Think security pros are just out here hacking your WhatsApp or Insta?
Think again.
Offensive Security
Security Engineering
Cloud Security
Governance, Risk & Compliance
...and working with tons of data every single day.
Security is way more than Hollywood stereotypes.
It’s architecture, engineering, and building safer systems — not (only) breaking into TikTok accounts.
—
I'm working on a new presentation titled "A Day in the Life of a Security Engineer" for an upcoming talk I'm giving to college students and I’m having way too much fun with the memes
BSidesChicago has officially flown across the pond!
I'm here in Lancaster for #BSidesLancashire, which means Chicago’s in the house— @sashatheflamingo and all!
At BSides, we rise together. Whether it’s across states or continents, we show up for our fellow events. Because community is everything, and this one? It flocks together!!
To our UK crew—cheers for the warm welcome!
To our Chicago crew—next year’s already in the works and trust me, the robot flamingos have plans...
I haven't done a #FollowFriday list in a while. Here are some of my favorite #HumanRights accounts (in alphabetical order):
@404mediaco
404 Media is a journalist-founded digital media company exploring the ways technology is shaping–and is shaped by–our world. We're focused on investigative reports, longform features, blogs, and scoops about topics including: hacking, cybersecurity, cybercrime, sex, artificial intelligence, consumer rights, surveillance, privacy, and the democratization of the internet.
@AIF_Massachusetts
American Iron Front in Massachusetts: standing against Nazis, the alt-right, and fascists of all stripes in Massachusetts and the greater New England area.
@BLKNewsNow
News blog covering stories for Black America, the Black diaspora, and allies from all backgrounds.
@CrimethInc
CrimethInc. is a rebel alliance—a decentralized network pledged to anonymous collective action—a breakout from the prisons of our age. We strive to reinvent our lives and our world according to the principles of self-determination and mutual aid.
@DemocracyNow_Headlines_rss
Automated toots from Democracy Now's Headlines RSS feed. This account is not affiliated with #DemocracyNow.
@EndIsraeliApartheid
The UN report, entitled "Anatomy of a #Genocide", says Israel has violated three of the five acts listed in the UN Genocide Convention. The UN’s international court of justice (ICJ) has ordered Israel to end its occupation of the Palestinian territories “as rapidly as possible”.
@Freedom_Press
An independent, radical co-op controlled by its volunteers, Freedom runs Britain’s oldest anarchist press and its largest bookshop.
@humanrightswatch
This is the international organization #HumanRightsWatch.
@igd_news
In search of new forms of life. A digital community center and media platform featuring news, opinion, podcasts, and reporting on autonomous social movements and revolt across so-called North America from an #anarchist perspective.
@indybay
San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center • Anti-Oppression Anti-Capitalist Open Publishing Since 2000 Make media • Make trouble!
@MikeDunnAuthor
Working Class Historical Fiction from the not so gilded age. Labor History. Social justice. An injury to one is an injury to all!
@mondoweiss
We cover the movements, activists and policymakers who affect the struggle for freedom in #Palestine. We are now on Peertube! Watch our videos in the fediverse and follow us there for updated video content: https://video.mondoweiss.net
@MusiqueNow
#Music #Musique #Musica #Musik #pouetradio #WeAreTheRadio and #news. #SolidarityWithPalestineRadio
#TransAndNonBinaryrRightsAreHumanRights #QueersBashBACK #NEVERAGAINforANYONE
@PoliceStateUK
Tracking politics, policing and #CivilLiberties in the UK.
@RadicalGraffiti
Just sharing pics of #AntiCapitalist, Anti-#authoritarian and #AntiColonial graffiti, stickers and street art seen around the world.
@Resister
MSW, RSW • She/Her • Settler • #Activist • #Vegan • Critical Consciousness Raiser •
Creator of - https://radicalsocial.work/about
@rmblaber1956
I am a retired academic, with an MA & PhD in Social Policy & Administration from the Universities of York & Kent respectively. I am disabled, & am deeply concerned about human, gay and disability rights, the climate emergency and the biodiversity crisis. I was politically homeless, but am increasingly favouring the Green Party. I like films, classical music, jazz & reading.
@Sherifazuhur
Research prof. (UCLA PhD - MIT, American Univ. In Cairo, CSU, UCB, SSI-US Army War College, Fulbright scholar, Syria) #MiddleEastNorthAfrican #history, #politics, #defense, #IslamicStudies, #arts, #thought, #education Toots on MENA current news.
@ThailandWatch
Posts about human rights and conflict related to Thailand. Posts by @peacemakers_ca
@UnicornRiot
Independent media amplifying stories from the frontlines of social and environmental struggles. Bookmark our website: https://unicornriot.ninja/
@USAJusticeWatch
Focus on the USA with emphasis on human rights and conflict. Please send a direct message for information about the curator of this account, who watches the US from another country. Messages deleted from time to time.
@YourAnonNews
We are Anonymous, we are legion, we do not forgive, we do not forget. Expect us. Prepared to go forward w/it. Here live. Not a cat. #Anonymous #HackThePlanet
Your eyes are not deceiving you... I got an Apple TV 1st Gen, the only x86 based model (it uses a Pentium M as its CPU) booting Windows XP Service Pack 3! For reals!
This was possible through a small security flaw in the Apple TV's firmware and boot process... while the Apple TV looks for a boot.efi file on its boot partition and requires it to be a Mach-O binary to be able to boot, it doesn't actually care about the actual contents of the file! So by that note, you can wrap a kernel or bootloader from another OS into a Mach-O file and name it boot.efi, and the Apple TV won't care and will happily boot it! So after this little escapade of cursed computing, you know Linux is next!
More deets are in this video, along with a link to grab a premade disk image from the Internet Archive!
https://youtu.be/v2w5MmiRHUo
Hack The Planet!"
Ethical hackers, penetration testers, and cybersecurity pros—this one’s for you! What’s your go-to hacking tool?
Hack responsibly: https://techgeeksapparel.com/hack-the-planet-t-shirt/
#CyberSecurity #EthicalHacker #HackThePlanet
Th3 Int3rn4t10n4l Op3n H4ck3rsp4c3 D4y 2025
* Today was International Open Hackerspace Day 2025. And all I got during my first visit to AwesomeSpace in Hilversum was this wonderful poster...
#Kali is for the kids, BashCore is for the real ones! If you’re looking for something lightweight, powerful, and no-nonsense, BashCore is where it's at.
Forget all the flashy GUIs and unnecessary bloat. Real men (and women) know that raw power comes from the command line.
Time to level up!
Pentest Mode: ON You know you’re a pentester when:
You get excited about a new vulnerability
You test your own WiFi “just in case”
You’re always in Pentest Mode
https://techgeeksapparel.com/pentest-mode-on-t-shirt/
#EthicalHacking #PentestLife #CyberSecurity #HackThePlanet
Debian 12.10 "Bookworm" is out!
The latest update brings 66 bug fixes and 43 security patches. I'll be updating BashCore to the newest version soon, so stay tuned!
Oh, wow! You built a "Matrix-themed" #AI #hacking game? How original! Because nothing says cutting-edge technology quite like reliving a 1999 movie in your parent's basement.
Don't forget to "hack the planet" while you're at it!
https://matrix.repello.ai #Game #Matrix #Nostalgia #Tech #Humor #HackThePlanet #HackerNews #ngated
The old methods of dealing with anti-democratic forces have failed. Congress is not going to save us. The courts are not going to save us. Voting is not going to save us.
We need a new playbook to actually fight corruption and greed - the root causes of our current situation.
Here are Five Actions to Save Democracy, that you can start right now.
https://billhunt.dev/blog/2025/03/02/five-actions-to-save-democracy/
Ahahahahahaha. Keep it coming kids! Today was the first day of mandatory return to office for #HUD, and a video of Trump kissing Musks left feet was playing on a loop on every tv screen in the building. They didn’t know how to turn it off, so they sent staffers around unplugging the sets. Fucking brilliant. I will buy a round for whomever was responsible.
Edit to change link to a non zucking page at MarySue with more info and better images
oh-kay phew. some final cleanup, and then it's time to launch the alpha of this torrent tracker designed for rapid-response data rescue where a bunch of people each scrape chunks of a big thing and then recombine it later, where nobody can store the whole thing in one place because it's too big. then early next week we'll have the system for claiming and handling in-process scrapes. then we start fucking around with the fun stuff. has there ever been a torrent tracker that speaks activitypub to distribute uploads around between instances? because this one is gonna.
We're on $60/$1000 so far for this week's #mutualaid, we have 6 days to go, let's smash our goal again!
Needs include:
#Insulation
#Food
Hinges, screws, nuts and bolts
#Batteries
#Plumbing
#Plywood
#Fuel
#Bureaucracy #fees
Car fog #lights #wiring
Car #repairs to 12V socket
#Clothing
#HRT
It takes a while to stabilize but we can do it with your help!
The internet as depicted in Hackers certainly took a different path then what we currently use in the real world.
Can't anybody see. We've got a war to fight…
Roads - Portishead
You can look it up on your favorite music player, or you can use the next (now EVIL) link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj3QPx089g4
*The Prodigy intensifies*
I need to sit down and watch this movie again soon.
#Hackers #HackThePlanet #TheyAreTrashingTheSystem https://social.wxcafe.net/@hackers_gifs/113927203698935864