Just a reminder for the Melbourne cybersecurity people that we run a meetup for OT cybersecurity education at our Cremorne office every other month. There are community speakers and food & drinks. I am setting up the snacks right now: https://meetu.ps/e/PbvYT/6xCRH/i

At times, it is hard to believe that this is the same country that won World War 2. Perhaps fighting fascism was easier and simpler when the threat is external. When fascism came to America from within, most of our elites and institutions simply capitulated without a fight out of fear and […]

I’m doing an AMA on cybersecurity careers and OT DFIR, etc for the next hour on Reddit, https://www.reddit.com/r/SecurityCareerAdvice/s/0P5SmaGgza Share, #cybersecuritycareers

you don't get to complain you can't afford to go to any infosec cons or talk to any infosec mentors, if you are not tuned into @pancakescon

Okay. I have beer and Tim Tams. I can totally run this con for 14 more hours

My dear friend, This is either burnout or clinical depression, and if you’re feeling like this, (while unfortunately temporarily common in our industry and current world), it is not normal long term - and it will very likely come with serious long term health consequences. You need to seek help!

Censorship Is the Authoritarian’s Dream “More professors in the US have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history. …consider the case of Darren Michael, prof at Austin Peay State Univ, who was fired because he reposted on social media a […]

I do not know another way to express to people that trying to appease fascists by “being a good minority” or totally deferring to them publicly has saved absolutely no marginalized group or profession in human history. They are coming after us anyway. Even if you l scold peers for not being nice.

@hacks4pancakes if it's like Ireland, the age of the person serving is a factor to consider.

Australia is a slightly less alarming mash of imperial and metric measurements (how is height in one and weight in the other???) but despite converting between the two systems my entire life I am still not sure what unit to order food at the grocery counter in, or how much is a reasonable amount.

These conservative galaxy brains saying we should just pull American troops out of South Korea so that they’re destroyed by North Korea in retribution for sanctions, and think they’re brilliant military strategists without considering -what would happen next-… 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🙈🙄

What movie are they drawing on my apartment building?

The abduction of South Korean workers was even worse than you think.

Rep. Brian Mast (R-Florida) has introduced a bill that would allow the Secretary of State (which today is Marco Rubio) to designate any US citizen a “terrorist supporter” based on their online speech, and deny them a passport. First of all, a passport should be a *right* to any US citizen and a […]

Is it gatekeepy or am I not the only one who gets the ick from hackers who put their employer at HtB, a bug bounty platform, or SANS on LinkedIn when they’re just doing labs or CTFs and they’re not even receiving paychecks from that organization? I get the hustle, I really do. But it feels off.

@hacks4pancakes @draken TPUK they were an important player in taking us out of the EU and I'm pretty sure most of the country have never heard of them

This week has left me with two uncomfortable truths: - a nonzero number of online adults didn’t know of a conservative figurehead who terrorized queer people and women in America - there are people in my generation who are somehow not exposed to brain rot on the daily I want to experience that

Oh my sweet and fuzzy hamster … Imagine being so -not- terminally online you see these phrases and think, “haunting anti fascist” and then you go write that in an actual news publication in 2025. Aren’t journalists supposed to like gather basic context? It […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]

@hacks4pancakes It's hilarious! If the buyers want to get rid of the smell, it's easy. Rent or buy an ozone generator that is designed specifically for killing smells. You plug it in, set the timer for 20 or 30 minutes, then leave the room and close the door(s). After the device shuts off […]

I wrote a plea to cybersecurity curriculum developers about what I would like to see covered in OT cybersecurity coursework. https://tisiphone.net/2025/09/10/the-top-10-things-id-like-to-see-in-university-ot-cybersecurity-curriculum-2025-edition/

I’ve committed like, large percentages of my life to practical service to a better society - an entire military career mostly in disaster response, years of career education and mentoring, free student clinics, coaching young people, securing infrastructure. I refuse to be performatively polite.

There's very little chance Experian's service will successfully alert you to your identity being hijacked *before* it happens, but in the unlikely event that they do you're unlikely to notice because of the 27 other marketing emails they sent you the same week.

What a story to wake up to… right into my veins, please. 🫢

Oh not me realizing I’m now in a -50hz country- and trying to squint and see the lights flickering 😅

[long US politics rant tldr tldr tldr] Man, I got in this huge, flashy debate with people on the left and the right on Bluesky last night... Look, here's the deal. I wish they had voted. Nothing in life is simple. We want there to be easy, straightforward, singular reasons for the awful mess […]

https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/07/googles_ai_cites_written_by_ai/ so ai is going great

They used to call this "cancel culture."

Yes, I do have a lot of feelings about a sitting US president declaring war on my home city via social media, thanks. They include, this could have easily been avoided, you sexist bastards, and if you could have voted and didn’t I hope you rot in hell and it stinks like Malort there.

lol, what did I just -read-? We literally campaign for foreign companies to open factories in US states and then ICE locks up all their immigrant skilled workers https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-07/what-to-know-about-a-large-scale-immigration-raid-at-a/105744870 What a sales pitch for […]

Chi-town stands up to Trump with salt trucks!!!! Niiiiiice! Good on them! #fucktrump

The coat survived the move.

Yea, there’s nothing left for me in America. I’m really sorry. This is what a distinguished military career even at senior-most levels gets you now. Fired by internet trolls.

Dammit I give up, Yes, I’m Elsbeth

I will never be rich now, but at least I have my soul.

@hacks4pancakes I have thought about this and my best guess is they are going to classify it as a mental illness when they change the law and then enter it into the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) like they do for individuals who have been involuntarily committed to a […]

Um, so have any leftist gun people but me thought about the erm, additional unpleasant logistics of trying to legally ban only trans gun ownership? Because half of states require no or even encourage bg checks for buying a gun through private sales. So they would either be requiring trans status […]

@hacks4pancakes a very hacker typical thing. It's soldering fluid or exploded capacitors, right?

Guys, I think I fucked up in a hilarious and potentially internet forever way, A podcast contacted me from the States last night telling me they want TO HAVE ME ON THEIR SHOW to explain something the people who bought my house found and don't understand. Not my realtor. Not their realtor. Not […]

#resist US immigration agents will have access to one of the world’s most sophisticated hacking tools after a decision by the Trump administration to move ahead with a contract with Paragon Solutions, a company founded in Israel which makes spyware that can be used to hack into any mobile phone […]

just wow. read this, from Techdirt: Wired, Business Insider Editors Duped By Completely Bogus ‘AI’ Using ‘Journalist’ Who Made Up Towns, People That Don’t Exist […]

🚨 From a report on bsky: Gov. JB Pritzker says the Trump administration has sent the Texas National Guard to Great Lakes Naval Base outside Chicago, awaiting orders to deploy to Chicago. Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations.

I’ve met so many damn important people in Australia over the past month in education, cybersecurity, journalism. I’m exhausted and dragging., I just hope I did well enough I get asked back to those spaces and got my message across.

You asked, I wrote. Here's how I do online mentorship. Please help me. I am booked until November. https://tisiphone.net/2025/09/01/open-online-mentoring-guide/

I cannot believe I have to say this but please do not schedule my limited free mentoring time to have a -date- with me.