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My talk has been accepted to Blackhat USA, hyped for this one!!!! 🎉🎉 See y'all there o/ blackhat.com/us-26/briefi...
1 year anniversary at SpecterOps, so many personal and professional achievements in a short space of time. My advice for anyone getting into this field, try and make sure that you work companies and colleagues that push you beyond your comfort level. \o/
First time for me :D Not just a hacker.. but a mother fuckin' muffin maker!! (only when on PTO, when bored and cba h4xx0ring).
Reviewing the Microsoft AI Critical Thinking paper to see how different industries are using genAI for its strengths, and the foreshadowing of how jobs are likely to change in the short-term. Very small sample set, but at least it gives me data outside of speaking to other basement dwellers 😉
A fresh macOS install is a good time to play around with the stock nvim dashboard 😍 Thanks to https://buff.ly/4gMlBGH for the artwork 🎨
Interesting to see just how far ahead OpenAI is in popularity from The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking paper. 96% vs 21% on Gemini. There is an age-skew, but this paper is very good at reviewing peoples usage of GenAI outside of our bubble.
And just like that, dotfiles are up. Need to move to Sequoia but that's a tonight job, apple servers be sloooow.
I’ll be talking on the second day of SO-CON 2025 (last slot), so if you’re around, consider checking out the British dude babbling on about SQL Server!
Speaking at SO-CON 2025 about SQL Server crypto! Excited for this one… first talk of 2025 🎉
First 2025 trip with @specterops.bsky.social comes to an end.. but not before a quick trip to the Space Needle 🫣🇺🇸