John Volock

@herrmann1001 @craigsblackie Pico users is where I draw the line

@craigsblackie You still do

I feel singled out. #nano for the win!

@LibSoci @GayBearRes Do we want to know which generation mainframe?

@GayBearRes I have a lot of fucking thoughts about IBM but to boil it down: I've turned down higher offers just to ensure this company migrates and NEVER pays those fuckers another red cent. When I shut off that mainframe I'm engraving a champagne saber with the date and throwing a party.

@OnlyStringy @UK_Daniel_Card So tempting to correct him suggesting it was a 10,485 day given what Israel pulled with Yahya Ayyash

@UK_Daniel_Card I LOVE that when he was challenged on the term, he didn’t just stand by it, he doubled down on it. I wish I had that level of chutzpah.

Zero day? hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

@rpargman @MalwareJake Sounds like they had the right isolation pieces in place potentially. Or that it's impact was to the non-passenger side of the business i.e. shipping. Hopefully we get transparency after so we can all learn

@MalwareJake My brother flew out from there today, and he went waaaay earlier than necessary because I told him to be prepared for some chaos. Turns out it was hardly a blip, only slowed down lines a bit for international departures, but otherwise everything worked as normal. Great resilience

If you ransom a major airport, I seriously have no issue with SOCOM taking you out in the middle of the night. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

@eligaultney @Evil_Mog That statement makes the beard all the more impressive. Well done.

@Evil_Mog you mean you don't wanna cyber?? 19/F/FL btw

Can we please stop calling Information Security Cyber, I'm not in some AOL or IRC chatroom asking A/S/L, it feels weird every time somebody calls it cyber, I feel like I'm in a seedy underground part of the internet

@rekdt @TC_Johnson @mubix And there we have why people hate us Linux people

What you guys are referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

My Intel Macbook Pro died yesterday and I really don't like the options I have for replacements. Use Windows 11 on something like a Razer or Dell, or deal with the M-series Macbooks... end of an era...

@medus4_cdc @DeptOfDiscovery @redteamwrangler I may know of someone who does in fact produce art in Vegas part of the year who could be interested in that idea. riikc.com He made us an awesome interactive skull for Biohacking Village a few years ago

@DeptOfDiscovery @redteamwrangler Oooh I am gonna check this out!!!! Inspo!!

Now that defcon is over, I want to say, it was wonderful meeting so many of you, I have a love hate relationship with the new venue, I think there needs to be more art AND silliness, and the badge was amazing. Now that I’ve talked on the popular topics du jour…

@medus4_cdc And here we all thought boneless wings wouldn't lead to evil

I have one. I haven’t named him yet, but he’s in the front yard. Give me your suggestions!!

@shai_machnes @matthew_d_green Always confuses me Canada isn't listed as mixed. I get officially it's metric but it's not all metric

@matthew_d_green US should move to the sane system

Do people who live in Europe ever have to grapple with this insanity? I’ll move tomorrow if the answer is “no”.

@medus4_cdc @BentleyAudrey Hmm. The Australians once went to war with the Emus. We know the Feds banned Furbies from their facilities. Can we be sure the furby pelt on those cuffs isn't from some secret war?

@BentleyAudrey They have furby fur on them I hope that’s okay

I find it hilarious that people either think: Im not actually a hacker, that im just the communities token booth babe Or That im secretly the most 31337 of all hackers, and that when I say im in marketing, I am making a joke But hey at least no one thinks im a fed!

@SteveSyfuhs @rootsecdev @SwiftOnSecurity @harmj0y I dunno. I feel like that's architecture vs implementation. Both matter, one is a bigger harder issue to fix than the other.

@rootsecdev @SwiftOnSecurity @harmj0y What kills people is getting into the weeds about the structure of the messages. None of that matters for security.

One time I tried to explain Kerberos to someone. Then we both didn't understand it.

@Snubs It's amazing to me how many in the EU keep suggesting it as a data breach. Yes security involves availability. No, not all availability issues are security attacks.

Todays round of blood or paint on the tram...

@xgigglypuff @ahmadaccino 100% with you on this. I do always debate the "without affecting flavor". It's not intended to, but I do think it can. However safety > flavor every day of the year

@ahmadaccino It’s unpasteurized.

Ok I’m saying it. Cancel me. Purchasing and drinking raw milk is genuinely stupid. There are no scientifically-proven health benefits. You are paying more money for something that puts you at higher risk for dangerous bacteria. I do not respect your opinion.

@gentilkiwi @herrmann1001 I've never viewed it as priorities. More like the French have embraced that part many of us lose as we become adults, passion. I truly appreciate the passion the French take in the little, insignificant things in life. It's magical.

@herrmann1001 We have our own fight, our priorities 🥐

@gentilkiwi France... is a mystery to me

@medus4_cdc All this is teaching me, is that your social engineering skills are on par with your excellent technical ones

Haha literally everyone who trolls me- “you’re not a REAL hacker, people only like you because you’re funny and nice, not because you’re 31337”

@timberwind @matthew_d_green

@matthew_d_green I can't figure out why the answer is "no" but I'm answering "no" just because the question is being asked

Trivia question: is it safe to use CBC-mode decryption as an *encryption* algorithm? (Assume an arbitrarily strong block cipher.)

@matthew_d_green Only for the first block. Final answer.

@Stef_van_Dop I'm curious. TPM or something else?

Dear MS, my high spec 8 year old gaming pc somehow doesn't meet your win11 requirements and tbh, i don't care <3 I'll run out of date windows 10 or whatever for my few hours per week gaming session :)

@LisaForteUK Wait you said wrong answers only... My bad.

@LisaForteUK Ham radio. Sending out a ... --- ...

Your org just got hit with ransomware. Your crisis management team demand an out of band communication method to run the incident. They are spread across the globe. What do you recommend? Wrong answers only.