Jesse Spangenberger

A new Unfurl release (unfurl.link) is here! v2025.08 has:

🆔 Parsing more from TikTok IDs (millisecond timestamp, entity type (user account, device, live session, or video), and more). Thanks to Benjamin Steel for the paper arxiv.org/abs/2504.13279

📝 Full release notes: github.com/obsidianfore...

Comic. A snake slithers around a hypercube. No two non-consecutive parts of its coils can be on adjacent corners. [Three small 4-dimensional hypercubes showing disallowed options with one large cube with snake wrapped around it. Dimensions = 4. Max Length - 7.] Snake(N) = Longest snake that can fit in an n-dimensional hypercube. Snake(N=1, 2, 3…8) = 1, 2, 4, 7, 13, 26, 50, 98. Snake(N>8) = UNSOLVED. [caption] It turns out every scientific field has a key thought experiment that involves putting a cute animal in a weird box for no reason. So far, quantum mechanics and graph theory have found theirs, but most other fields are still working on it.

Snake-in-the-Box Problem

xkcd.com/3125/

Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell dies at age 97 Jim Lovell, the NASA astronaut who commanded the famous Apollo 13 mission around the moon and back, has died, NASA has announced.

American astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the failed 1970 mission to the moon that nearly ended in disaster but became an inspirational saga of survival and the basis for the hit movie 'Apollo 13', has died at the age of 97, NASA has said

there is a search going on right now at minnehaha falls for missing 12 year old child victoria alexandria jackson and they need more people helping if anyone can go join, please share this flyer!!!

I will be going on MPR Morning Edition with Cathy Wurzer tomorrow morning to talk about the St. Paul ransomware incident and what residents need to know, so if you’re a listener, keep an ear out 👂📻

C5W CERTIFIED DIGITAL FORENSICS ANALYST - LIVE TRAINING The Windows Forensics course explores the forensic artifacts one may encounter when working with the Windows operating system. This course is focused on hands-on labs that covers artifacts, which are ...

Our CCDFA Bootcamp is one of the best deals in DFIR training! The course content, labs, virtual lab access, and live sessions all included.

Only have 2 seats left for the August bootcamp!
academy.cyber5w.com/courses/c5w-...

#DFIR #DigitalForensics #CyberSecurity #BlueTeam #IncidentResponse

🚀 Starting August, you'll be able to test your malware analysis skills with our upcoming certification exam!

Huge thanks to "Saad AHLA" for leading the development of this challenge. Get ready, this is truly a fun one!

#malware #DFIR #CyberSecurity #ThreatHunting #BlueTeam #CCMA

💔

We rely too much on assumed things in history, especially those with little or no evidence.

C5W Certified Digital Forensics Foundations Exam The CDFF exam validates your understanding of digital forensics fundamentals, including evidence acquisition, file systems, FTK Imager, timestamp analysis, and reporting, ideal for beginners entering ...

We created a simple certification exam "C5W Certified Digital Forensics Foundations (CDFF)" for those who took our FREE Intro to Digital Forensics course and want to test their skills #DFIR

academy.cyber5w.com/courses/c5w-...

#DFIR #C5W #CyberSecurity #DigitalForensics

Threat Simulation and Hunting From Shells to Thrones - Think Like an Adversary. Hunt as a Defender. Protect the Kingdom.

Last semester I created a course to help students start learning about Threat Simulation & Hunting. I used GOAD for the testing environement. So shoutout to @M4yFly for creating GOAD. Every lab was themed around the Game of Thrones series; students liked it.

labs.cyber5w.com/courses/218b...

fun news! I was laid off from Twilio.

going to take this weekend to chill out, and will start looking for roles next week.

if you or someone you know is looking for staff/principal level Developer Advocacy, OSPO, dev infra, or similar roles pass them along!

reposts from tech folks appreciated <3

How would you want to play your 80 game?

1. All natural
2. Coated in paint

😬

Read the latest DFIR news – Cellebrite’s 2026 trends survey, Fitbit data in court, UserAssist registry artifacts, new RDP attack technique, and more. #digitalforensics

YouTube video by John Michael Hinton Penn & Teller Fooled by a Rubber Duck and then Magician exposes his own method!

So much fun -> www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNDf...

Though, killing a dev's emotional support animal is horrible. =\

🚨 New: DFIR Labs Pro Tier is here!

🎯 Smarter investigations with:
• 🧠 AI Timeline Builder (w/ IOCs + notes)
• ⏱️ More lab time + extension credits
• 📊 Analytics dashboard w/ tailored insights

🔗 Dive in: dfirlabs.thedfirreport.com/subscription...

Does your kid use Zigazoo? You might want to read this.

Oof.

I saw the Blue Brothers on 35mm outside in Iceland years ago. It was great.

DnD: Honor among thieves

r/technology Al's Biggest Threat: Young People W... 4.3k upvotes + 442 comments | recently heard about a teacher who instead of trying to circumvent students using ai, which is impossible, she made assignments by going "ask ChatGPT to write a report on this subject, and then research how and why it's wrong". Not only did the students discover that chatGPT is extremely wrong a lot of the time, it also lead them to realize that they should not use it as a primary source.

That's 5D-educational chess.

#FuckGenAI #ChatGPT #GenAIsucksCamelDong

The Racial History Of The 'Grandfather Clause' Companies and individuals are considered grandfathered and exempt from new sets of regulations all the time. But the term and the concept date from the era of segregation that followed the Civil War.

O.o #history

The Racial History Of The 'Grandfather Clause' : Code Switch : NPR share.google/niuEHE6amfyx...

❤️ can't go wrong with that sweater

Logos of the early computer software scene

Some logos of early software companies

MEGAHUNK LOGO

YouTube video by The CW Network Coffee Magic Trick: Do You Buy It? | Penn & Teller: Fool Us | Full Episode | The CW

#coffee magic on Penn & Teller -> youtu.be/9IS603vbU30?... (starts here). If you like coffee, great trick.

Hmm ... could good or bad with 5 different styles of play. #nintendoswitch

FAST COMPANY Article: While retirement typically occurs, after completing a career and saving and investing for it, a new trend is emerging among Gen Z career professionals called "micro-retirement." Micro- retirements involve taking a one to two- week break from work every 12 to 18 months. Gen Z is using micro-retirement to avoid burnout, find greater fulfillment in their work, and enhance their overall well-being. However, it's not just Gen-Z:

'Vacations.'

The word is 'vacations.'

So, I just found out (at least my theory is) that Slack does string searches in files to say they are dangerous. I had a breakout of bunch of InfoSec words (including vuln names) but could not upload to work Slack. #firstworldproblems #detection #engineering

More Control Over Your Notifications - Bluesky Fine tune which notifications you receive, opt-in to receive push notifications from specific accounts, and receive notifications when someone likes or reposts posts you’ve reposted.

New notification settings are here! Adjust the types of notifications you get under Settings > Notifications (or by clicking the gear icon on your notifications page)

You can also now get alerts when *individual users* post! Click the bell icon on a profile to subscribe.

More in this blog entry: