Today is the anniversary of the testimony I and other members of the l0pht gave to the US Senate in 1998. It was the first time the US Govt. publicly referenced “hackers” in a positive context. The coverage was national and even international. Come behind the scenes. /Thread

Taking a moment for a PSA: . I still get occasional random messages saying I made a difference, or otherwise encouraged someone at some point. Those messages mean a lot. If someone’s contributions meant something to you along your journey drop them a note. It’s a small thing

RT @jvanegue: Dino Dai Zovi @dinodaizovi is induced in the @SummerC0n Hall Of Fame alongside @dotMudge @nudehaberdasher and @heidishmoo. Co….

Btw -. For many of the DM’s I have received…. Not worried or concerned about the formation or size (or surprising location) for several reasons. Lot’s of us are facing problems. Please do not take this as one to add. Thought it was cool and figured others would enjoy :).

(Withheld for a several months). Photo (and lots of video) of drone swarms in the DC/Northern VA area. Stationary dense swarm cluster with a linear set of larger drones. Spotted during morning walk (~0600) to a Govt. Facility in the DC/VA area.

Do folks know of more recent papers or data?. Extra points for data highlighting improvement via component density v optimizations. Tnx

Zero Knowledge Proofs are fascinating. There’s now a SafeDocs PDF reader driven by Formal Methods from DARPA (disclaimer: I work for DARPA): Think about the combination of ZKP and attainable formal methods in software 😃.

I bet if everyone pings the author, he might get some of the cDc folk to sign a copy. Possibly with parts of any profit going to a worthy charity. ;). Note: I have zero financial interest, don’t really care for how he presents me, but I respect him as a journalist.

RT @jack:

I’m back at DARPA, but this time part of the leadership team as DARPA’s Chief Information Officer (CIO). I’ll be at Defcon this year on stage with the Agency Director talking about larger picture items, and hopefully even greater ambitions than when I last keynoted.

—-.RACF MVS - 48 years old and still in use and supported .😎 😱 😎.

While I appreciate the thought, this is more halloween fright-night than cheerful holiday gift. RACF MVS

ISRAEL SITREP 2023-11-14 04:45 GMT:. US Embassy assistance. If family is missing from Gaza periphery. A border crossing open for a limited number of non-US citizens. Airlines / Status. Emergency numbers. Victim / Mental Health Resources. Etc.

RT @todayininfosec: 1995: Mudge published "How to Write Buffer Overflows", one of the first papers about buffer overflow exploitation. Then….

Old AUTOVON [0] military phones your thing?. The 4th column of buttons, are:. FO - Flash Override.F - Flash.I - Interrupt.P - Priority. Phreaking Silver Boxes [1] had these A,B,C,D keys as well ;). [0] [1] n/n. Maybe more later…

A working BE9000-L3 Test Set. This device would have been a phone phreak’s ticket to… the world. In fact, the instruction manual alone was enough to figure out and pull off some of the most impressive phreaking of the day by the big names in the field. 3/n

A Teletype Model 28 [0] was typing out text of talks as they were given [1]. Throughput was a whopping 45.5 baud [2]. This system was originally from a US Air Force facility. [0] [1] Raspberry Pi speech to text. [2] Mechanical “gearing” limited

Thread:. The inaugural @jawncon was a blast - in particular the living museum was a sight to behold:. From old school pay phones (A.E. Co. 1950’s 3 slot):. 1/n

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PSA;. AnalystArmy, a non-profit, is publishing updated safe-route info pertaining to the 2023 Israel-Hamas conflict focused on borders and airports:.