Made to the Vegas for DEF CON. Hungry. Want to grab lunch with me?
Steve
@sckain.bsky.social
Coffee-n-chromoly. Speed Regime. Awkward Bit Flips. Occasional reality TV hot takes. Views posted are mine and mine only. RT != necessarily endorsement.
My first-ever talk is at DEF CON 34 🎉 Huge thanks to @defconpolicy.bsky.social for the opportunity! Maryland built its first statewide VDP; I'll show how, and how your state/county/city can too. 🦀 OLD BAE stickers w/ hidden flags 👀 hackertracker.app/defcon34/con... #DEFCON34 #VDP
We already know that a UAE royal behind G42 and MGX secretly bought 49% of World Liberty for $500 million. Now, Commerce is giving G42 advanced AI chips and promising favorable treatment for MGX, despite reported national security risks. This is corruption, plain and simple.
Funniest possible breaking news banner on this amazing headline from a few months ago
As Deputy Attorney General, Todd Blanche fired me for doing my job, then subjected me and my family to months of retaliation. My story is one of many reasons the Senate should not confirm Blanche again. Read and share my letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee. www.lawyeroyer.com/p/my-letter-...
My Letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee Concerning the Nomination of Todd Blanche for Attorney General
As Deputy Attorney General, Blanche fired me for doing my job, then subjected me and my family to months of retaliation. My story is one of many reasons the Senate should not confirm Blanche again.
lawyeroyer.com
I spoke with my old friend Mitch McConnell for almost twenty minutes and we played this funny little game we always play where I poke him with a stick repeatedly and he doesn’t react at all. Oh that Mitch!
We're thrilled to have Atredis Partners back as a Platinum Sponsor for Summercon 2026. Atredis offers research-driven security consulting, from advanced penetration testing to embedded systems and hardware security research. Thanks for helping make another Summercon possible. #scon2026
Scorpion Labs, Klogix's offensive security team, is back as a Summercon 2026 sponsor. They spend their days finding problems most people don't know exist. They know where they belong. See you in Brooklyn.
JUST IN: Supreme Court cements Trump's power over agencies long considered independent
Supreme Court cements Trump's power over agencies long considered independent
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court struck down a 91-year-old precedent that has prevented presidents from removing members of independent agencies meant to be a check on his power.
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🔧 Speaker spotlight: Kai (KBsec) presents "Dude, Where's My Implant?" at Summercon 2026. Handoff-Oriented Capabilities. Context-Oriented Programming. A C compiler that outputs non-executable artifacts. Post-exploitation, reimagined. July 10–11, Brooklyn. summercon2026.eventbrite.com
Couples that hold hands in public: keep doing that shit it’s very cute
cultdeadcow.com/news/declara... CULT OF THE DEAD COW & Hacktivismo THE HACKTIVISMO DECLARATION: REBOOTED
Hey y’all! REMINDER: I am LEGALLY OBLIGATED to award at least one scholarship to a Louisiana woman. And no Louisiana women have applied. This happens every year where we have to beg women in my own state to apply and Idk why. We’re in our 6th cycle! Come get this money! ThurmanPerryFoundation.org
As shared by Tom Gallagher, VP of Engineering, MSRC, we’re expanding our bug bounty program to include Microsoft online services in scope by default. Researchers will now be rewarded for vulnerabilities impacting these services, even when the root cause lies in open-source or third-party components.
Anthropic’s report confirmed what most of us in tech already know: AI speeds up hands-on work, but it’s not a fully autonomous super-attacker. Every “autonomous adversary emulation” platform I’ve seen so far is just glorified basic pentesting. No difference between the COTS offering & this ‘actor’.
I did not have lamenting the loss of t Teen Vogue on my destruction of the free press bingo card, yet here we are.
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns
“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
advocate.com
I’m having an absolutely rage baiting day. End of all things to calm me down. It’s a message from Poshmark. Freaking Poshmark
The fucking head of fucking XBox Graphics used a fucking "AI" slop image to hire new engineers but couldn't tell that the fucking screen on the fucking monitor is facing backwards.
A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."
@summerc0n.bsky.social is it time to tell the people in the back to hush?