“The Conscience of a Hacker” by The Mentor is 40 years old today.
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Chris Wysopal
@Weld@infosec.exchange
mastodon 4.8.0-alpha.3+glitchCo-founder/Chief Security Evangelist Veracode. Former L0pht security researcher. Builds tools to find vulnerabilities in code at scale. Twitter: @weldpond
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There is a new cybersecurity conference coming to Boston this spring - MinuteCon!
Boston has a long history of cybersecurity impact going back to the @L0phtHeavyInd days in the '90s but hasn't had a major hacker/practitioner oriented con since Source Boston 10 years ago. Looking forward to this!
http://www.minutecon.org
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Before bug bounties, before root shells, before the word hacker meant anything at all there was a blind kid who whistled 2600 Hz and bent Ma Bell to his will.
Joybubbles tells the story of Joe Engressi, the original phone phreak and a reminder that hacking started as curiosity, play, and defiance.
Sundance screening.
https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/6932fad21a5535277891b127
“Secure by design” is shifting from vision to standard. I note progress: >50% of apps now pass OWASP Top 10 checks (up from <33% in 2020) and exploitable flaws dropped from 3.6% to 2.6%. But 70% of apps still have major flaws—true success means making security part of every build, not an afterthought. https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2025/11/10/advancing-secure-by-design-from-ambition-to-industry-standard/
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If you have any photos or stories to share please reply here. This is a photo of Par in Times Square during HOPE in 2006.
.@recon@infosec.exchange has been on my "must go" list for a long time and in 2024 I will finally get to participate for the first time in this great conference. Come to Montreal in June!
I will be on @criscifuentes decompilation panel. #ilovebinaries
New Executive Order to drop after SOTU. Finally! MFA for users interacting with federal government accounts.
"The Digital Theft EO is a directive that seeks to introduce new measures to prevent and detect identity theft involving public benefits" https://fedscoop.com/digital-theft-eo-to-follow-sou/