Xavier Knol  

@XEJKnol@infosec.exchange
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Hello I am Xavier and welcome to my profile.

My interests include: #science #politics #IT #Policy #ComputerScience #OSINT #infosec #cybercrime

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not represent those of my employer.

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" One of the NOAA labs slated to be shut down is the National Severe Storms Lab in Norman, Oklahoma, which works to improve flash flood forecasting among other hazards from severe thunderstorms. "

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/05/climate/texas-flooding-forecast-response

Beleaguered Weather Service defends its forecasts as Texas officials point fingers over flood warnings

Texas forecasters issued a series of early-morning warnings about “life-threatening flooding” along the Guadalupe River.

CNN

I am now at liberty to reveal that I along with some other colleagues at #FoxIT in collaboration with government partners such as the #NCSC_NL
was personally involved in securing the digital infrastructure of the #natosummit in The Hague this past week.

It was an amazing experience and an honor to have been able to contribute to securing such an important international event.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/xejknol_nato2025-cybersecurity-foxit-activity-7344791867739299840-yhfz

#nato #natosummit #NATO2025 #natosummit2025 #thehague #thenetherlands #cybersecurity #security

Malware reversen, technische data analyseren en vertalen zodat inlichtingenteams begrijpen wat er in de data staat en verder kunnen met hun onderzoek naar statelijke actoren. Dat doen Hanna en haar collega’s dagelijks.

Hanna wilde altijd al eens binnenkijken bij de AIVD. Nu werkt ze bij de Joint Sigint Cyber Unit (JSCU), een samenwerking van de AIVD en de MIVD. Ze vertelt hoe ze bij de JSCU is gekomen, over de Summerschool en het werk dat zij doet.

Luister hier! https://www.allthecyberladies.nl/podcast/hanna-jscu-mivd-aivd/

@aivd malware uit elkaar halen en de artifacts bestuderen is naast DFIR altijd een van de meest technisch interessante onderdelen van het cybersecurity vak.
the ritual has begun

Hot take: ISO standards do not meaningfully matter to me, because an extremely impoverished, unbanked person cannot freely access their contents from a smartphone or library computer.

Therefore, I go out of my way to avoid referring to them or relying on them in anyway.

I like how we took something computers were masters at doing, and somehow fucked it up.
@ZySoua of course they do, they have to show the world how they died ;)
@killyourfm I am considering getting one of these handhelds, I am still a bit conflicted between the steam deck and the legion go S though.
@GossiTheDog you as well 😆