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Aaron Soto

@surefire@infosec.exchange

176 Followers

524 Following

6.2K Posts

Teaching was my first love. Packets were my second.

I make classes to teach people how to defend themselves against hackers. In my spare time, I teach college students to compete in cybersecurity competitions, or try to take back my home automation from the cloud.

he/him 🏳️‍🌈 ❤️💜💙

(Profile banner is a sunset sky from underneath a bridge with kayakers and the edge of the Austin city skyline)

Twitter	@_surefire_
Github	https://github.com/sure-fire

Aaron Soto 3h ago

Wholesomememes 3h ago

Untitled Goose Comic (by u/wholesomecomics)
(AI Alt-Text)

Aaron Soto 3h ago

Max Leibman 15h ago

The U.S.S. Toilet Flapper, laughingstock of Starfleet.

Reminder kids, check the battery health regularly on those UPSes.

Yeah, that one, buried under a desk that you nearly forgot about. And if you replace the batteries on one don't wait to also replace the batteries in others of similar age even if they haven't failed yet.

Don't ask me how I know, I just know, okay.

#HomeLab #UninterruptedPowerSupply

Aaron Soto 4h ago

Caitlin Condon 4h ago

*blinking guy meme intensifies* (both stories c/o @riskybiz newsletter)

I cannot imagine allowing attackers to keep stolen funds is a deterrent.

Aaron Soto 13h ago

SeaFury 🦜🍉16h ago

I went to a doctor yesterday to get my annual medical review for my drivers license. He was not my usual GP so when he asked me something about the computer I thought he meant, could he access my records. I said ok 👍. But later on I realised he wanted to record and use AI to analyse our conversation so he didn’t have to type notes 😬😬😬 I felt a bit shocked. I was able to review the notes, so that was a relief, but wow. Anyone else had this at the GP? #AI

Aaron Soto 15h ago

ACARS Drama 16h ago

ACARS Message From: N12136 / C54850

Message: MOBILE IS CONSISTENT WITH THIS PARTICULAR GUY. WE HAD ISSUES WITH HIM A FEW WEEKS AGO TO SAME ISSUE. SUPER RUDE SUPER PUSHY ESPECIALLY AT CRITICAL TIMES

Track Aircraft

Area: New Orleans, LA, USA

#acars #vdlm2 #N12136 #C54850

Aaron Soto 15h ago

Alexia Starling

1d ago

"Google Gemini Flaw hijacks email summaries for phishing"

Excuse me, GEMINI IS THE FLAW

www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-gemini-flaw-hijacks-email-summaries-for-phishing/

Google Gemini flaw hijacks email summaries for phishing

Google Gemini for Workspace can be exploited to generate email summaries that appear legitimate but include malicious instructions or warnings that direct users to phishing sites without using attachments or direct links.

BleepingComputer

Aaron Soto 1d ago

Hollie 1d ago

I love The Korean Vegan (Joanne Molinaro) for a lot of reasons related to her food blogging, but she's also a bad ass lawyer.

This YouTube Short is the first I've seen that explains really clearly what the warrant paperwork should look like if you're being asked to open your door (and don't just open the door - she explains).

https://youtube.com/shorts/qDnzbyLDHGo?si=u_hjcCtfvYRKNa4x

Before you continue to YouTube

Aaron Soto 1d ago

Courtney Rosenthal 1d ago

"But it’s alarming how easy it is for smart device makers to decide that your property won’t work. There’s no easy solution to this problem. "

Uhhh ... yes there is. Use standard protocols or open the APIs. Every device that requires vendor-managed cloud control should be considered as having a limited lifetime, which could blow at any moment.

(I put my Dreo fans and Roborock vacuum in this category. i priced that into my initial purchase decision.)

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/07/belkin-shows-tech-firms-getting-too-comfortable-with-bricking-customers-stuff/

#iot #smartHome

Belkin shows tech firms getting too comfortable with bricking customers’ stuff

There’s no easy alternative, and IoT customers are paying the price.

Ars Technica

Indy Richard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Jul 2

"Dear America, you are waking up, as Germany once did, to the awareness that 1/3 of your people would kill another another 1/3 while 1/3 watches".

It isn't just America though, the appeasement of the murderous Israeli state by many western governments is again an example of watching idly while people are being killed.

#GazaGenocide

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Indy Richard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Jul 3

I have been informed that this quote does not come from Werner Herzog. Apologies for my mistake. If you don't mind I won't take down the post as, even if it not said by Herzog, the point is still salient. I hope you don't mind.

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Bodhipaksa Jul 3

@IndyRichard The attribution may be incorrect, but studies show that around 30% of any population have authoritarian tendencies. What’s important is what the other 70% do.

Karen Stenner suggests that ignoring the concerns of that 30%, who are slow to adapt to change, creates the kinds of problems we’re having now, where the authoritarians take control.

https://hopenothate.org.uk/2020/11/01/authoritarianism/

Magazine: Essay – Authoritarianism – HOPE not hate

Liberal democracy has now exceeded many people’s capacity to tolerate it. A HOPE not hate special essay by Karen Stenner.

HOPE not hate

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Andrew Reed Jul 2

@IndyRichard Not actually said by Herzog, alas.

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Kaede🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♀️Jul 2

@IndyRichard I've come to the conclusion most people are evil good people are the exception

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Indy Richard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Jul 2

@EmpressKaede I don't agree with you. I think most people are very busy trying to survive, with little time to stop and think and that the powerful with a broad reach in social media, business, politics and the press twist the narrative to influence those without the time or wherewithal to find what might be untrue or true. I think evil isn't as common as we might imagine. It is just a tool used very publicly by those with enormous power.

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Kaede🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♀️Jul 2

@IndyRichard trump won for. A reason

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Indy Richard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Jul 3

@EmpressKaede I think modern politics is a case in point of a disinterested public far too busy on other things to delve below the headlines. I think many of us are totally scunnered by the whole process in our so called democracies. I don't see this as evil. But of course you absolutely entitled to disagree with me.

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Kaede🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♀️Jul 3

@IndyRichard it's many things people are just awful

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@IndyRichard LOVE THE QUOTE, but Werner, himself said he did not say this.

@IndyRichard
In the same vein:

10 percent of any population is cruel, no matter what, and 10 percent is merciful, no matter what, and the remaining 80 percent can be moved in either direction.

Susan Sontag

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Indy Richard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Jul 3

@Naich Thankyou for your post. I studied Sontag and also the work of her lover, Annie Leibovitz when working on my degree where I was interested in loss and grief. For anyone interested there is a great little book by Sontag's son, David Rieff, called Swimming in a Sea of Death.