CSO / Security Professional: GCIH, GCFA, GCFE, GPEN

Boston, MA
Joined January 2016
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This is spectacular! Thank you for your incredible work, @joswr1ght, and for this remarkable gift to the community. TREMENDOUS!
Today at noon EDT I'm launching a book I've been working on for 20 months: Dynamic Incident Response, an iterative IR framework designed for how security teams actually work. Free in all formats. Join me for the launch today: sans.org/engage/dynamic-inci…
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Windows 95 was launched this day 31 years ago
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Walked it off ✔️ Took the series ✔️ 🗒️ bit.ly/3SKWJZT
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Michael Mimo 💽 retweeted
🇳🇴 Norway wins the pre ⚽️ World Cup. By far.
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I'm not sure that finding a null pointer dereference bug in OpenBSD is a big win for AI. Virtual mem page 0x0 was pre-allocated/hardened long ago preventing exploitability. I remember @spendergrsec implementing this protection ~20 years ago in grsec, followed by MS in 2012.
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Marcus Hutchins, the guy famous for stopping the WannaCry Ransomware, probably has the best take on Mythos doing vulnerability research
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New: A Mysterious Code Is Being Broadcast on Shortwave Radio. Is It Iran? theatlantic.com/national-sec… I take a look at the "V32" Farsi numbers station that aired on Feb. 28. Also proxy and cyber attacks, as well as other asymmetric measures Iran might use.
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#AirSnitch is making headlines after its presentation at NDSS Symposium this week. How concerned should you actually be? Join Larry and James, authors of #SEC617: Wireless Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking as they walk you through this research. 🛜 go.sans.org/mDQufx
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New year, new defenses. 🛡️ SMBs: make resilience your #CyberResolutions. Discover 8 practical steps to secure your business: cisa.gov/SecureYourBusiness
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In 2025, we celebrated the U.S. Navy's 250th birthday. Now, join us as we sail into 2026 to celebrate 250 years of American independence and the enduring freedom our Navy protects. Happy New Year!
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It may be a new year, but our resolutions remain the same: provide valuable foreign signals intelligence and protect National Security Systems and the Defense Industrial Base from malicious cyber threats.
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As we begin 2026 and celebrate our Nation's 250th birthday, CIA remains committed to supporting the national security priorities and principles of the United States. We are proud to serve and keep our country safe.
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Well, this is fun!!! @SANSInstitute #Holidayhack real-time solutions for Prologue by @_JohnHammond What fun!!! I'm enjoying seeing him think though all the stuff: youtube.com/watch?v=Xu8YfAUe…
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1995: The animated Japanese movie "Ghost in the Shell" was released. Based on the manga of the same name and set in 2029, the cyborg cop Motoko Kusanagi hunts the mysterious hacker known as the Puppet Master.
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1995: Mudge published "How to Write Buffer Overflows", one of the first papers about buffer overflow exploitation. Afterwards, Mudge sent a copy to Aleph One, who later wrote "Smashing the Stack For Fun and Profit" in 1996. Seminal security paper to seminal security paper.
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Update: Our preliminary Post Incident Review (PIR) is available at the link below.  Details include the incident overview, remediation actions, and preliminary learnings. More to come in our full Root Cause Analysis (RCA). Automated recovery techniques, coupled with strategic service delivery partners, have rapidly accelerated resolution. We can’t repeat enough, we’re aware of the impact and deeply sorry this occurred. We want to thank our customers and industry partners for their support and assistance following the release of a faulty content update. We know what happened and how to make sure it doesn’t happen again. Stay informed with the latest news and updates on our remediation hub: crowdstrike.com/falcon-conte…
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1993: The first DEF CON hacker conference was held at the Sands Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Initially planned by Jeff Moss as a farewell party for a hacker friend, about 100 people attended. It has since grown to become a 4-day conference with as many as 30,000+ attendees.
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60 years ago, Walter Cronkite of @CBSNews interviewed Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander for Operation Overlord: “These people gave us a chance and they bought time for us so that we can do better than we have before.” #DDay80
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