BSides Charlotte Cybersecurity Conference Charlotte's annual community-driven cyber security conference! This ticket is for the BSides conference on Saturday, March 28th.

Enter the Grid at BSides Charlotte on March 28 at Discovery Place! Tickets are officially available! Get them here: bsidesclt2026.eventbrite.com #infosec #cyber #bsides #conference

CALL FOR PRESENTERS!!

The Layer 8 Call for Presenters/Presentations/Papers is now open. We want your talks that focus on OSINT and/or Social Engineering topics. So, whatcha got?

Conference is June 5-6 in Boston, MA.
layer8conference.com
#OSINT #SocialEngineering #Conference

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BREAKING.

From a reliable source. MITRE support for the CVE program is due to expire tomorrow. The attached letter was sent out to CVE Board Members.

BSides Charlotte is right around the corner on April 5th! We still have a few sponsorship spots left but time is definitely getting short! If you might be able to help us bring this community conference to success this year please message or email sponsors@bsidesclt.org

How does a guy from England track the history of US west coast gangs? And money trafficking? With OSINT, of course! Check out this week's Layer 8 Podcast!
creators.spotify.com/pod/show/lay...

All federal employees must respond to an email from a Nigerian prince with their bank account number or risk being terminated.

Tweet from quinn (@quinnslcm): “if you played RuneScape growing up your odds of getting scammed through social engineering go down 99.9%”

yeeeaaahhh i’m the social engineering lead at my firm.

*sea shanty 2 intensifies*

Balatro launched one year ago today

I often say I made this game for myself and friends, but seeing so many people connect with Balatro has filled this past year with joy. Thank you players, your love and support have kept Balatro thriving!

I appreciate you all naneinf! 🍌

@hatless1der.com and I are really excited to run this @myosint.training 2-day, affordable OSINT training in Boston right before the conference. Details and registration link are www.myosint.training/courses/2025....

It'll be highly hands-on and cover a wide range of #OSINT topics!

I ❤️ shmoocon

Graduation day is almost here - just one more sleep until the final ShmooCon! 🎓 Check out the events schedule, amazing talks, and health policies (masks required) at https://shmoocon.org See you soon!

I can’t wrap my head around the industry obsession with phishing portmanteaus.

FOH with that “tishing” and “quishing” nonsense, what is wrong with just calling them Teams and QR code phishing 😭

For those heading to #ShmooCon or #ShmooLobbyCon You can find a much more filled out Hiring list here: lobbycon.org and if you wanna connect, a Shmoo slack is here: join.slack.com/t/shmoocon/s...

a girl scout cookie time poster with a cookie on the bottom Alt: a girl scout cookie time poster with a cookies in motion across it

Well, I observed the first hostile QR code in public today. And when I say "hostile" I mean it was the local Girl Scout troop that had set up a QR code for ordering cookies.

If this had been a phishing test I would failed.

The Call for Presentations (CFP) is now open for the Layer 8 Conference. We solely focus on OSINT and Social Engineering topics. Conference is in Boston, June 14.
CFP Info: layer8conference.com/call-for-spe...
You can do it!

shmoo!

Reads: start your year off by learning a new skill! Learn how to track a ship, spot land changes in satellite imagery or identify when and where a photo or video was taken... www.bellingcat.com/category/resources

Welcome to 2025! If your new years resolution is to learn a new skill why don't you have a look at some of our guides on open source research? www.bellingcat.com/category/res... Want help? We have a community of people eager to learn alongside you and collaborate. discord.com/invite/belli...

I write to computers using a snake language, to give humans things they think they want.

The ShmooFAQ Logo

Attention @shmoocon.bsky.social, you are hereby registered for #ShmooFAQ, the Final Exam! Please report Saturday night at 9pm, with a team of up to 5 people.

Don’t forget your #2 pencils, as all answers will be graded live by optical reader, the Mog-tron 9000.

Don’t be late, and #DFIU!

Part of the quiz badge

The 2024 #OSINT quiz is ready for you to explore! But this year, I had a special guest, @sector035.bsky.social, who also made some of the tasks. So, the adventure got more spicy! 😀
The quiz is here: github.com/seintpl/osin...

Have fun!

congrats!!!! 🥳

Custom sprite injection over WIFI using RCE on a legit copy of Pokémon pearl :)

Kevin Mitnick Part 01 (Final)

Friends, FBI has responded to my FOIA request for Kevin Mitnick's files, and have made them available to everyone via the FBI public portal here: vault.fbi.gov/kevin-mitnic...

“still punk as fuck,” i whisper as i place the heating pad against my back and the ice pack on my shoulder

OSINT Feeds | Notion The following are the OSINT blogs, podcasts and other feeds available in the database. We will soon have a downloadable OPML file with categorized feeds, so stay tuned.

OK, I am adding blogs to my #OSINT feeds on the knowledge base. this is a work in progress, so stay tuned. I will also provided an organized OPML file shoon.

knowledgebase.plessas.net/OSINT-Feeds-...

Ever wondered why ~ represents the home directory on unix systems?

It’s an artifact of a very particular keyboard.

The Lear-Siegler ADM-3A terminal was quite popular in the 1970s, and happens to have a HOME key that is also a tilde.

Notice anything else?

Holiday Scam Prevention Tips - December 2024 YouTube video by SocialProof Security

How would I hack YOU during the holidays?
By messaging you about the packages, deals & giveaways you care about!
Share these scam types with your fam so they know exactly which emails, texts, calls, and posts to be wary of this December.
Stay politely paranoid, folks!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ewt...

The CFP for the very first hacker con I submitted to and spoke at is open. I’m also on their CFP board!

Submit to Thotcon’s CFP by January 1, 2025!

If you make submitting to a con in 2025 your New Year’s resolution, you’ll accomplish it on day 1 if you submit on Jan 1.

www.thotcon.org/cfp.html