Brian Baskin
@bbaskin.bsky.social
Just someone that dabbles in threat research, malware analysis, RE, incident response, CTFs, and old school forensics.
Apologetic ginger.
Apologetic ginger.
When you use your personal email for a work project and end up screwing yourself for 24 hours...
New distraction task, find out how my scripts hit a 2000/day limit so quickly
New distraction task, find out how my scripts hit a 2000/day limit so quickly
November 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
When you use your personal email for a work project and end up screwing yourself for 24 hours...
New distraction task, find out how my scripts hit a 2000/day limit so quickly
New distraction task, find out how my scripts hit a 2000/day limit so quickly
Today was my 8th time under anesthesia within the last year.
Joked with anesthesiologist about having a frequent sleeper card to punch while I'm out.
Get 10 and get a free breakfast at hospital café 😂 (because each requires fasting through breakfast)
Joked with anesthesiologist about having a frequent sleeper card to punch while I'm out.
Get 10 and get a free breakfast at hospital café 😂 (because each requires fasting through breakfast)
November 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Today was my 8th time under anesthesia within the last year.
Joked with anesthesiologist about having a frequent sleeper card to punch while I'm out.
Get 10 and get a free breakfast at hospital café 😂 (because each requires fasting through breakfast)
Joked with anesthesiologist about having a frequent sleeper card to punch while I'm out.
Get 10 and get a free breakfast at hospital café 😂 (because each requires fasting through breakfast)
The work day has just barely started and I already know that I'm going to be in a bad mood
November 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The work day has just barely started and I already know that I'm going to be in a bad mood
I had some time to work on the RE Rust Tickler challenges from @HuntressLabs recent CTF.
Specifically, I wanted to focus on @vector35 Binary Ninja's TTD implementation
Over weekend I made some quick write-ups on how I approached these easier challenges.
github.com/Rurik/CTF/tr...
Specifically, I wanted to focus on @vector35 Binary Ninja's TTD implementation
Over weekend I made some quick write-ups on how I approached these easier challenges.
github.com/Rurik/CTF/tr...
CTF/Huntress_2025 at master · Rurik/CTF
Various CTF code. Contribute to Rurik/CTF development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I had some time to work on the RE Rust Tickler challenges from @HuntressLabs recent CTF.
Specifically, I wanted to focus on @vector35 Binary Ninja's TTD implementation
Over weekend I made some quick write-ups on how I approached these easier challenges.
github.com/Rurik/CTF/tr...
Specifically, I wanted to focus on @vector35 Binary Ninja's TTD implementation
Over weekend I made some quick write-ups on how I approached these easier challenges.
github.com/Rurik/CTF/tr...
AI is going to take over the world!
October 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
AI is going to take over the world!
I cut out TV and games for the last five weeks to focus.
Making up for lost time starting tonight
Making up for lost time starting tonight
October 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I cut out TV and games for the last five weeks to focus.
Making up for lost time starting tonight
Making up for lost time starting tonight
AI - Master of the backhanded compliment
October 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
AI - Master of the backhanded compliment
LinkedIn: AI is going to take over the world! Be prepared
Twitter: AI is kinda helping. It can do some cool things
Me: If Claude was a person I would be in jail for aggravated assault
Twitter: AI is kinda helping. It can do some cool things
Me: If Claude was a person I would be in jail for aggravated assault
October 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
LinkedIn: AI is going to take over the world! Be prepared
Twitter: AI is kinda helping. It can do some cool things
Me: If Claude was a person I would be in jail for aggravated assault
Twitter: AI is kinda helping. It can do some cool things
Me: If Claude was a person I would be in jail for aggravated assault
The Binary Ninja 5.2 dev release is showing some amazing work with their new Time Travel Debugging (TTD) interface. This makes a huge impact on analysis!
(and fits well on my UW monitor)
(and fits well on my UW monitor)
October 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The Binary Ninja 5.2 dev release is showing some amazing work with their new Time Travel Debugging (TTD) interface. This makes a huge impact on analysis!
(and fits well on my UW monitor)
(and fits well on my UW monitor)
Debugging is a long journey
Plan random rest breaks along the way
Plan random rest breaks along the way
October 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Debugging is a long journey
Plan random rest breaks along the way
Plan random rest breaks along the way
A gorgeous start to GrrCon
October 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
A gorgeous start to GrrCon
#flareon12 reduced to four weeks, meanwhile the first week I'm preparing a talk and work traveling ...
I should tack on days and sequester myself in a hotel room with room service the entire time
I should tack on days and sequester myself in a hotel room with room service the entire time
September 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
#flareon12 reduced to four weeks, meanwhile the first week I'm preparing a talk and work traveling ...
I should tack on days and sequester myself in a hotel room with room service the entire time
I should tack on days and sequester myself in a hotel room with room service the entire time
Rewriting Noriben to be class-based Python, now that I'm learning it properly.
And playing with process tree output ...
As I do all my best work from hotel rooms.
And playing with process tree output ...
As I do all my best work from hotel rooms.
September 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Rewriting Noriben to be class-based Python, now that I'm learning it properly.
And playing with process tree output ...
As I do all my best work from hotel rooms.
And playing with process tree output ...
As I do all my best work from hotel rooms.
When somewhere along the line a dash in your text was converted to an emdash and now you're afraid everyone will think AI wrote it.
Back in my day we accepted grammar fixes without question ...
Back in my day we accepted grammar fixes without question ...
August 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
When somewhere along the line a dash in your text was converted to an emdash and now you're afraid everyone will think AI wrote it.
Back in my day we accepted grammar fixes without question ...
Back in my day we accepted grammar fixes without question ...
10 years ago: "This code is too simple. No helper functions, no documentation. You must have copied it from StackOverflow."
Today: "This code is too complex. Too many helper functions and solid documentation. You must have used AI."
Today: "This code is too complex. Too many helper functions and solid documentation. You must have used AI."
August 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
10 years ago: "This code is too simple. No helper functions, no documentation. You must have copied it from StackOverflow."
Today: "This code is too complex. Too many helper functions and solid documentation. You must have used AI."
Today: "This code is too complex. Too many helper functions and solid documentation. You must have used AI."
For the "did we run into each other at Vegas?" questions, this is my standard dress code for all events 😂
Too bad there's not more room for stickers, being strategic about which to use.
You'll also find me with the cane at future events so I'm easy to spot.
Too bad there's not more room for stickers, being strategic about which to use.
You'll also find me with the cane at future events so I'm easy to spot.
August 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
For the "did we run into each other at Vegas?" questions, this is my standard dress code for all events 😂
Too bad there's not more room for stickers, being strategic about which to use.
You'll also find me with the cane at future events so I'm easy to spot.
Too bad there's not more room for stickers, being strategic about which to use.
You'll also find me with the cane at future events so I'm easy to spot.
Home from Vegas and recovering from sickness. But left with a lot of memories. It's been years since I was properly out and I really missed seeing all my friends.
August 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Home from Vegas and recovering from sickness. But left with a lot of memories. It's been years since I was properly out and I really missed seeing all my friends.
And cue the random taxi drivers with "DEF CON? So, my phone and all my accounts are hacked. How can I tell if it's a foreign government?" questions
August 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
And cue the random taxi drivers with "DEF CON? So, my phone and all my accounts are hacked. How can I tell if it's a foreign government?" questions
Reposted by Brian Baskin
The Officially Unofficial Sticker Swap will be held Saturday, August 9th from 2pm to 4pm in the HallwayCon Lounge area on Level 2.
Spread the word…
Spread the word…
July 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The Officially Unofficial Sticker Swap will be held Saturday, August 9th from 2pm to 4pm in the HallwayCon Lounge area on Level 2.
Spread the word…
Spread the word…
My love to the @bsideslv.org team.
Being a ginger, and not a day walker, there was a real risk of me dying from the sun. So they gifted me a safety package with umbrella 😂
Being a ginger, and not a day walker, there was a real risk of me dying from the sun. So they gifted me a safety package with umbrella 😂
August 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
My love to the @bsideslv.org team.
Being a ginger, and not a day walker, there was a real risk of me dying from the sun. So they gifted me a safety package with umbrella 😂
Being a ginger, and not a day walker, there was a real risk of me dying from the sun. So they gifted me a safety package with umbrella 😂
Firing up the "aggressively working out of hotel room" playlist
August 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Firing up the "aggressively working out of hotel room" playlist
Huge admiration to custom badges and CTF made for the Sublime Security company retreat. Amazing work!
August 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Huge admiration to custom badges and CTF made for the Sublime Security company retreat. Amazing work!
Exhaustion: When you spend two hours trying everything to inject a DLL into a process to drop data, in every which way possible, and then realize you're working on the wrong file.
July 31, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Exhaustion: When you spend two hours trying everything to inject a DLL into a process to drop data, in every which way possible, and then realize you're working on the wrong file.
Vegas will be fun and pleasantly crushing next week. Eight days, four events, and giving two talks
For friends I haven't seen since pre-COVID, I'm now sober (still drink at bars) and walk with a limp but am still the same ginger you know and love ... now with long curly hair!
For friends I haven't seen since pre-COVID, I'm now sober (still drink at bars) and walk with a limp but am still the same ginger you know and love ... now with long curly hair!
July 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Vegas will be fun and pleasantly crushing next week. Eight days, four events, and giving two talks
For friends I haven't seen since pre-COVID, I'm now sober (still drink at bars) and walk with a limp but am still the same ginger you know and love ... now with long curly hair!
For friends I haven't seen since pre-COVID, I'm now sober (still drink at bars) and walk with a limp but am still the same ginger you know and love ... now with long curly hair!
Slide deck for 20-min talk is almost complete...
July 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Slide deck for 20-min talk is almost complete...