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Social Engineer. Pentester. Stop letting me into your building!

Bread. 🍞

If SQL is pronounced "sequel" then surely DNS is pronounced "Dennis"?
AI just built itself.

You’re not “next”—you’re last.

Start learning or start updating your résumé for a job that won’t exist.
https://shumer.dev/something-big-is-happening
Something Big Is Happening

A personal note for non-tech friends and family on what AI is starting to change.

matt shumer

@InfoSecSherpa just FYI, the link to the tool on your website includes www. which doesn't have a DNS record and is broken. Had to manually remove the www to get to the site.

Great writeup, and interesting tool though!

@hacks4pancakes I'd love to be able to learn more about how ACTUAL criminals are ACTUALLY attacking organizations (i.e. forensics) particularly in the physical/social realm.

I have no interest in Law Enforcement though. Have you, perchance, researched non-government jobs in that space? Found anything interesting?

Either AI is a bubble and causes the next Great Depression, or it works and causes the next Great Depression

You know how cybersecurity is a market for lemons? This creates an opportunity for lemonade makers.

I share some thoughts on why and how this happens.

https://open.substack.com/pub/defendersinitiative/p/cybersecurity-a-market-for-lemonade?r=74yjk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Cybersecurity - A Market for Lemonade

What else are you going to do with all these cyber lemons?

The Defender's Initiative

I know there's plenty of better reasons for this, but I just cancelled my Spotify subscription.

Half of my suggestions this week are AI generated sludge. The other half is stuff that was obviously there because someone paid to have it put in front of me.

What alternative suggestions do people have?

When the AI techbros are finally hauled up on charges and asked if they are guilty, their only options for reply should be "yes" or "maybe later".

DEF CON legal update: Truth is a complete defense against defamation.

The Hadnagy lawsuit against us is over. Summary judgement. Dismissed, with prejudice.

We look forward to returning our full attention to the community and conference we love.

We also thank everyone who came forward to help keep our community safe. We know it’s not an easy choice, but the world is better for it.

This victory is encouraging. We hope it makes attendees feel safe reporting CoC violations . We hope it demonstrates our commitment to protecting attendees from misconduct. Mostly, we hope our amazing community will continue looking out for each other. We will always have your back.

You can read the judgment here https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.329575/gov.uscourts.wawd.329575.119.0.pdf . Stay tuned for a more detailed report.

#defcon #legalupdate