Tracy

Summercon CFP is up!

We're currently hiring experienced researchers, particularly focusing on the areas of iOS, Android, Browser, and 0click. If you're interested, please reach out: <contact@catalystsecurity.com>

CVE Foundation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 16, 2025 CVE Foundation Launched to Secure the Future of the CVE Program [Bremerton, Washington] – The CVE Foundation has been formally established to ensure the long-term ...

The update comes just hours after a subset of the CVE Board said it plans to break off to maintain the CVE Program under a new body called the CVE Foundation. Unclear what happens next, but the new group could have a role in future contracting discussions:
www.thecvefoundation.org

Gazing across the throngs at this month’s NYSEC, all we can think is: can’t wait to see you all again in July.

Summercon 2025
July 11–12 @ Littlefield, Brooklyn
Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/summercon-...

"A computer can never be spiteful or horny Therefore a computer must never make art"

Reminder

My beloved ADHD partner has set an alarm to tell them to go to bed at 11pm.

Its Bernadette Peters singing "I got the sun in the morning."

An 11 o'clock number.

We do a great production at this point.

Very neat talk

a man with a mustache is smiling and looking at the camera . ALT: a man with a mustache is smiling and looking at the camera .

Reminder: use full-disk encryption and shut down (not suspend) your laptop when crossing international borders. Be prepared to potentially give up any device you are not willing to unlock for customs officials. 💚 Buy me a drink and ask me about Columbia some time 😉

I’ve posted before about how I need instrumental, non-familiar music to focus. Instrumental, prog and soundtracks/orchestrations tend to work best. This week’s work is brought to you by A Bug’s Life.

I came to ChatGPT to help me sort out dependency hell and it told me what I was asking would “likely be a *huge dependency nightmare*”…don’t I know it

Use Signal to talk about protests
Use Signal to talk about your wordle score
Use Signal to talk about abortion
Use Signal to talk about your mom's knitting club
Use Signal to talk about parties
Use Signal to talk about gender affirming care
Use Signal to talk about the weather

Use Signal

We love all dogs

@re-verse.io was fantastic and my friends are incredible 🥹

Ready for day two @re-verse.io !!

Yay can’t wait to see you

Ready to kick this thing off! Photo ops in the sponsor room at @re-verse.io

In the words of Taylor Swift, “fuck me up, Florida.” Hope @re-verse.io is ready!

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Ok it’s back up on the L3 Harris site too now!

Manager: "What's this milestone 'Living on a prayer' ?"
Me: "That's the documentation deliverable."
Manager: "What's the status of that?"
Me: "We're halfway there"
Manager: "Why is progress so slow?"
Me: "You fired Tommy"
Manager: "So?"
Me: "Tommy used to work on the docs"

The junkyard at @districtcon.bsky.social is so fun to see!!!! Loving this

Periodically folks will tell me they can’t find my ghidra blog. It’s cuz l3h sometimes shifts where my blog is, and it’s down rn for some reason. But whatever, wayback machine has my back
web.archive.org/web/20220513...

Bestie is killin it

Omfg plz live tweet this (love from a former Janet)

Lightning submissions are open! If you're coming to RE//verse and have an interesting topic that isn't ready for a full talk, email lightning@re-verse.io with a description for a 5-10m lightning slot. The process is informal and open to all attendees. Sign-ups available throughout the event as well.

I am so excited to see so many of my fav people at @districtcon.bsky.social this weekend!!!!

Ein Hitlergruß ist ein Hitlergruß ist ein Hitlergruß (~ a heil is a heil is a heil)

Or to put it more succinctly, the view from Germany:

There’s a lot going on in the world but I gotta make time to do things that make me smile

Killer lineup! Can’t wait to attend.

If you are into reverse engineering, check out the new Re-Verse conference, launching in February! The team behind it is incredible. This is going to be the new Infiltrate.

It was a fantastic last Shmoo. 🥹 A genuine thanks for the memories