I've been working on the @bsidespgh.bsky.social Capture The Flag recently and my setup is currently ridiculously overly complicated. Containers running on VMs running on servers with ssh, X11, VNC, and SPICE connections like a virtual bowl of spaghetti

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Thank goddess I found this. Apparently you need a copy of Windows 98 to be a hacker. www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Hac...

“Microdose hope” may be my new survival mechanism.

I also don’t believe that you’re old enough to get it… but if so, welcome to the club

I ordered those CDs by writing a snail mail letter to the Walnut Creek address that I got from a print magazine. Which I think I bought at Waldenbooks…

Which was it?

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This sedentary desk job is killing me. Are there any infosec jobs where you get to move around? Preferably outdoors?

Come out and make some new connections

Over the weekend i watched Furiosa, The Substance, and Maxxxine. I think I need a nice, non-violent rom com tonight 😂

None of us do.

My actual use case is to convince the govt that we are qualified to do certain work because we have people who know what they're talking about. :-)

That's a good point. Although I'm not applying for a job in this case, that's a useful thing to keep in mind if I do.

Will you do a cameo?

1-2 pages barely gets me to my job at CERT. :-) Sometimes I just want to write "For more information, Google me" since my name is pretty unique. I suppose I should have a web page of links to talks and publications (and movie!)

I'm glad I'm not the only one. :-) I didn't even think about trying to list trainings and presentations given.

Have to update my resume for internal use... is a 3 page resume reasonable for someone who has been in the industry for 28 years and has a a fair number of peer-reviewed publications?

Oh I haven't finished it... not even close.

Ah yes, being hunted by a Shakespearean monster. Those books got me into Proust...

Pretty sure the universe's evil bit has already flipped to 1...

Data centres in space: they’re a brilliant idea, but a herculean challenge This year should see the first working prototype of a data centre designed for space.

Yes, let's have a bunch of AI systems floating over our heads where we can't easily turn them off. Did we learn nothing from Neuromancer and Skynet??

I’ll be there!

It better be, i can’t handle another 2024

I have 9 teenagers at my house for NYE. They’re making pizza from scratch. It’s a… happy? chaos??

See ya there!

Anyone have any 2024 infosec books or hacker fiction to recommend? Or just, you know, books?

Shmoocon ticket acquired! It’s good to have friends.

Hard to believe I’ll only be back at work a few days after the holidays and then it’ll be time for @shmoocon.bsky.social !

A rare photo of my wife and I, at the Sisters of Mercy concert a few months ago.

Oof. I don't feel quite so bad having to drive to the South Side in that case :-)