.
💾 www.phrack.org
#phrackat40 #phrack72
August 19, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Phrack turns 40.
The digital drop is live.
Download it. Archive it. Pass it on.
💾 www.phrack.org
#phrackat40 #phrack72
The digital drop is live.
Download it. Archive it. Pass it on.
💾 www.phrack.org
#phrackat40 #phrack72
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I wrote something new! It’s a UI design history essay about Mac’s Control Panel, and it uses emulation in some… maybe new and maybe interesting ways?
aresluna.org/frame-of-pre...
aresluna.org/frame-of-pre...
Frame of preference
A story of early Mac settings told by 10 emulators.
aresluna.org
July 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I wrote something new! It’s a UI design history essay about Mac’s Control Panel, and it uses emulation in some… maybe new and maybe interesting ways?
aresluna.org/frame-of-pre...
aresluna.org/frame-of-pre...
Arrival time 25:45
July 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Arrival time 25:45
Maryam (@mrostamipoor.bsky.social) presenting our work on protecting Kubernetes Secrets at IEEE EuroS&P 2025 | paper: www3.cs.stonybrook.edu/~mikepo/pape... | source code: github.com/mrostamipoor...
July 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Maryam (@mrostamipoor.bsky.social) presenting our work on protecting Kubernetes Secrets at IEEE EuroS&P 2025 | paper: www3.cs.stonybrook.edu/~mikepo/pape... | source code: github.com/mrostamipoor...
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Dan Geer and I write on lawfare about AI and code security : www.lawfaremedia.org/article/ai-a...
AI and Secure Code Generation
AI is reshaping code security—shifting metrics, unknown bugs, and autonomous decisions humans may never understand.
www.lawfaremedia.org
June 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Dan Geer and I write on lawfare about AI and code security : www.lawfaremedia.org/article/ai-a...
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A reminder that the @nytimes.com told New Yorkers to not rank Mamdani at all, & instead endorsed former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson.
Tilson sits at a whopping .8%.
Corporate media trust is dead. They killed themselves by failing to fulfill their promise of holding the powerful accountable.
Tilson sits at a whopping .8%.
Corporate media trust is dead. They killed themselves by failing to fulfill their promise of holding the powerful accountable.
June 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
A reminder that the @nytimes.com told New Yorkers to not rank Mamdani at all, & instead endorsed former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson.
Tilson sits at a whopping .8%.
Corporate media trust is dead. They killed themselves by failing to fulfill their promise of holding the powerful accountable.
Tilson sits at a whopping .8%.
Corporate media trust is dead. They killed themselves by failing to fulfill their promise of holding the powerful accountable.
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This guy is just posted up outside of Congress and I’m honestly not sure what his political views are but I agree
June 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This guy is just posted up outside of Congress and I’m honestly not sure what his political views are but I agree
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New blog post! Bootstrapping HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, and HTTP/3 -- redirects, HSTS, Alt-Svc, ALPN, HTTPS DNS records, oh my.
https://www.netmeister.org/blog/http-123.html
https://www.netmeister.org/blog/http-123.html
Bootstrapping HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, and HTTP/3
How do we get from HTTP/1.1 all the way to 11... I mean, to HTTP/3? Let's look at the path browsers take.
www.netmeister.org
May 29, 2025 at 2:57 AM
New blog post! Bootstrapping HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, and HTTP/3 -- redirects, HSTS, Alt-Svc, ALPN, HTTPS DNS records, oh my.
https://www.netmeister.org/blog/http-123.html
https://www.netmeister.org/blog/http-123.html
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DIMVA is taking place July 9 to 11 in Graz!
We offer diversity grants for participants who identify as women, non-binary, or belong to other underrepresented groups in IT security.
Each grant covers a total of up to 800€.
Applications are open until May 31, 2025.
See dimva.org/dimva2025/#d...
We offer diversity grants for participants who identify as women, non-binary, or belong to other underrepresented groups in IT security.
Each grant covers a total of up to 800€.
Applications are open until May 31, 2025.
See dimva.org/dimva2025/#d...
22nd Conference on Detection of Intrusions and Malware & Vulnerability Assessment (DIMVA '25)
dimva.org
May 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
DIMVA is taking place July 9 to 11 in Graz!
We offer diversity grants for participants who identify as women, non-binary, or belong to other underrepresented groups in IT security.
Each grant covers a total of up to 800€.
Applications are open until May 31, 2025.
See dimva.org/dimva2025/#d...
We offer diversity grants for participants who identify as women, non-binary, or belong to other underrepresented groups in IT security.
Each grant covers a total of up to 800€.
Applications are open until May 31, 2025.
See dimva.org/dimva2025/#d...
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Reposted by Michalis Polychronakis
Hello hackers! Another @pwncollege semester ends, continuing @ASU's @ace_inst's never-ending quest to revolutionize the way hackers learn to become productive members of the cybersecurity community. Read on to learn what this means for students and Capture the Flag! 🧵
May 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Hello hackers! Another @pwncollege semester ends, continuing @ASU's @ace_inst's never-ending quest to revolutionize the way hackers learn to become productive members of the cybersecurity community. Read on to learn what this means for students and Capture the Flag! 🧵
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We are hosting the Information Security Conference (ISC) 2025 at Sungkyunkwan University! ISC is a long-standing security conference with a 28-year history
Prof. Hyungjoon Kevin Koo and Hojoon Lee will jointly serve as General Chairs this year.
CFP: isc25.skku.edu/call-for-pap...
Prof. Hyungjoon Kevin Koo and Hojoon Lee will jointly serve as General Chairs this year.
CFP: isc25.skku.edu/call-for-pap...
ISC 2025: Information Security Conference
The 28th edition of ISC will be organized by Sungkyunkwan University. The conference will be held in-person at the 600 Years Anniversary Hall, Sungkyunkwan University (Humanities & Social Sciences Campus). The proceedings of ISC 2025 will be published as a separate LNCS volume by Springer.
isc25.skku.edu
May 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
We are hosting the Information Security Conference (ISC) 2025 at Sungkyunkwan University! ISC is a long-standing security conference with a 28-year history
Prof. Hyungjoon Kevin Koo and Hojoon Lee will jointly serve as General Chairs this year.
CFP: isc25.skku.edu/call-for-pap...
Prof. Hyungjoon Kevin Koo and Hojoon Lee will jointly serve as General Chairs this year.
CFP: isc25.skku.edu/call-for-pap...
Reposted by Michalis Polychronakis
Reposted by Michalis Polychronakis
May 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Reposted by Michalis Polychronakis
We are hosting the Information Security Conference (ISC) 2025 at Sungkyunkwan University! ISC is a long-standing security conference with a 28-year history
Prof. Hyungjoon Kevin Koo and Hojoon Lee will jointly serve as General Chairs this year.
For more information: isc25.skku.edu
Prof. Hyungjoon Kevin Koo and Hojoon Lee will jointly serve as General Chairs this year.
For more information: isc25.skku.edu
ISC 2025: Information Security Conference
The 28th edition of ISC will be organized by Sungkyunkwan University. The conference will be held in-person at the 600 Years Anniversary Hall, Sungkyunkwan University (Humanities & Social Sciences Campus). The proceedings of ISC 2025 will be published as a separate LNCS volume by Springer.
isc25.skku.edu
April 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
We are hosting the Information Security Conference (ISC) 2025 at Sungkyunkwan University! ISC is a long-standing security conference with a 28-year history
Prof. Hyungjoon Kevin Koo and Hojoon Lee will jointly serve as General Chairs this year.
For more information: isc25.skku.edu
Prof. Hyungjoon Kevin Koo and Hojoon Lee will jointly serve as General Chairs this year.
For more information: isc25.skku.edu
Reposted by Michalis Polychronakis
April 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM