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@da_667

Senior Security Researcher, Proofpoint Emerging Threats. Digital Arcanist

I've been doing this cybersecurity thing for the better part of a decade now. Probably longer than that. I'm starting to forget. Time is relative, but it surely isn't kind to my memory.

I'd like to think I do cybersecurity well, but blue teamers collectively get told they're doing it wrong constantly. So maybe I just failed forward throughout my career.

Oh, I wrote a book. Its a good framework for setting up a virtual machine lab. See my bookmarked toots if you're curious.

Finally, I occasionally write about tech/nerd-related things over at https://www.totes-legit-notmalware.site where I expose that I have a short fuse, and no filter.

Work-Related hashtags:
#Iocs #ThreatIntel #DFIR #Malware #NSM #suricata #snort #BEC #phishing #APT #ThreatDetection

Hobbies:
#VideoGames #XCOM2 #Minecraft #Synthetik #Fallout #Skyrim #Anime #Manga #Adventure #Fantasy #Isekai #HomeImprovement #WoodWorking #MetalWorking #HomeLab

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I DO NOT LIKE YOU SAM ALT-MAN

I DO NOT LIKE YOUR AI AND SPAM.

I WILL NOT USE IT FOR A PLANE

I WILL NOT GIVE IT MY DATA FOR IT TO TRAIN

I DO NOT LIKE AI AND SPAM.
Tinker ☀️ · 2w
All "privacy oriented" commercial VPNs are honeypots. You can't change my mind on that. Mullvad VPN has heavy marketing in Washington DC (their ads are plastered all across the metro stops frequent...
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@nprofile1q... Fuckin' preach brother. Been sayin' this for years. There have been numerous events where big-name VPN providers claim they're not logging anything, and it turns out that they were the entire time.

Its the same reason why I despise DNS over HTTPS. "Why do you hate privacy bro?". I dunno. Why do you enjoy handing all of your DNS records over to cloudflare, a company that has a pretty shitty track record and are nazi sympathizers?

If you want it done right, you do it yourself. Its not easy, but being reasonably sure never is.
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dipshit is putting up a fence around the reflecting pool because's he's tired of his failures being pointed out. Real lil' bitch energy, ngl.
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played more rimworld today. the map I'm on has a single megascarab and megaspider bug colony in the middle of the map. "This shit is a liability. I need to be rid of it.

Two reloads later....

I just moved one of my batteries, hooked up 4 turrets to the battery to power them, and they all fucking shreded the whole colony of bugs on their own. LMAO I should've built these turrets earlier!