Brian Pendleton (Yaga)
@bwp.bsky.social
DSc in Cybersecurity. Proud Apache. AI security researcher. Lover of books, cats, dogs, and movies. ARVA board member. AI Village officer. DEFCON goon.
I really dislike it when an airline still shows a flight boarding and taking off on time when the plane hasn’t reached the gate 5 minutes before boarding begins
August 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I really dislike it when an airline still shows a flight boarding and taking off on time when the plane hasn’t reached the gate 5 minutes before boarding begins
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#GRT3 Update: The @aivillage_dc will be hosting their third Generative Red Team event online in about a month. To learn more and get involved, visit grt.aivillage.org
August 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
#GRT3 Update: The @aivillage_dc will be hosting their third Generative Red Team event online in about a month. To learn more and get involved, visit grt.aivillage.org
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"By volunteering in cybersecurity, you protect what matters most in your community while gaining the skills, connections and confidence to pursue your career goals. Service need not be a detour from your professional path - for many, it is the path itself."
www.bankinfosecurity.com/blogs/click-...
www.bankinfosecurity.com/blogs/click-...
Click Here to Serve: How Volunteering Builds Cyber Careers
When people think about a career in cybersecurity, they often picture certifications, technical exams and entry-level jobs that require years of preparation. For those coming from non-traditional back...
www.bankinfosecurity.com
August 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
"By volunteering in cybersecurity, you protect what matters most in your community while gaining the skills, connections and confidence to pursue your career goals. Service need not be a detour from your professional path - for many, it is the path itself."
www.bankinfosecurity.com/blogs/click-...
www.bankinfosecurity.com/blogs/click-...
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lol, you can steal a boat at @DEFCON / @MaritimeVillage
https://maritimehackingvillage.com/dc33/maritime-gta
https://maritimehackingvillage.com/dc33/maritime-gta
August 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
lol, you can steal a boat at @DEFCON / @MaritimeVillage
https://maritimehackingvillage.com/dc33/maritime-gta
https://maritimehackingvillage.com/dc33/maritime-gta
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Come to LLMSEC at ACL & hear Niloofar's keynote
"What does it mean for agentic AI to preserve privacy?" - Niloofar Mireshghallah, Meta/CMU
(Friday 1st Aug, 11.00; Austria Center Vienna Hall B)
See you there!
#acl2025 #acl2025nlp
"What does it mean for agentic AI to preserve privacy?" - Niloofar Mireshghallah, Meta/CMU
(Friday 1st Aug, 11.00; Austria Center Vienna Hall B)
See you there!
#acl2025 #acl2025nlp
July 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Come to LLMSEC at ACL & hear Niloofar's keynote
"What does it mean for agentic AI to preserve privacy?" - Niloofar Mireshghallah, Meta/CMU
(Friday 1st Aug, 11.00; Austria Center Vienna Hall B)
See you there!
#acl2025 #acl2025nlp
"What does it mean for agentic AI to preserve privacy?" - Niloofar Mireshghallah, Meta/CMU
(Friday 1st Aug, 11.00; Austria Center Vienna Hall B)
See you there!
#acl2025 #acl2025nlp
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Are you attending Def Con? If so, please consider registering (and attending!) my 2-hour, live, "Building Better Security Champions Workshop" with Stanley Harris of Katilyst! It's in the #OWASP Community room, and you need a #DefCon ticket to go.
https://twp.ai/9PUwCL @owasp.org
https://twp.ai/9PUwCL @owasp.org
July 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Are you attending Def Con? If so, please consider registering (and attending!) my 2-hour, live, "Building Better Security Champions Workshop" with Stanley Harris of Katilyst! It's in the #OWASP Community room, and you need a #DefCon ticket to go.
https://twp.ai/9PUwCL @owasp.org
https://twp.ai/9PUwCL @owasp.org
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Join myself, and many other women, in Las Vegas for a WWT -sponsored breakfast with The Forte Group, on Thursday August 7th from 8-10 am. Meet other women in cyber, make friends and network!
https://twp.ai/9PV5RJ
https://twp.ai/9PV5RJ
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Blackhat Women In Security Breakfast
twp.ai
July 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Join myself, and many other women, in Las Vegas for a WWT -sponsored breakfast with The Forte Group, on Thursday August 7th from 8-10 am. Meet other women in cyber, make friends and network!
https://twp.ai/9PV5RJ
https://twp.ai/9PV5RJ
One of the worst kept secrets at DoD and other USG agencies is how contractors put profits over national security
www.propublica.org/article/micr... Microsoft “Digital Escorts” Could Expose Defense Dept. Data to Chinese Hackers — ProPublica
www.propublica.org/article/micr... Microsoft “Digital Escorts” Could Expose Defense Dept. Data to Chinese Hackers — ProPublica
A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers
The Pentagon bans foreign citizens from accessing highly sensitive data, but Microsoft bypasses this by using engineers in China and elsewhere to remotely instruct American “escorts” who may lack expe...
www.propublica.org
July 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
One of the worst kept secrets at DoD and other USG agencies is how contractors put profits over national security
www.propublica.org/article/micr... Microsoft “Digital Escorts” Could Expose Defense Dept. Data to Chinese Hackers — ProPublica
www.propublica.org/article/micr... Microsoft “Digital Escorts” Could Expose Defense Dept. Data to Chinese Hackers — ProPublica
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A good idea can come from anywhere! 🤯
While you're relaxing over the #4thofJuly holiday weekend, think about that talk you've always wanted to give or a topic you don't hear enough about at #InfoSec conferences
... then submit to our #CFP by Aug 15th!
sessionize.com/bsidesnova-2...
While you're relaxing over the #4thofJuly holiday weekend, think about that talk you've always wanted to give or a topic you don't hear enough about at #InfoSec conferences
... then submit to our #CFP by Aug 15th!
sessionize.com/bsidesnova-2...
July 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
A good idea can come from anywhere! 🤯
While you're relaxing over the #4thofJuly holiday weekend, think about that talk you've always wanted to give or a topic you don't hear enough about at #InfoSec conferences
... then submit to our #CFP by Aug 15th!
sessionize.com/bsidesnova-2...
While you're relaxing over the #4thofJuly holiday weekend, think about that talk you've always wanted to give or a topic you don't hear enough about at #InfoSec conferences
... then submit to our #CFP by Aug 15th!
sessionize.com/bsidesnova-2...
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🍂 We're already thinking ahead to October🍂
🍂 You should, too, if you want to get in on our Security BSides fun in Northern Virginia🍂
📣 Call for Presentations
🏫 George Mason U - Arlington
🗓️ Friday, October 10th & Saturday, October 11th
🤖 sessionize.com/bsidesnova-2...
🍂 You should, too, if you want to get in on our Security BSides fun in Northern Virginia🍂
📣 Call for Presentations
🏫 George Mason U - Arlington
🗓️ Friday, October 10th & Saturday, October 11th
🤖 sessionize.com/bsidesnova-2...
July 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
🍂 We're already thinking ahead to October🍂
🍂 You should, too, if you want to get in on our Security BSides fun in Northern Virginia🍂
📣 Call for Presentations
🏫 George Mason U - Arlington
🗓️ Friday, October 10th & Saturday, October 11th
🤖 sessionize.com/bsidesnova-2...
🍂 You should, too, if you want to get in on our Security BSides fun in Northern Virginia🍂
📣 Call for Presentations
🏫 George Mason U - Arlington
🗓️ Friday, October 10th & Saturday, October 11th
🤖 sessionize.com/bsidesnova-2...
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If you're interested in the security of agentic systems, you're not going to want to miss this talk. @beccalunch.bsky.social will present NVIDIA AI Red Team findings in real world agentic systems, and I'll talk about how the AI Security team helps mitigate them.
www.blackhat.com/us-25/briefi...
www.blackhat.com/us-25/briefi...
Black Hat
Black Hat
www.blackhat.com
May 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
If you're interested in the security of agentic systems, you're not going to want to miss this talk. @beccalunch.bsky.social will present NVIDIA AI Red Team findings in real world agentic systems, and I'll talk about how the AI Security team helps mitigate them.
www.blackhat.com/us-25/briefi...
www.blackhat.com/us-25/briefi...
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Introducing our new blog series: "From Compute to Congress: Decoding AI Policy" by Dreadnode Head of Policy Daria Bahrami | Read the first post here: dreadnode.io/blog/from-co...
May 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Introducing our new blog series: "From Compute to Congress: Decoding AI Policy" by Dreadnode Head of Policy Daria Bahrami | Read the first post here: dreadnode.io/blog/from-co...
It’s a real bitch when you finally realize you’re getting old
April 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It’s a real bitch when you finally realize you’re getting old
The rising moon is so beautiful right now
April 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The rising moon is so beautiful right now
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Down the rabbit hole we go! The @SecurityBSides Las Vegas #CFP is still open through April 21. Submit your talk & join Alice (& Bob) in Wonderland for #SecuritySummerCamp bsideslv.org/cfp
April 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Down the rabbit hole we go! The @SecurityBSides Las Vegas #CFP is still open through April 21. Submit your talk & join Alice (& Bob) in Wonderland for #SecuritySummerCamp bsideslv.org/cfp
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Spring has sprung. Birds are singing, flower buds are budding and the #DEFCON33 website is open. Bookmark defcon.org/html/defcon-... for all the latest info on everything #DC33. August will be here before you know it and you’ll want to be in the loop.
Stay in touch, and we’ll see you at #defcon.
Stay in touch, and we’ll see you at #defcon.
April 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Spring has sprung. Birds are singing, flower buds are budding and the #DEFCON33 website is open. Bookmark defcon.org/html/defcon-... for all the latest info on everything #DC33. August will be here before you know it and you’ll want to be in the loop.
Stay in touch, and we’ll see you at #defcon.
Stay in touch, and we’ll see you at #defcon.
Let’s go, Ovi!
LET’S GO CAPS!!
LET’S GO CAPS!!
April 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Let’s go, Ovi!
LET’S GO CAPS!!
LET’S GO CAPS!!
1958ish was when perceptrons were described for ML. Later neural networks were developed and both were “based” on the human brain and how it processes information. However, we know that today’s NNs are not really like the networks in our brains.
March 31, 2025 at 9:28 PM
1958ish was when perceptrons were described for ML. Later neural networks were developed and both were “based” on the human brain and how it processes information. However, we know that today’s NNs are not really like the networks in our brains.
I'd love to see a Youtube channel that wildlife documentaries like NatGeo but set in the Forgotten Realms. Our D&D Steve Irwin/Jeff Corwin-type would roam around showing us how monsters live in the wild.
They would have a high-level cleric or druid as a companion to rez them
/1
They would have a high-level cleric or druid as a companion to rez them
/1
March 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I'd love to see a Youtube channel that wildlife documentaries like NatGeo but set in the Forgotten Realms. Our D&D Steve Irwin/Jeff Corwin-type would roam around showing us how monsters live in the wild.
They would have a high-level cleric or druid as a companion to rez them
/1
They would have a high-level cleric or druid as a companion to rez them
/1
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🌭🔪⚾️🦥🔥🔄🤨🛜
8 new Challenges now live in Crucible: platform.dreadnode.io/crucible
These Challenges might look familiar… they first appeared at DEFCON 30 and were recently refactored for Crucible—enjoy! [Filter>Subject>DEFCON-30]
8 new Challenges now live in Crucible: platform.dreadnode.io/crucible
These Challenges might look familiar… they first appeared at DEFCON 30 and were recently refactored for Crucible—enjoy! [Filter>Subject>DEFCON-30]
March 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
🌭🔪⚾️🦥🔥🔄🤨🛜
8 new Challenges now live in Crucible: platform.dreadnode.io/crucible
These Challenges might look familiar… they first appeared at DEFCON 30 and were recently refactored for Crucible—enjoy! [Filter>Subject>DEFCON-30]
8 new Challenges now live in Crucible: platform.dreadnode.io/crucible
These Challenges might look familiar… they first appeared at DEFCON 30 and were recently refactored for Crucible—enjoy! [Filter>Subject>DEFCON-30]
I was interviewed for a podcast a few weeks ago and rambled so much they split the conversation into 2 parts.
This isn’t a post to drive you to that listen/watch the interview, no.
This post is about being reminded of how much I annoy my friends because I answer questions before they finish them
This isn’t a post to drive you to that listen/watch the interview, no.
This post is about being reminded of how much I annoy my friends because I answer questions before they finish them
March 20, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I was interviewed for a podcast a few weeks ago and rambled so much they split the conversation into 2 parts.
This isn’t a post to drive you to that listen/watch the interview, no.
This post is about being reminded of how much I annoy my friends because I answer questions before they finish them
This isn’t a post to drive you to that listen/watch the interview, no.
This post is about being reminded of how much I annoy my friends because I answer questions before they finish them
I just read that Ted Lasso will be back for a fourth season. Super excited about that.
However, I do have to ask why any TV show or movie has to have more executive producers than main and supporting actors. (By my count, TL has 11 EPs)
However, I do have to ask why any TV show or movie has to have more executive producers than main and supporting actors. (By my count, TL has 11 EPs)
March 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I just read that Ted Lasso will be back for a fourth season. Super excited about that.
However, I do have to ask why any TV show or movie has to have more executive producers than main and supporting actors. (By my count, TL has 11 EPs)
However, I do have to ask why any TV show or movie has to have more executive producers than main and supporting actors. (By my count, TL has 11 EPs)