CISO @backblaze, recovering Kimballite data warehouse architect and programmer. Views expressed are my own. Ganektic

Washington DC USA
Joined April 2009
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🛡️ Today we are thrilled to announce that Backblaze joined the Trusted Partner Network (TPN) with Blue Shield status! 🎬 hubs.ly/Q02sBLcY0
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Today we announced that we achieved StateRAMP Progressing Snapshot and TX-RAMP Provisional Authorizations 🎉 hubs.ly/Q02r2pnY0
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Last night, I was targeted for a sophisticated phishing attack on my Apple ID. This was a high effort concentrated attempt at me. Other founders are being targeted by the same group/attack, so I’m sharing what happened for visibility. 🧵 Here’s how it went down:
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Manuel Leos Rivas, Cloud Security Architect at @Backblaze, shares how to mitigate phishing attacks using open source tools in this session from the 2023 #OpenSourceSecuritySummit: btwrdn.com/49gxYaN
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Happy Holidays everyone! I'm giving away 5 copies of the Humble Tech Book Bundle: Hacking 2023 by No Starch Press! The bundle includes 19 excellent books, including some of my personal favorites such as: Art of Mac Malware by @patrickwardle Practical malware Analysis by @mikesiko and Andrew Honig Rootkits and Bootkits by @matrosov, @vxradius and @sergeybratus Leave a comment to enter!
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A friend asked me to find out why his connected lightbulb app was asking for his location, so I ducked out to Australia’s favourite hardware store, Bunnings, and grabbed one to check out. The Android grid connect app has 500k+ downloads. Let’s take a quick look! 🧵 (1/n)
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I'm ridiculously excited about the #B5AnimatedMovie because it feels the most B5-ish of anything we've done since the original show. Warners was terrific in giving me the freedom to write the story I wanted, and the animation is phenomenal. It's fun, deep, emotional, classic B5.
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I got laid off from Zoom, who wants to hire me?! Offensive Application Security Engineer & Meme Expert ✨💅 (DM OPEN RT FOR EXPOSURE PLS)
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Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 838 The die is now cast: BA.5 is destined to be our dominant virus. In today’s 🧵I discuss the implications on the course of the pandemic, and how to think about responding. (I use “BA.5” & not “BA.4/5” since BA.5 is poised to outrun BA.4.). (1/25)
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I’m glad CISA is providing a companion document w/ the DOJ indictment of the Russian govt operators who targeted ICS. Lots of great info but please don’t follow their mitigation advice for ICS. It’s not practical & in some cases dangerous. A quick thread: us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/alerts…
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I love the Russian people. That is why I have to tell you the truth. Please watch and share.
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A historic night at Versailles. After five hours of heated discussions EU leaders said yes to Ukrainian eurointegration. The process started. Now it is up to us and Ukrainians to accomplish it fast. Heroic Ukrainian nation deserves to know that they are welcome in EU.
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At today's security council meeting, Lukashenko showed what looks like an actual invasion map. It shows Ukraine military facilities destroyed by missiles from Belarus, attacks directions (everything agrees except Odessa-Transnistria). Also, Ukraine is divided into 4 sectors.
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Perhaps the biggest risk-calculation/moral dilemma of the war so far. A massive Russian convoy is abt 30 miles from Kyiv. The US/NATO could likely destroy it. But that would be direct involvement against Russia and risk, everything. Does the West watch in silence as it rolls?
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I’m an MP from the opposition. Today I am proud we have @ZelenskyyUa as our President. He stands with the people and stands with the army. @POTUS stop offering flights out to our President and give him #NoFlyZone and ammo
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15 air strikes on #Kyiv alone in less than 72 hours. Tonight will be tough. Maybe toughest. #Russia attacks from the sky many cities at a time. More people go down to the metro. More soldiers come out patrolling the streets.#Ukraine’s new normal
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⚠️ If you're in Ukraine and reading this please turn geolocation off on your phone now. Russia is reportedly using it to track gatherings. - #Anonymous
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