Defensive Security Podcast Episode 329 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BaNujBx62Y https://defensivesecurity.org/defensive-security-podcast-episode-329/

Apropos of nothing, I was just reflecting on how odd it was that when the FAA announced it was banning private jets at major airports, suddenly the senate has enough votes to pass the CR. I'm sure it's a coincidence.

fixed it

I finally got a decent monitor for my teleprompter. The old one was too small and not very bright (yeah yeah, just like me), but this one is perfect size and very bright

I did not have "new surge of accounts on infosec.exchange due to X bungling their passkey migration" on my bingo card for today

The state of Nevada released a “forensics report” from their recent ransomware incident. It’ll be featured on the next DefSec episode, but I thought this level of fuckery deserved extra attention. I applaud/abhor Nevada’s ability to turn a breach report into political grandstanding […]

Looks like business world is finally waking up to what we’ve know for a long time: the companies are astroturfing the job market with fake job openings. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/11/ghost-job-postings-add-another-layer-of-uncertainty-to-stalled-jobs-picture.html

I have another Reddit AMA scheduled! Tell your youts! https://www.reddit.com/r/SecurityCareerAdvice/s/LQquOxjhjG

What a difference a day makes. Yesterday I walked the dog in short shorts and a T-shirt. Today it’s longjohns pants, thermal socks, long sleeve shirt, winter coat, winter hat, winter coat hood up and I’m still cold.

I decided to bite the bullet and get the laser for Lacie. It’s a lot more work than I had expected.

I’m just saying, we didn’t have these polar vortex problems before all those traffic circles went in here in Atlanta :illuminati:

Putting the finishing touches on my presentation at @bsidesatl next weekend. "The #Fediverse: Embracing the Hacker Ethos for a Decentralized Social Media Experience". We may even have a special guest join us, @jerry#fediverse #bsides https://www.bsidesatl.info/

Last beach day of 2025. Back to reality tomorrow 😕

Lacie and the shirt of shame

“Form a steering committee” is the answer to waaay too many questions in the CISM study guide

If you're still running mastodon on ubuntu 22.04 like me and want a simple way to move to libvips, this script will save you some time googling how to do it: https://gist.github.com/nolanlawson/b9813bcc4e2e2be8761a8b20811926b8 - just be sure to update the version number to the latest in the […]

Well friends, it finally happened. A VPN provider finally reached out to wag some money in my face to promote their service here. It seems a bit alarming that running a VPN service is apparently so profitable that providers are able to spend all this money on advertising (seems like half of […]

The super moon looks super cool tonight.

Tonight’s sunset https://youtu.be/RMcE7SKNdw8?si=YneEDURtMmh0uIHA

Celebrating my anniversary

Many of my former employees and coworkers at IBM got the boot today 😞

The government shutdown has not had a noticeable impact on how many f22’s and f35’s are buzzing my condo this week

I could have picked a better spot for the banner, but at least the background is nice

It's my fediversary! Three years ago today I said goodbye to several hundred thousand followers at the nazi bar and joined this community. No regrets! Thanks for making me want to stick around :)

There’s a Señor Frog’s next to my condo that replaced a formerly good restaurant. It makes me a little sad when I see elderly couples walking up to it because I know what happened. That happens somewhat often and I’m guessing they have no real incentive to make sure old people know it’s “Señor” […]

Oof. I have to make some changes to infosec.exchange and related services - I just got a massive bill from Fastly. I’m hoping it’s a mistake, but I can’t afford to risk it not being a mistake so will be working to reroute traffic through a server in Hetzner.

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 328 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jziBtNWrJOk https://defensivesecurity.org/defensive-security-podcast-episode-328/

Some day, I am going to write a book based on the more unusual reasons provided by people/bots trying to register infosec.exchange accounts.

Sunset from my balcony this evening

Final beach trip of the year

Remember to check your kids candy. https://youtube.com/shorts/eSvjqd2d_gQ?si=JOz2FgL0knpMHJlU In other news, would kids today even know what do do with a cd?

For $reasons, I had 5 24 packs of coke cans to give out for Halloween. In my 6 decades Halloween, I don’t think I’ve ever seen kids that excited. One ran down the street screaming “I GOT CAFFEINE!” Yeah, that was probably illegal advised, but it was not as bad as those Nickleback CDs

Happy Halloween, friends. Lacie is ready to go!

Some pics from today #bloomscrolling

in other news, it looks like it's time to perform my most dreaded photography task... cleaning the sensor on my z9. the images are starting to develop pokadots at higher apertures :(

Don’t forget, tomorrow is #pushtoprodonfriday

I’m sure the Azure outage was definitely not caused by an MS employee needing a break from Teams

Does anyone have experiencing renting a cold laser to treat their dog/cat? My dog has some pretty sever arthritis and the laser sessions at the vet seem to be helping, but they're bleeding my wallet dry. Vet recommended renting one for home use, but I don't know whether it's worth it, so looking […]

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 327 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UawPL5UtNms https://defensivesecurity.org/defensive-security-podcast-episode-327/

Monsoon season has officially arrived here in Atlanta and I’m thinking hibernating bears have the right idea

There have been a deeply disappointing number of mastodon account takeovers in the past few weeks used to spam out malicious links in the guise of porn. I’m guessing most or all are abandon accounts, so the owner doesn’t even realize. Please please please enable two factor authentication on […]

It’s jarring walking out into the kitchen and seeing this (please ignore the dog fur on the floor)

Now I’ve been around for a long long time and I’ve seen some stuff in my day. But today I was not prepared for a product that was being advertised online. This cursed product should not exist. It should not be possible and after posting this, I am going back to believing such a thing does not […]

Just in time for Halloween, a new DefSec sponsor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x3LXBw48hg

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 326 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9sBJiZDAb4 https://defensivesecurity.org/defensive-security-podcast-episode-326/

Former employees: "Jerry, aren't you bored out of your mind from not working/being a CISO?" Me:

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@jerry/115407118712223410 The old saying comes to mind: “in theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.”

For $reasons, I am studying to take the ISACA CISM/CISA exams and I am starting to understand why we are where we are in this industry.

TFW I go for an extra long walk only to realize when I get back that my watch is still on the charger and I didn’t get credit for those steps 😞