Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to Epstein | TechCrunch The Def Con hacking conference banned hackers Pablos Holman and Vincenzo Iozzo, as well as former MIT Media Lab director Joichi Ito, from attending the annual conference after their reported connectio...

It's nice to see that when DEFCON says "Don't support rapists" they really mean it. techcrunch.com/2026/02/18/h...

please subscribe to my podcast, weird little guys. i promise i really was reading penthouse for the articles.

A four panel cartoon of a small bird on a branch; the original images are from falseknees.com Panel 1: "mov rax, rbx" Panel 2: "add rax, rcx" Another speech bubble appears, covering that one that says: "HELLO IT'S ME THE KEYBOARD" Panel 3: A corvid appears next to the small bird; the new speech bubbles belong to it. It says "I HAVE AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE" Panel 4: A closeup of the small bird with a frustrated look on its face. The corvid's speech bubble behind it reads, simply, "E".

Saw this on Mastodon, never don't repost.

Screenshot from ArsTechnica article where we learn that our colleagues formally from CoalFire who were arrested on a legit pen test are finally over their ordeal with the conclusion of the civil matter

Hell yes!  Many of us have been following this story from the beginning, and I'm SO glad to see it resolved finally...

arstechnica.com/security/202...

I was recently laid off, so I’m officially open to new opportunities. If you need a Hacker, or a teachable moment using Red Team tactics. I can also be a trainer, community builder & liaison.
I want more than a job I need a company & purpose I can believe in. Please share!
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Hire my amazing friend; he's really, really good at this stuff:

POND RULES: No swimming, jumping or gallivanting. Do not disturb the pond witch. No fishing with dynamite. Sacrifices to water gods on alternate Wednesdays only - NO EXCEPTIONS! Taunt the crows at your own risk. If a hand comes out of the water to beckon you, turn and walk away. Do not feed the weretrout. Is the water burning with cold unholy fire? Report it to the ranger! They’re not ducks. Run. Have fun!

You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before

Happy Amazing News Day

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Rebecca was one of the founders of Interplay and programmed & designed for some of the most influential games of my youth, notably Bard's Tale I & III and Wasteland. She will be missed.

For your edification, the most common form factor of floppy disks:

5¼ inch (no metal door thing)
3½ inch (the one the save icon was modeled after)

There were also 8 inch (used before 1980s mainly), and various not very successful 3 inch, 2½ inch and 2 inch formats.

Minivac 601 Simulator A 1961 relay computer running in your browser

If you’re interested in 1960s relay computer circuits, take a look at this Minivac 601 Simulator I just released!

~2 years of work on and off. Simulating electricity wasn’t as easy as I originally thought :)

Cheers!

minivac.greg.technology

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗

Follow, in real time, the greatest hubris of Man: the construction of a 3D printer

A glass table with a variety of various tools upon it awaits our unholy mission

It is time to begin the unholy ritual of building a 3D printer in defiance of all the Old Gods who, if they wanted our imaginations to come to pass so easily, would not have taken from us substantiation magic long ago.

Soon begins the pain!

Oh look, my long-suffering friends @msrc.microsoft.com are here now.

shooting my shot 🏀 we’re hiring & here’s the lowdown. this would be a great role for someone beginning or mid career. pls apply or pass on to anyone u know who might fit!

(it is my current position, i am moving to other projects within the same team & would be training this person)

the cast of Hackers (1995) posing in a series of adjacent phone booths

Today is the 30th anniversary of Hackers

Are you “hacker curious” (or just a hacker!) who you lives within 200 km of Raleigh, North Carolina, AND you have never attended a BSides event in person ?

If you are all three, I want to hear from you in this thread. I have something for you.

DOSember Game Jam A game jam from 2025-08-31 to 2025-11-30 hosted by emmfoolery. DOSember is an annual streaming event on twitch.tv Now approaching its 6th year, DOSember participants spend the entire month of December...

Psst... hey kid, you wanna make a DOS game?

I'm hosting a DOS(ember) Game Jam! All details are at the attached link.

Please feel free to join in – no experience necessary!

OH: “Newbies get tripped up by this stuff because it’s really fucking confusing. Experts get tripped up by this stuff because it’s really fucking confusing”

Serious Cryptography, 2nd Edition: A Practical Introduction to Modern Encryption Buy Serious Cryptography, 2nd Edition: A Practical Introduction to Modern Encryption on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders

I had somehow missed that a second edition of Serious Cryptography came out late last year. If you haven’t seen it yet, check it out! It’s updated and it’s really good

Oh no! If you run into problems in Atlanta, I'm a bit of a ride away but can be there in the morning if you need something. Here's to safe travels.

Oh yeah I'm at #defcon33 so there's about 2h left for me if you want to meet up "today"

yeeeaaaaasssssss!!!

Got to watch @tracketpacer.bsky.social give the RFC1925 clues at Hacker Jeopardy and if this is the thing that actually brings me back to posting on social media i guess that says a lot about how much fun this is.

Also that my brain is finally fried which, good, one more task checked off.

BLANKET FORT CON HAS BEGUN! Feel free to stop over, decompress, and make some blanket forts!

Going until 1:00 AM in W231-232.

@defcon.bsky.social #defcon #defcon33 #blanketforts #fun

Heyyyyy calling all peeps at #Defcon33: does anyone have a spare Pixel 6 Pro battery?!?! We have a volunteer who desperately needs one!

Please message me if you have one or any leads on one!