I get to watch the Jags win in person, and the Jays get it done and win the division. A good Sunday, I think.
28.09.2025 23:52 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@nfora.bsky.social
Senior Security Engineer in Detection Engineering, aficionado of terrible science fiction novels, puppet of the algorithm. ๐จ๐ฆ living and working in Silicon Valley. Blue Jays, Canucks, Jaguars. Avatar generated by Midjourney.
I get to watch the Jags win in person, and the Jays get it done and win the division. A good Sunday, I think.
28.09.2025 23:52 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thereโs a good bit of wind out here today thatโs worth watching out for. #jaguars
28.09.2025 19:18 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Reading material:
www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/P...
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"
I first encountered this with YouTube creators trying to avoid demonetization. It might be the first time I noticed the influence of big tech on language development (even if it had been happening for years by then).
04.08.2025 16:09 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Iโll say yes, but that assumes that the system ownerโs cooperation counts. Iโd rather work with and through the system owner.
07.07.2025 15:33 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0If you want to understand more about being Bipolar this comic is really helpful.
06.07.2025 18:06 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I bet itโs just a lazy timer or counter too, not a sensor telling you that your dinner exploded.
18.06.2025 00:31 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0There will be significant effects on national security from these CISA budget & personnel cuts.
There has also been a general sharp downturn in cyber spending & jobs across the board in the private sector.
The net effect is a nation weakening as attacks increase.
How the IR team is viewed at any given company.
23.05.2025 02:59 โ ๐ 30 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Mountains and waterfalls overlooking Hanalei Bay.
Kauai is beautiful.
17.05.2025 21:52 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Hey DFIR Peeps! I am hiring incident responders in two locations - Boulder, CO and Sunnyvale, CA. It'd be hard to find a bigger CSIRT with more scope and more interesting stuff to do than this one. :D
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It's 2025 - please stop using the terms whitelisting and blacklisting. Yes, I know many of these terms were acceptable when you were growing up.
Continuing to use them today shows you're unable to adapt to change, which particularly in high-change environments like cybersecurity, is NOT a good look
C, but Iโd take a pretty lopsided offer to get out of that spot. Surely someone gives up something for Sanders.
26.03.2025 12:26 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Serious question: How many RSA Conference participants from outside the US will pull out, not willing to risk denied entry or detention?
Related question: How many actually are denied entry or detained? We'll probably never know the first number, but the second number won't be zero...
Sometimes I worry that holing up during COVID destroyed my ability to have normal conversations with people, but then I remember that I lacked the ability to be normal in conversations way before 2019.
07.01.2025 00:13 โ ๐ 668 ๐ 33 ๐ฌ 22 ๐ 74 panel of a comic style drawing. First panel has a T-rex doing a standup comic routine with a speech bubble containing the words "What's the difference between a light bulb and a cybersecurity professional?" Second panel has these words in the speech bubble "A light bulb stops working when it burns out." Third panel has a drawing of sad looking dinosaurs while the fourth panel has the T-rex stand up comedian with tears on its eyes.
This is my annual reminder to y'all wonderful folks in infosec: please take care & you're important. Your physical & mental health are important aspects of your life. The work we do & the environments we work in can significantly impact these. There is no shame in taking care of yourself first.๐
12.12.2024 01:00 โ ๐ 126 ๐ 24 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 4When someone mentions the Jags in my feed, I have to look twice to determine if theyโre talking about the football team, the car maker, or the lawyers.
09.12.2024 19:49 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Just posted: "Empowering Gemini for Malware Analysis with Code Interpreter & GTI". In our 3rd installment, Gemini successfully deobfuscated IOCs and enriched analysis with GTI function calls, avoiding hallucinations. More advancements coming soon!
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As we incident responders creep into the holidays and wait for our annual December surprise, I can't help thinking about burnout - always a relevant topic! Like most ops topics, I have a lot of thoughts on the matter.
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โผ๏ธ๐จNEW report and blog from the @Google TAG and @Mandiantย teams explores the implications of the Israel-Hamas war and where things stand with cyber in the Russian war in Ukraine: blog.google/technology/s...
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