Ian Nickles
@inickles.bsky.social
science, infosec, snowboarding.
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come work with me! @oxide.computer is currently hiring for a whole bunch of different engineering roles, up and down the stack — from distributed systems to electrical engineering!
You're not seeing double! New engineering positions are posted for the second week in a row. Come join the team! oxide.computer/careers
April 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
come work with me! @oxide.computer is currently hiring for a whole bunch of different engineering roles, up and down the stack — from distributed systems to electrical engineering!
Pete Hegseth: "We are currently clean on OPSEC"
March 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Pete Hegseth: "We are currently clean on OPSEC"
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Scoop: The databases powering DOGE.gov are insecure, and people outside the government have already pushed their own updates to the site to prove it:
www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...
www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...
Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website
"THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN."
www.404media.co
February 14, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Scoop: The databases powering DOGE.gov are insecure, and people outside the government have already pushed their own updates to the site to prove it:
www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...
www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...
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Device code phishing strikes again www.volexity.com/blog/2025/02...
Multiple Russian Threat Actors Targeting Microsoft Device Code Authentication
Starting in mid-January 2025, Volexity identified several social-engineering and spear-phishing campaigns by Russian threat actors aimed at compromising Microsoft 365 (M365) accounts. These attack cam...
www.volexity.com
February 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Device code phishing strikes again www.volexity.com/blog/2025/02...
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After the holidays I am ready for my vacation next week where I return to work.
January 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
After the holidays I am ready for my vacation next week where I return to work.
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Lately, every BSides seems to have a talk on reframing security teams as a “Department of Yes”
We don’t hear nearly as much about the value of a well-considered, strategically deployed “No”
I've pulled together guidance on giving a better, more constructive No:
ramimac.me/saying-no
We don’t hear nearly as much about the value of a well-considered, strategically deployed “No”
I've pulled together guidance on giving a better, more constructive No:
ramimac.me/saying-no
How to Say “No” Well
Security’s pivot from ‘Department of No’ to ‘Department of Yes’ misses the real lesson - how to say ‘No’ the right way.
ramimac.me
December 30, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Lately, every BSides seems to have a talk on reframing security teams as a “Department of Yes”
We don’t hear nearly as much about the value of a well-considered, strategically deployed “No”
I've pulled together guidance on giving a better, more constructive No:
ramimac.me/saying-no
We don’t hear nearly as much about the value of a well-considered, strategically deployed “No”
I've pulled together guidance on giving a better, more constructive No:
ramimac.me/saying-no
When You Get Your Password Wrong
YouTube video by Fairbairn Films
youtu.be
December 20, 2024 at 9:35 PM
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The new oxide.computer is live 🚀
Oxide Computer Company
Servers as they should be. Hardware, with the software baked in, for running infrastructure at scale.
oxide.computer
December 17, 2024 at 8:32 PM
The new oxide.computer is live 🚀
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 is a grind.
December 13, 2024 at 10:59 PM
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 is a grind.
First time in DC. Got to see the Apollo 11 command module at the Smithsonian National Air and Space museum.
December 5, 2024 at 3:17 AM
First time in DC. Got to see the Apollo 11 command module at the Smithsonian National Air and Space museum.
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Great article on our work with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and how they'll use their new Cloud Computer
Oxides rackscale compute platform lands at LNLL
System to serve as a proof of concept for applying API-driven automation to scientific computing
buff.ly
November 21, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Great article on our work with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and how they'll use their new Cloud Computer