Chris Merkel 🐀👨🏼‍🍳

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Dad, beautiful nerd, storyteller.

AppSec, CloudSec, DevOps, DFIR, rainbow teaming, recreational hacking and dubious career advice.

By day, I lead teams comprised of the most talented people working in this industry.

Beyond that, I lead and volunteer my time doing career development work across many different venues.

Nerdy stuff I do for fun:
- Malware analysis
- Shodan safari
- Photo and video restoration

Pronounshe/him/his
Threadshttps://www.threads.net/@chris__merkel__cyber
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I just dowhat the rat tells me
Show threadChris Merkel 🐀👨🏼‍🍳4d ago
@Sadiemorrow I'm sorry you're stuck doing this for a living.
Chris Merkel 🐀👨🏼‍🍳Mar 18
How long do you think before tech executives realize that they money they took from laying off developers was only enough to cover the cost of a few days LLM use?
Chris Merkel 🐀👨🏼‍🍳Mar 11
Cyberattacks that have the possibility of disrupting the supply chain for hip replacements seems like it might be a "surgical strike" against Trump's core demographic.
Chris Merkel 🐀👨🏼‍🍳Mar 11
This is the pinnacle of self-deprecating humor.
Show threadChris Merkel 🐀👨🏼‍🍳Mar 7
@naomi CISA falls under the purview of DHS, so referring to Noem's presumed successor, MarkWayne Mullet
Show threadChris Merkel 🐀👨🏼‍🍳Mar 6
@naomi hello, this is Roman Newtimes with....
Show threadChris Merkel 🐀👨🏼‍🍳Mar 6
@Techmeme nooooooo the troops need this now more than ever!
Chris Merkel 🐀👨🏼‍🍳Mar 6
Thinkpiece: How the appointment of Jawbone McBanjofuck going to affect long term strategy at CISA, 5 pros, 4 cons and one conclusion you'll have to see to believe.
Chris Merkel 🐀👨🏼‍🍳Mar 6
The reason you never leave your computer unlocked is because a threat actor will walk up to it and put a very small gap in your display arrangement, preventing your mouse from moving from one screen to the other.
Show threadChris Merkel 🐀👨🏼‍🍳Mar 5
@simonzerafa no local models, so nearly all memory usage is just browser tabs, so yeah, 8 GB is plenty.