The Milky Way over a northern Minnesota river. Looks like there's only one satellite in this photo. That's pretty unusual these days.

RIP Jennifer Finch

I can finally check that one off the ol' bucket list.

It is very hot today in Strasbourg. Luckily there is shade and breeze in the courtyard of our hotel.

Mashed potatoes and stew

New by me - Microsoft Vibing. A very strange fake open source project published by Microsoft employees, which gathers screenshots and voice recordings of users with unique machine identifiers attached. Not sure how this one has happened. doublepulsar.com/microsoft-vi...

Microsoft Vibing — capturing screenshots and voice samples without governance

A look inside Microsoft Vibing, a fake open source project published by Microsoft that captures audio and screenshots of customers.

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People who say "Every day above ground is a good one" probably weren't thinking about moles.

found this in the closet

Happy Confederate Surrender Day from Minnesota where we still have your goddamn flag and we’re not giving it up. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Vi...

After taking time to connect with the Pretti family and with their consent, we are honored to share that we have created the Alex Pretti Nursing Scholarship. For those interested, you can learn more and make a gift here: crowdfund.umn.edu/campaigns/Al...

Today is a great day to reexamine something you think you know. Do you‽ Is your information accurate and up to date? Is there something new to learn about this thing you know? A reminder to myself: don't get too cocky.

Do what the bird says

Picard engineering tip: Maintenance of existing systems is just as important as building new capabilities.

@dotdot.horse will be on stage for #PSConfEU 2026 in #Wiesbaden (1-4 June)! 🎙️ Securing PowerShell from the Ground Up 🎙️ Watch Your Step! Building Long-Running Scripts That Don't Trip Over Themselves 🎟️ Tickets: psconf.eu #automation #IT #PowerShell #Conference #Europe

No.

Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. “Unlawful activity, including blocking roads, intentionally creating hazards, and assaultive behavior, will not be tolerated.”* * Unless cops or feds are doing the unlawful activities.

5 Eyewitness News@kstptv.bsky.social · 5mo ago

An anti-ICE protest outside the Whipple Federal Building was declared unlawful on Sunday, resulting in multiple arrests.

I've read enough study headlines to know dark chocolate is good for me. As such, Dark Chocolate Reese's Puffs is a healthy cereal.

Today we are launching a new intitative of Stand With Minnesota—KeepMNHoused.com, a rent-relief campaign backed with a $1.5 matching fund from the Wilson Foundation. Thousands of MN families are at risk of eviction because of the ICE occupation’s lasting impacts. We can keep them housed.

Folks, there's an interesting security community call next week on Mon Feb 23rd at 8am PST (I'll be speaking too): "Identity Control Plane Under Attack: Consent Abuse and Hybrid Sync Risks" Register now 👉 aka.ms/securitycomm...

I still have a hard time believing there's some company out there named "PostHog"

10 years ago this week I published this blog post while @cptjesus.bsky.social, @harmj0y.bsky.social and I were working on what eventually became BloodHound: wald0.com?p=14

Automated Derivative Administrator Search

Intro Active Directory Domain escalation is an important part of most penetration tests and red team engagements. While gaining domain/enterprise administrator rights is not the end goal of an as…

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Since I was bored on a plane I decided to revisit some of the Windows Hello tradecraft and finally implemented browser based FIDO2 auth using WHFB keys in roadtx. Thanks @fabian.bader.cloud and @nathanmcnulty.com for the inspiration!

It's a great day to be outside. It would be an even better day to be outside if some dipass wasn't burning plastic in my neighborhood.

Next week I'll be speaking at WWHF Mile High in Denver about Abusing Backup Operators with @trustedsec.com's Titanis. web.cvent.com/event/1dbf78...

Next week at WWHF Mile High I'll present a major update to roadrecon, with some awesome features I wanted to add for a while! Friday 9am in track 1 for those attending 😀

I think we all know that "Abolish ICE" would win, hands down, if this contest wasn't rigged to not include it. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

These are the finalists for this year's MnDOT Name a Snowplow contest

The Minnesota Department of Transportation has winnowed thousands of submissions for its Name a Snowplow contest down to 30 finalists.

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New PowerShell module out :) ISpy, using ILSpy's decompiler library. github.com/trackd/ISpy/ www.powershellgallery.com/packages/ISpy/