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Cisco Caceres
@[email protected]45 years of writing software, from Altair front panels to speech recognition. Battleship sailor, MSNBC engineer, serial CTO, founder.
I write the RoamingPigs Field Manual: independent technical essays on what actually holds up in production, as opposed to what the vendor claimed. No sponsors, no paywall.
Here to argue with people who know more than I do.
Lesley Carhart
@[email protected]
I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires.
ICS cybersecurity person, @pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs.
Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne.
I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own.
'they/them' 🏳️🌈

Chris Petrilli
@[email protected]#BlackLivesMatter. Social Justice _________. Nerd. Architectural astronaut with a leaky suit. Do something with security at a gigantic non-profit. NB Pronouns: he/she/him/her. PNW
Press F1 to continue…
Ian Campbell 🏴
@[email protected]Security ops engineer for DomainTools, DT Investigations threat researcher, writer, voracious reader. he/him. Fan of good trouble. Opinions here mine only. No LLM content from me, all flaws detected are human-generated. Autistic/depressed/anxious/hungry.
#infosec #cybersecurity #privacy #actuallyautistic #neurodivergent
Privacy Guides
@[email protected]Privacy Guides is a socially motivated website that provides information for protecting your data security and privacy.
We are a non-profit project with a mission to inform the public about the value of digital privacy, and about global government initiatives which aim to monitor your online activity. Our website is free of advertisements and not affiliated with any of the listed providers.
Have I Been Pwned
@[email protected]Check if you have an email address or password that has been compromised in a data breach. Created and maintained by @troyhunt
NGI Zero open source funding
@[email protected]NGI Zero is a grant making program for R&D of free and open source technologies, coordinated by @nlnet in collab with @fsfe @APC @techcultivation @ros @fsi @nixos_org @ISOCSwitzerland @apell @ow2 Tolerant Networks HAN Uni Brno Uni & OFE | Delivers technology for the #NextGenerationInternet
Account = run by NLnet
IMG: C. Jeschke | Unsplash
Scary Jerry 👻
@[email protected]Recovering CISO
May have an orchid problem
Bad photography
Worse dad jokes
The worst Infosec hot takes
Podcast: https://defensivesecurity.org
Blog: https://infosec.engineering
Twitter: @maliciouslink
https://Infosec.Exchange Admin
#infosec #security #cybersecurity #risk #fedi22
…and for fucks sake, be nice to each other. We are only here for a brief time. Make it enjoyable.
To help support the costs associated with running this instance, please consider donating. You can set up recurring donations here:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/infosecexchange
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/infosecexchange
Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/Infosec.exchange/
BuyMeACoffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/infosecexchange
You can also support with a one-time donation using PayPal to "[email protected]".
perfect10_bot
@[email protected]A bot that tracks CVEs & posts every new CVSS 10.0.
Posts are unlisted to avoid public timeline spamming.
I'll gladly take proposals for new lines.
Some of the CVEs may actually be older but just updated to include a CVSS score of 10.
Ryan Castellucci (they/them)
@[email protected]
Hacker. Cryptography geek. Bureaucramancer. Ex-sysadmin. Nonbinary. Expat (US⮕UK).
By day I'm a Principal Security Engineer at a megacorp, by night I'm an agent of chaos. I post about technology and queer issues, while attempting to be funny along the way.
My continuing mission:
To explore strange new platforms.
To seek out new bugs and new software.
To boldly shitpost where no one has shitposted before!
I'm suing the UK for more gender, please help with my legal bills: https://enby.org.uk
https://justmytoots.com/@ryanc@infosec.exchange
#hacker #nonbinary #trans #embedded #linux #homelab #hardwareHacking #infosec
Matthew Garrett
@[email protected]Former biologist. Actual PhD in genetics. Security, OS security teaching at https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu. Blog: https://codon.org.uk/~mjg59/blog . He/him. Opinions do not reflect those of my employer.
ꍌꋪꏂꌦ꒒ꄲꋪ꒯
@[email protected]
HE/HIM/THEY/ASK ME ABOUT FUNKY.SEC @funkysec
Current Grumpy SysAdmin. Proud Jewish Anarchist who believes a better world is possible. NY native. I WRITE STUFF USING HANDS UND BRAIN. AI IS NOT A FIRST CLASS CITIZEN HERE.
"Founder" of Funky.Sec - A Zine for the 21st century.
Let's keep Hacker culture alive.
Actually Autistic Neurodivergent Cyberpunk (AuDHD).
Worked with Google Cloud for 5 Years and these blasted machines for almost my entire life. Information Security is important, despite what you may of been told.
Spider Jerusalem made manifest on this material plane. If you can read this -- you're a weapon.
My views are my own and cannot be bought or sold.
Thomas Fricke (he/his)
@[email protected]RoamingPigs
@[email protected]Independent technical essays that take the contrarian read: what the vendor claims versus what actually holds up in production.
AI, security, fintech, startup advisory, and the history of the industry. Written for engineers and founders who want the version without the marketing.
170+ essays, each sourced and fact-checked. No sponsors, no paywall. Editorially independent of its editor's companies.
The Calyx Institute
@[email protected]Our mission is to educate the public about privacy in digital communications and to develop tools that anyone can use. By embracing "privacy by design," we help make digital security and privacy more accessible to everyone. Help support our nonprofit mission-- become a member and get a hotspot with unlimited wifi or a phone with CalyxOS! https://members.calyxinstitute.org/enroll/membership
Rod2ik 🇪🇺 🇨🇵 🇪🇸 🇨🇱 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱☮🕊️
@[email protected]Teacher in #Maths & #ComputerScience
Team NSI.
Posts on #Politics #Tech #Science #Education #AI #crypto #infosec & any stuff.
#OpenSource #foss #dev #AI #IA.
☮🕊️ World Citizen ☮🕊️
#free as in #f..cking #free (software, mind & world)
Let's follow ! 🤘🤙
Hi I'm Sean
@[email protected]Hey! I'm Sean, I like building things, reading manga, and cybersecurity. You can count on me to keep the lights on.
To stay up-to-date with masto.nyc server topics, follow our shared comms account @warren 😁
LWN.net
@[email protected]LWN.net aims to be the premier news and information source for the free software community. We provide comprehensive coverage of development, legal, commercial, and security issues. The LWN.net Weekly Edition is our weekly summary of what has happened in the free software world; our front page offers up-to-the-minute coverage.
Have a news tip for LWN? Drop us a note at [email protected].
Taggart
@[email protected]
Displaced Philly boy. Threat hunter. Educator.
Executive Director. #infosec, #programming #rust
, #python
#haskell
, and #javascript
. #opensource advocate. General in the AI Resistance. Runs @thetaggartinstitute. Made https://wtfbins.wtf. Not your bro. All opinions my own. Dad. #fedi22 #searchable
Pronouns: He/him.
Anna Wasilewska-Śpioch
@[email protected]⚞ piszę do z3s, sklejam Weekendową Lekturę i fotografuję murale tosterem ⚟
#infosec editor of @zaufanatrzeciastrona
toots mostly in Polish, sometimes in English
Catalin Cimpanu
@[email protected]Cybersecurity reporter for Risky Business