Randy
@irishdeath.bsky.social
Dad above all other jobs
Detection Engineering and Threat Hunting
Email and Empathy
Detection Engineering and Threat Hunting
Email and Empathy
Check your WhatsApp version if you use an iPhone or Mac: the flaw affects WhatsApp for iOS before version 2.25.21.73, WhatsApp Business for iOS before version 2.25.21.78, and WhatsApp for Mac before version 2.25.21.78.
WhatsApp 0-Day Exploited in Attacks on Targeted iOS and macOS Users
WhatsApp 0-Day Exploited in Attacks on Targeted iOS and macOS Users
Follow us on Bluesky, Twitter (X), Mastodon and Facebook at @Hackread
buff.ly
September 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Check your WhatsApp version if you use an iPhone or Mac: the flaw affects WhatsApp for iOS before version 2.25.21.73, WhatsApp Business for iOS before version 2.25.21.78, and WhatsApp for Mac before version 2.25.21.78.
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Those abusing copyright can wield the court’s power to override an internet user’s right to anonymous speech, without permission from a judge. But now that power has been limited. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Victory! Ninth Circuit Limits Intrusive DMCA Subpoenas
The Ninth Circuit upheld an important limitation on Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) subpoenas that other federal courts have recognized for more than two decades. The DMCA, a misguided
www.eff.org
August 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Those abusing copyright can wield the court’s power to override an internet user’s right to anonymous speech, without permission from a judge. But now that power has been limited. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
I love fresh food! I went to the farmer's market and bought a baguette just baked this morning, fresh mozzarella made last night, an heirloom tomato and purple bell pepper picked recently, and added basil snipped from the crazy basil plant that grows like crazy in our dining room
August 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I love fresh food! I went to the farmer's market and bought a baguette just baked this morning, fresh mozzarella made last night, an heirloom tomato and purple bell pepper picked recently, and added basil snipped from the crazy basil plant that grows like crazy in our dining room
Nice analysis of a voicemail themed phishing lure on Gmail: malwr-analysis.com/2025/08/16/w...
Watch Out for This Gmail Scam
This week, I received an email claiming I had a “New Voice Notification”. The email included a big “Listen to Voicemail” button: Looking at the email headers revealed even more: The email was sent …
malwr-analysis.com
August 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Nice analysis of a voicemail themed phishing lure on Gmail: malwr-analysis.com/2025/08/16/w...
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DEATHCon online/remote ticket sale round 1 will start Monday 7th of July at 00:01 UTC! www.worldtimebuddy.com?pl=1&lid=100... Last year they sold out in 24h 😳
On-site tickets will be available on 7/7 at around 10am local time for each site.
All details here: deathcon.io/tickets.html
On-site tickets will be available on 7/7 at around 10am local time for each site.
All details here: deathcon.io/tickets.html
a neon sign that says tickets is lit up in red
ALT: a neon sign that says tickets is lit up in red
media.tenor.com
July 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
DEATHCon online/remote ticket sale round 1 will start Monday 7th of July at 00:01 UTC! www.worldtimebuddy.com?pl=1&lid=100... Last year they sold out in 24h 😳
On-site tickets will be available on 7/7 at around 10am local time for each site.
All details here: deathcon.io/tickets.html
On-site tickets will be available on 7/7 at around 10am local time for each site.
All details here: deathcon.io/tickets.html
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Today in Boston.
Over a million people turned out.
Even the drone couldn't get it all.
#NoKingsDay #BostonStrong #ICEProtest
Over a million people turned out.
Even the drone couldn't get it all.
#NoKingsDay #BostonStrong #ICEProtest
June 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Today in Boston.
Over a million people turned out.
Even the drone couldn't get it all.
#NoKingsDay #BostonStrong #ICEProtest
Over a million people turned out.
Even the drone couldn't get it all.
#NoKingsDay #BostonStrong #ICEProtest
I love the collaboration between law enforcement around the world and threat researchers at cybersecurity firms. So proud of my colleagues at @proofpoint.com Threat Research, our friends at @teamcymrus2.bsky.social, FBI and other law enforcement. Nice disruption!
Today, Proofpoint joins the cybersecurity community and the U.S. and international law enforcement in celebrating the disruption of #DanaBot, a malware-as-a-service used by sophisticated cybercriminals since 2018. brnw.ch/21wSRiZ
A Brief History of DanaBot, Longtime Ecrime Juggernaut Disrupted by Operation Endgame | Proofpoint US
Key Findings: Proofpoint first identified and named DanaBot in May 2018. Initially developed as a banking trojan, DanaBot was also used as an information stealer and loader for follow-on
brnw.ch
May 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I love the collaboration between law enforcement around the world and threat researchers at cybersecurity firms. So proud of my colleagues at @proofpoint.com Threat Research, our friends at @teamcymrus2.bsky.social, FBI and other law enforcement. Nice disruption!
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🌟New report out today!🌟
Another Confluence Bites the Dust: Falling to ELPACO-team Ransomware
Analysis and reporting completed by @pcsc0ut.bsky.social, @irishdeath.bsky.social & @0xtornado
🔊Audio: Available on Spotify, Apple, YouTube and more!
thedfirreport.com/2025/05/19/a...
Another Confluence Bites the Dust: Falling to ELPACO-team Ransomware
Analysis and reporting completed by @pcsc0ut.bsky.social, @irishdeath.bsky.social & @0xtornado
🔊Audio: Available on Spotify, Apple, YouTube and more!
thedfirreport.com/2025/05/19/a...
Another Confluence Bites the Dust: Falling to ELPACO-team Ransomware
Key Takeaways The threat actor first gained entry by exploiting a known vulnerability (CVE-2023-22527) on an internet-facing Confluence server, allowing for remote code execution. Using this access…
thedfirreport.com
May 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
🌟New report out today!🌟
Another Confluence Bites the Dust: Falling to ELPACO-team Ransomware
Analysis and reporting completed by @pcsc0ut.bsky.social, @irishdeath.bsky.social & @0xtornado
🔊Audio: Available on Spotify, Apple, YouTube and more!
thedfirreport.com/2025/05/19/a...
Another Confluence Bites the Dust: Falling to ELPACO-team Ransomware
Analysis and reporting completed by @pcsc0ut.bsky.social, @irishdeath.bsky.social & @0xtornado
🔊Audio: Available on Spotify, Apple, YouTube and more!
thedfirreport.com/2025/05/19/a...
thedfirreport.com/2025/05/19/a...
It was fun working on this Report with @pcsc0ut.bsky.social && 0xtornado. I hope my #threathunting friends will find it helpful. We came up with a new detection for Impacket tools in this investigation
It was fun working on this Report with @pcsc0ut.bsky.social && 0xtornado. I hope my #threathunting friends will find it helpful. We came up with a new detection for Impacket tools in this investigation
a cat and a dog are looking at each other with the words the dust another one written above them
ALT: a cat and a dog are looking at each other with the words the dust another one written above them
media.tenor.com
May 19, 2025 at 7:19 AM
thedfirreport.com/2025/05/19/a...
It was fun working on this Report with @pcsc0ut.bsky.social && 0xtornado. I hope my #threathunting friends will find it helpful. We came up with a new detection for Impacket tools in this investigation
It was fun working on this Report with @pcsc0ut.bsky.social && 0xtornado. I hope my #threathunting friends will find it helpful. We came up with a new detection for Impacket tools in this investigation
I wrote some song lyrics and got help from AI to make a "recording" of it: suno.com/song/360f92b...
This song has a double meaning - on the surface, it is about actual moto-taxi drivers speeding up and down mountain roads. But it's also about how one slip in the gig economy can cost you everything
This song has a double meaning - on the surface, it is about actual moto-taxi drivers speeding up and down mountain roads. But it's also about how one slip in the gig economy can cost you everything
suno.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I wrote some song lyrics and got help from AI to make a "recording" of it: suno.com/song/360f92b...
This song has a double meaning - on the surface, it is about actual moto-taxi drivers speeding up and down mountain roads. But it's also about how one slip in the gig economy can cost you everything
This song has a double meaning - on the surface, it is about actual moto-taxi drivers speeding up and down mountain roads. But it's also about how one slip in the gig economy can cost you everything
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A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
April 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
I was having a fascinating conversation with a Spanish speaker who is learning English, trading tips for each other's native language (I'm trying to learn Spanish). He asked me why the word "get" or "got" has so many different meanings. I didn't know, so I said "You got me there"
a man with a beard is giving a thumbs up and saying `` you got me there ! ''
Alt: a man with a beard is giving a thumbs up and saying `` you got me there ! ''
media.tenor.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I was having a fascinating conversation with a Spanish speaker who is learning English, trading tips for each other's native language (I'm trying to learn Spanish). He asked me why the word "get" or "got" has so many different meanings. I didn't know, so I said "You got me there"
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My prediction in @wired.com: 2025 is the year of AI agents.
The coming psychopolitical regime "directs the environments where our ideas are born, developed, and expressed. Its power lies in its intimacy—it infiltrates our subjectivity.
We will be playing an imitation game that ultimately plays us."
The coming psychopolitical regime "directs the environments where our ideas are born, developed, and expressed. Its power lies in its intimacy—it infiltrates our subjectivity.
We will be playing an imitation game that ultimately plays us."
AI Agents Will Be Manipulation Engines
Surrendering to algorithmic agents risks putting us under their influence.
www.wired.com
December 23, 2024 at 10:21 PM
My prediction in @wired.com: 2025 is the year of AI agents.
The coming psychopolitical regime "directs the environments where our ideas are born, developed, and expressed. Its power lies in its intimacy—it infiltrates our subjectivity.
We will be playing an imitation game that ultimately plays us."
The coming psychopolitical regime "directs the environments where our ideas are born, developed, and expressed. Its power lies in its intimacy—it infiltrates our subjectivity.
We will be playing an imitation game that ultimately plays us."
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Did you know?
In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine.
The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics.
In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine.
The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics.
February 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Did you know?
In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine.
The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics.
In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine.
The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics.
The FBI is being asked to identify all employees who worked on J6 investigations, including thousands of Agents, Analysts, Computer Scientists in field offices and HQ. If you live in the US, please write to your representative and senator in Congress. Sample letter: pastebin.com/aibF74Hc
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pastebin.com
February 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The FBI is being asked to identify all employees who worked on J6 investigations, including thousands of Agents, Analysts, Computer Scientists in field offices and HQ. If you live in the US, please write to your representative and senator in Congress. Sample letter: pastebin.com/aibF74Hc
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I'm excited to be here to kick off the 13th SANS #CTISummit with a keynote by Dr. Jeannie Johnson on anticipatory intelligence!
January 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I'm excited to be here to kick off the 13th SANS #CTISummit with a keynote by Dr. Jeannie Johnson on anticipatory intelligence!
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Four years since my son wrote the best opening to a mystery novel ever written.
January 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Four years since my son wrote the best opening to a mystery novel ever written.
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Cool! A treasure trove of free & interesting images, available from Library of Congress. www.loc.gov/free-to-use/
January 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Cool! A treasure trove of free & interesting images, available from Library of Congress. www.loc.gov/free-to-use/
Whenever my son asks for a Calzone, I try to make an epic Calzone. Tonight's might be the biggest yet
January 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Whenever my son asks for a Calzone, I try to make an epic Calzone. Tonight's might be the biggest yet
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yessssss join us students! and reasonably priced for everyone. we want everyone to be able to attend a quality cybersecurity con! <3
Hey… #CactusCon is Free to Students.
Students: send an email to info@cactuscon.com from your student email address to request a ticket.
@cactuscon.bsky.social will send you a promo code for one free student ticket. 🎟️ #LFG
www.cactuscon.com/cc13-tickets
Students: send an email to info@cactuscon.com from your student email address to request a ticket.
@cactuscon.bsky.social will send you a promo code for one free student ticket. 🎟️ #LFG
www.cactuscon.com/cc13-tickets
CC13 Tickets — CactusCon
www.cactuscon.com
January 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
yessssss join us students! and reasonably priced for everyone. we want everyone to be able to attend a quality cybersecurity con! <3
It's the DEATH Squad Starter Pack!
I've been gathering people and decided to make a starter pack.
go.bsky.app/H1sZu8
go.bsky.app/H1sZu8
January 3, 2025 at 7:26 AM
It's the DEATH Squad Starter Pack!
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I continue to be deeply moved by this statement to the heavens by President Carter.
December 30, 2024 at 2:30 PM
I continue to be deeply moved by this statement to the heavens by President Carter.
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Just a reminder that your local library has more than books! Many also have dvds, cds, video games, game systems, internet hot spots, streaming services, ebooks, audio books, park passes, museum passes, and so much more! Maybe it's time for a visit! ❤️📚
December 29, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Just a reminder that your local library has more than books! Many also have dvds, cds, video games, game systems, internet hot spots, streaming services, ebooks, audio books, park passes, museum passes, and so much more! Maybe it's time for a visit! ❤️📚
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I kept changing my mind which Carter cartoon i should go with. Here's all three.
December 29, 2024 at 10:02 PM
I kept changing my mind which Carter cartoon i should go with. Here's all three.