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May have an orchid problem
Bad photography
Worse dad jokes
The worst Infosec hot takes
Podcast: https://defensivesecurity.org
Blog […]
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I am making my way home from my first evening workout at the local gym. It was kind of awkward because it was all young beautiful people doing their after work routine I guess plus me.
November 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I am making my way home from my first evening workout at the local gym. It was kind of awkward because it was all young beautiful people doing their after work routine I guess plus me.
While talking about datacenters and power withomy youngest son, who’s an economist at a construction services company, I had the most brilliant trillion dollar idea: natural gas powered fuel cells in place of server power supplies. Instead of those super problematic power cords and PDUs and […]
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infosec.exchange
November 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
While talking about datacenters and power withomy youngest son, who’s an economist at a construction services company, I had the most brilliant trillion dollar idea: natural gas powered fuel cells in place of server power supplies. Instead of those super problematic power cords and PDUs and […]
Do you ever sit and think about how it was probably Claud Code that let the Cylons take over humanity's computer systems? Me neither.
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Do you ever sit and think about how it was probably Claud Code that let the Cylons take over humanity's computer systems? Me neither.
Who could have guessed that putting a 6 year depreciation schedule on billions of dollars of assets that will need to be replaced in 3 years might lead to a stock bust. I am predicting that we’re going to see an “FDIC for AI infrastructure providers” soon.
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Who could have guessed that putting a 6 year depreciation schedule on billions of dollars of assets that will need to be replaced in 3 years might lead to a stock bust. I am predicting that we’re going to see an “FDIC for AI infrastructure providers” soon.
I had a chance to pick some locks at bsides Atlanta last Saturday for the first time since my hand surgery. I certainly haven’t gotten any better at it since last time 😞
November 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I had a chance to pick some locks at bsides Atlanta last Saturday for the first time since my hand surgery. I certainly haven’t gotten any better at it since last time 😞
I do feel like MS/Azure, AWS, and Cloudflare need to do a better job of coordinating their outages so some of yall can get some much needed time away from IT
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I do feel like MS/Azure, AWS, and Cloudflare need to do a better job of coordinating their outages so some of yall can get some much needed time away from IT
Wowzer. All the state run media is down - X, truthsocial, etc. well, I guess foxnews and NYT are still up, so not ALL the state sponsored media
November 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Wowzer. All the state run media is down - X, truthsocial, etc. well, I guess foxnews and NYT are still up, so not ALL the state sponsored media
I guess it’s good that we’re still up so people can complain about all the other stuff being down?
November 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I guess it’s good that we’re still up so people can complain about all the other stuff being down?
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Wow, what a wonderful day at @bsidesatl ! They put on a great conference and I was honored to have been part of it. I held a privacy workshop and gave a #fedvierse talk. I just posted the worksheets from the workshop and the presentation from the talk over on the #bsidesatl Discord:
November 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Wow, what a wonderful day at @bsidesatl ! They put on a great conference and I was honored to have been part of it. I held a privacy workshop and gave a #fedvierse talk. I just posted the worksheets from the workshop and the presentation from the talk over on the #bsidesatl Discord:
I’m off to BSides Atlanta. If you’re going, I hope to see you there!
November 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I’m off to BSides Atlanta. If you’re going, I hope to see you there!
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 329 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BaNujBx62Y https://defensivesecurity.org/defensive-security-podcast-episode-329/
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https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/ey_exposes_4tb_sql_database/
https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/zombie-projects-rise-again-undermine-security
https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/cloud-outages-highlight-need-resilient-secure-infrastructure-recovery
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November 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 329 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BaNujBx62Y https://defensivesecurity.org/defensive-security-podcast-episode-329/
Apropos of nothing, I was just reflecting on how odd it was that when the FAA announced it was banning private jets at major airports, suddenly the senate has enough votes to pass the CR. I'm sure it's a coincidence.
November 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Apropos of nothing, I was just reflecting on how odd it was that when the FAA announced it was banning private jets at major airports, suddenly the senate has enough votes to pass the CR. I'm sure it's a coincidence.
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![Financial Times headline: How high are OpenAI's compute costs? Possibly a lot higher than we thought [picture of Sam Altman as the this-is-fine dog on fire meme]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wi4jfbq4d4khbmikgi2kgm7a/bafkreihm4jhdljceyytcep5dec2p5orlyjnz7x5zfxoswhxeudtef5cyq4@jpeg)
I finally got a decent monitor for my teleprompter. The old one was too small and not very bright (yeah yeah, just like me), but this one is perfect size and very bright
November 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I finally got a decent monitor for my teleprompter. The old one was too small and not very bright (yeah yeah, just like me), but this one is perfect size and very bright
I did not have "new surge of accounts on infosec.exchange due to X bungling their passkey migration" on my bingo card for today
November 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I did not have "new surge of accounts on infosec.exchange due to X bungling their passkey migration" on my bingo card for today
The state of Nevada released a “forensics report” from their recent ransomware incident. It’ll be featured on the next DefSec episode, but I thought this level of fuckery deserved extra attention. I applaud/abhor Nevada’s ability to turn a breach report into political grandstanding […]
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November 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The state of Nevada released a “forensics report” from their recent ransomware incident. It’ll be featured on the next DefSec episode, but I thought this level of fuckery deserved extra attention. I applaud/abhor Nevada’s ability to turn a breach report into political grandstanding […]
Looks like business world is finally waking up to what we’ve know for a long time: the companies are astroturfing the job market with fake job openings. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/11/ghost-job-postings-add-another-layer-of-uncertainty-to-stalled-jobs-picture.html
'Ghost job' postings are adding another layer of uncertainty to the stalling jobs picture
Since the beginning of 2024, job openings have outnumbered hires by more than 2.2 million a month.
www.cnbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Looks like business world is finally waking up to what we’ve know for a long time: the companies are astroturfing the job market with fake job openings. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/11/ghost-job-postings-add-another-layer-of-uncertainty-to-stalled-jobs-picture.html
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I have another Reddit AMA scheduled! Tell your youts! https://www.reddit.com/r/SecurityCareerAdvice/s/LQquOxjhjG
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I have another Reddit AMA scheduled! Tell your youts! https://www.reddit.com/r/SecurityCareerAdvice/s/LQquOxjhjG
What a difference a day makes. Yesterday I walked the dog in short shorts and a T-shirt. Today it’s longjohns pants, thermal socks, long sleeve shirt, winter coat, winter hat, winter coat hood up and I’m still cold.
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
What a difference a day makes. Yesterday I walked the dog in short shorts and a T-shirt. Today it’s longjohns pants, thermal socks, long sleeve shirt, winter coat, winter hat, winter coat hood up and I’m still cold.
I decided to bite the bullet and get the laser for Lacie. It’s a lot more work than I had expected.
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I decided to bite the bullet and get the laser for Lacie. It’s a lot more work than I had expected.
I’m just saying, we didn’t have these polar vortex problems before all those traffic circles went in here in Atlanta :illuminati:
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I’m just saying, we didn’t have these polar vortex problems before all those traffic circles went in here in Atlanta :illuminati:
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Putting the finishing touches on my presentation at @bsidesatl next weekend. "The #fediverse: Embracing the Hacker Ethos for a Decentralized Social Media Experience". We may even have a special guest join us, @jerry. #bsides
https://www.bsidesatl.info/
https://www.bsidesatl.info/
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Putting the finishing touches on my presentation at @bsidesatl next weekend. "The #fediverse: Embracing the Hacker Ethos for a Decentralized Social Media Experience". We may even have a special guest join us, @jerry. #bsides
https://www.bsidesatl.info/
https://www.bsidesatl.info/
Last beach day of 2025. Back to reality tomorrow 😕
November 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Last beach day of 2025. Back to reality tomorrow 😕
Lacie and the shirt of shame
November 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Lacie and the shirt of shame
“Form a steering committee” is the answer to waaay too many questions in the CISM study guide
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
“Form a steering committee” is the answer to waaay too many questions in the CISM study guide