Aaron Soto

@surefire@infosec.exchange
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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_
Githubhttps://github.com/sure-fire

Here’s what no one tells you about gay dating: the struggle isn’t because you’re doing it wrong. It’s because you’re operating in a system built for people who never had to earn their right to love openly.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/why-dating-as-a-gay-man-is-so-darn-hard-745e64cc6f0c?sk=03d3e34597bc75f36c20793b03326051

#LGBTQ #Dating #GayDating

Dating Can Be So Hard as a Gay Man | Prism & Pen

The shrinking dating pool and stress experienced by gay men, and the systemic barriers of minority stress.

Prism & Pen

Did you know you can do voice input in Windows by pressing WIN + H? 👀

Based on feedback, we're currently rolling out the ability to turn off the profanity filter to those on the latest version of Windows 11 - I hope you **** like it

https://support.microsoft.com/topic/may-28-2025-kb5058499-os-build-26100-4202-preview-d4c2f1ee-8138-4038-b705-546945076f92

We’re proud to welcome to the Observer masthead @candicequestions and Mary Tuma as special investigative correspondents, joining @stevanzetti as freelance reporters helping us tackle the #environment, reproductive rights, and #extremism respectively: https://www.texasobserver.org/home/staff/

#ReproductiveRights #abortion #healthcare #ClimateChange #news #fascism #journalism #nonprofit #media #environment

Exposing the Unseen: Mapping MCP Servers Across the Internet

"We identified a total of 1,862 MCP servers exposed to the internet. From this set, we manually verified a sample of 119. All 119 servers granted access to internal tool listings without authentication."

this is why I keep a very watchful eye on Knostic about AI stuff, they know the tech, the risks, *and* how human behavior will interact with them.

#infosec #cybersecurity #genai

https://www.knostic.ai/blog/mapping-mcp-servers-study

Exposing the Unseen: Mapping MCP Servers Across the Internet

Knostic mapped 1,862 internet-exposed MCP servers via Shodan. 100 % lacked auth, revealing immature and risky GenAI endpoints.

My objections to use of LLMs, genAI, etc, in descendiing order.

1. Environmental damage.

2. Inaccuracy.

3. Encouraging learned helplessness.

4. Regressing access to websites to that of the era of dial-up modems.

This is what I think of every time I see Microsoft Co-Pilot mentioned:

I have started using uBlock Origin's "Element picker mode" to block every unwanted menu item related to AI tools that keep showing up in my work browser tools, and it is working like a charm.

Don't want the AI summary that pops up every now and then in Jira? Element picker mode.
A small window telling you to use AI to enhance that Confluence page you're trying to put together? Element picker mode.
The icon in the corner of the page to access the chat with the AI agent? You damn well know it's going to be blasted into Element picker mode hell.

I'll be participating in The Subnet Music Project, a new event from @cannibal_goat! During my DJ sets, there will be an SSID being broadcast that you can connect to and download an exclusive mini mix from!

Many DEF CON artists are participating, so be sure to check the official page and watch out for the legit SSID!

https://thesubnetmusicproject.github.io/TheSubnet/

To follow me and all of my sets, check out the list on my website!

https://mvh.dev/dj.html

#DEFCON #DEFCON33 #Hackers

The Subnet

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Don't all groan at once:
@stephenfarrow can't groan if it's correct!!

@felipe @stephenfarrow My son's version (would need a slight redraw)

_Person 1:_ It's 21° out there.
_Person 2:_ No, it's 69°!

_Punchline:_ Sometimes orientation matters more than units.

@stephenfarrow He lives on Lombard St in San Francisco.
@stephenfarrow I wondered if there are thermometers that actually show temperature in degree.
Needle is | means 0 °
Needle is — means 90 °
@stephenfarrow This is actually a valuable carton that I use frequently because people do not understand or care about metrology.