Partner at Blackthorne Consulting; Former Red Team Director at GE and US Navy; Advisory Board member; Navy veteran Opinions are my own @operant@infosec.exchange

Virginia Beach, VA
Joined February 2009
Red Team isn’t all shells and champagne. It’s long hours of analysis looking for that *one* flaw that gives you the access you need to move toward your objective. You’ll even obsess in your sleep, and the answer will hit you in the shower. Then, repeat!
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Hard to believe it's that time of year again! If you will be in town during #blackhat or #defcon and would like to (re)connect, feel free to DM me. Hope to see you there!
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I was reminded of this today for no particular reason ;) James Mickens’ “Mossad/not-Mossad Duality” in threat models
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If you're planning to be in Las Vegas next week and want to reconnect, let me know! Hope to see you there.
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Our friends over at @redcanary are hiring! Their Intel Analyst role is a full-time #synapse enterprise user! jobs.lever.co/redcanary/bb7a…
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Praetorian is hiring for another 3 red teamers at the lead+ level of experience. Have to be lead or above for this hiring round, no junior or senior for the red team until next quarter, but there are other open positions on our website. We filled 29 reqs in Q1 and are scaling quickly but sensibly. Our clients have mature environments, you won’t have an easy life; but if you like to be challenged, this is a good place for you. **I am slow in DMs, best apply via our website but drop me a note
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Honeypots, right?
Very cool job opportunity at @GreyNoiseIO for technical people who love to lie- especially to attackers boards.greenhouse.io/greynoi…
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Whose idea was this
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Which sounds more realistic? “If we do a few strategic things we kneecap the attackers” “We can do all the things everywhere all at once, 365x24 forever.” It seems like focusing our limited resources where it matters would be better. 3
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My friend Krypt3ia is still searching for a remote CTI role after being caught in the layoff cycle. He's got years of solid experience and technical chops - including LLM training. If you've got leads, ping me and I can pass them along or share his resume. RT for reach pls.
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I always love paying the bill for search and rescue insurance…makes me feel like I’m planning an antarctic expedition or something
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It’s crazy how amazing you feel crossing the finish line…and then completely fall apart 30 seconds later
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First, I want to compliment @Microsoft for being forthright with details. Some of the problems I see in this report, I SEE EVERYWHERE due to VULNERABLE DEFAULTS. Let's start with creating malicious OAuth applications. By default, ANY USER can create app registrations and consent to Graph permissions as well as sharing 3rd party company data. In tenants where this is hardened, ability to create app registrations require Application Administrator or Cloud-Application Administrator and admins must consent to permissions used by the application whether local or from another tenant.
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Reading SEC filings is also my first step when figuring out “what’s important to this business” (critical input for CTI teams when deciding which threat actors are priority for tracking and which are low risk)
Want good intel? Teach GPT to Learn to read and interpret 8 and 10-k forms, and DOJ indictments. May become one of the best soft intel sources in the near future.
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So many amazing @shmoocon memories! Remember snowmageddon at the Wardman Park? How about the skill crane and the moose head? End of an era.
Holy cow… Heidi and Bruce just announced next year will be the last @Shmoocon. This is not a “DEFCON is canceled”rumor. 😥
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My friends, the come has come once again. This holiday season, I'm giving away a golden ticket that grants free entry into ALL my training courses and tons of other amazing prizes.
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I’m at Black Hat; let me know if you’re around and want to catch up!
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Howdy folks! I wrote another free Trimarc whitepaper on #ActiveDirectory Object Ownership. 50+ pages of PDF goodness on how ownership can be abused, how to discover non-standard object ownership, remediate it retroactively, & how to defend against it proactively.
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