visi stark
@invisig0th.bsky.social
Founder of The Vertex Project (@vtxproject) Father of the #APT1 Report @Mandiant. Inventor of #synapse, #vivisect, UNCs, imphash, ... DEFCON CTF Champion, Founder of Kenshoto
Last month, we refurbished 10 tennis courts in Crotona Park — the only public tennis courts in the Bronx with lights for night play. We stopped by recently to see how things were going. Thank you to NYJTL, USTA and Yonex for helping us deliver high-quality public spaces that New Yorkers deserve.
Ukraine’s 93rd Mechanized Brigade has released footage showing heavy multirotor drones airlifting and deploying unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) behind Russian lines. This is the very method recently revealed by the 3rd Army Corps as part of Operation Vivaldi on the Lyman axis.
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
If a politician takes money from weapons manufacturers, don't be surprised when they back weapons contracts. If a politician takes money from Big Pharma, don't be surprised when they try to stop guaranteed healthcare. That's why I don't take ANY corporate money. None.
In completely unrelated news, did you know that the word "kowtow" originates from an old custom where supplicants would kneel and touch their forehead to the ground to show submission to the emperor of China?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d agoTrump: "I met President Xi at the plane (Airport!) yesterday and he looks strong, vibrant, and fit - Better than ever. Madam Xi, of course, BEAUTIFUL! President DJT"
ICE has a bigger budget than the Marine Corps & still conned Congress out of $20M more for bodycams. Swore every agent would wear one by August. It’s September and ICE shot an Austinite in the back. They say there was no camera. They’re liars with masks and a blank check from Trump.
The ICE Officer in Austin Wasn’t Wearing a Body Cam
The officer who shot a Venezuelan man was hired last year from another federal law-enforcement agency.
theatlantic.com
Bring CYBERA’s money-mule intelligence into Synapse and pivot from bank accounts to related reports, operators, identities, infrastructure, and activity. Less staring at an isolated account. More understanding what’s behind it. synapse.docs.vertex.link/projects/rap...
The 8th Amendment should ban ICE camps and solitary confinement. We just need a Supreme Court that's honest about that.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 6d agoA federal judge has ordered Texas to air condition all of the state’s prisons by the end of 2029 High temperatures violate the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment, the judge ruled.
We’re back from the final #LABScon! We were proud to sponsor and be part of a community that has meant so much to security over the years. Thank you for having us, LABScon. One for the books. 🥂💚 #ThreatIntelligence
LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"
⚠️ The US almost went to war with China because of a false report generated with AI
Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
cnn.com
hey remember that shoe company that pivoted to AI
I'd further clarify that we can't blame LLMs for our mistakes *ever*. It is a tool and cannot be held accountable, punished, or rewarded. It is our responsibility to validate LLM outputs before passing them onward for others to review or use ✊
El Jefe Gone Dark Security@eljefe.social · last wk.No. Bullshit. Who was the human at the Pentagon that relied on that faulty data? Who didn't do the sigint or humint to corroborate that? You can't blame ai when the problem exists between keyboard and chair.
We’re Google. Don’t crawl us, we’ll crawl you.
Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · last wk.When we talk about the costs that LLMs impose on society we should not forget the fact that nothing works anymore because everyone is so scared of getting their shit scraped. I can't even use google scholar from my university or starlink because they send too much traffic.
Also notable here: Scalise is using Trump's appearance at the White House Correspondents Dinner as evidence to claim that Trump is a fan of the press. The people who organized the dinner are being used exactly as predicted.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.KARL: Do you support Trump banning news organizations because he doesn't like what they're reporting? SCALISE: Look, Biden removed the press credentials from 400 agencies KARL: That's not true. 400 reporters who had credentials didn't reapply. They weren't banned from the WH. That did not happen.
I think AI has already exceeded the intelligence of the type of person that believes AGI is imminent, which is why they believe AGI is imminent.
Managing IOCs ≠ doing intelligence analysis. Synapse was built to give analysts a place to actually analyze: propose theories, investigate them, test the evidence, and build on existing knowledge. 🎙️ Hear why in the final episode of Signals & Stories: vertex.link/10-year-anni...
Recovering from the jet lag and thinking about a great few days at Team Cymru’s Underground Economy. 🥂 We were proud to sponsor the event + reception and even happier to spend time with such a great intelligence community. Thanks for having us, Team Cymru. Until next time! 💚
My new album just dropped and it went... emerald? 😉💚
The Vertex Project@vertexproject.bsky.social · 2w agoOkay, we’ll stop being cryptic. 👀 We pressed a limited-edition Signals & Stories vinyl to celebrate 10 years of The Vertex Project. 💿 There aren’t many and they’re coming to LABScon in your welcome bags. 🙌 See you in Scottsdale. 💚
I said it at the time (and before!), but I truly believe that American voters electing Donald Trump for a second term in 2024 was the dumbest and most self-harming choice made by an electorate in the history of humanity
Thank you Macklemore for using your platform and continuing to speak out against the genocide. None of us are free until all of us are free ✊🏽
Rolling Stone@rollingstone.com · 2w agoEXCLUSIVE: Macklemore Dropped From Ed Sheeran Tour After Onstage 'Free Palestine' Statements Story: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Back by popular demand, it's time for Volume II of State of Statecraft @what-is-sos.bsky.social! Come check out the latest in state-sponsored operations across espionage, cyber/physical sabotage, disruption, attribution, and all the -INTs you could dream of - Oct 22 www.stateofstatecraft.com/agenda
Agenda - State of Statecraft
The purpose of SOS is to discuss state-sponsored operations and drive understanding of geopolitical risk and impact through study of the actors or systems that facilitate them.
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respect to Google Gemini for getting me a 2020 Hugo nom for a story that doesn't exist published in a magazine I've never sold to
