Dad | CTO | Solver of Puzzles | President of @HoustonHackers; Question everything!

Joined December 2009
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Y Combinator accepted 282 startups in the latest batch. At least 30% of them are AI companies. Here are 20 to keep an eye on:
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Houston neighborhoods have been dealing with trains blocking crossings for decades. Happily, elected officials are paying attention. But many of the solutions I’ve seen don’t get at the real problem. So here’s a primer on Houston freight rail.
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🚨 BOIL WATER NOTICE 🚨 | The entire City of Houston is under a boil water notice. Here's what you need to know: khou.com/article/news/local/… #khou11
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Congrats @MollsBreen, @markwatabe, and the @perygee team! Thanks for including me on your journey. 🚀 techcrunch.com/2022/10/25/te…
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How to use a fork to help hanging pictures much easier
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I’m surprised MS didn’t update their guidance sooner. GTSC updated theirs based off of Jang’s research earlier today…
Microsoft Exchange server zero-day mitigation can be bypassed reconis.co/3EddenK
This has a lot of great info for the defenders as well.
This is a superb article for pentesting Cisco networks medium.com/@in9uz/cisco-nigh…
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The attacker is claiming to have completely compromised Uber showing screenshots where they’re full admin on AWS and GCP.
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Something to be aware of if you have SanDisk SSD’s (specifically SanDisk Optimus Lightning II) running in your servers.
My husband correctly guessed what caused today's Hacker News failure. He'd experienced it before. news.ycombinator.com/item?id…
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⁦@TreasuryDirect⁩ Why have pass complexity reqs then force a virtual keyboard, ignoring case sensitivity? So much for the 40+ random char pass that can’t be pasted from a password vault. Can the Virtual Keyboard be an optional “security feature” that can be disabled? Pls?
This is a must attend if you want some quick AD Security wins. adsecurity.org is full of extremely helpful information for securing Active Directory as well.
On Thursday, Trimarc presents the "Top 10 Ways to Improve Active Directory Security Quickly" Join Sean Metcalf @PyroTek3, Tyler Robinson @tyler_robinson, & Darryl Baker @DFIRdeferred as they talk AD security June 23rd 3pm-4:15pm (Eastern) Register here: trimarc.co/TWRAD202206tw
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Most companies suck at solving problems So they pay McKinsey $500K+ to do it for them Here’s their 7-step problem-solving framework (for free):
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If you’re picking someone up from ⁦@iah⁩ arriving 20 min early is not enough… construction is one thing but you can’t disrupt flow this badly…
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Came in off of 45/BW8 to Will Clayton. It’s been 45 min and still nowhere near the terminal.
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1 hour later… getting closer
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Whoever is in charge of traffic at @iah needs to send mobility response or someone to direct traffic.
Trying to pick up my parents at @iah and I've been basically at a standstill for an hour now... People around us are getting out and walking to make flights. This is insane. #bushairport #wtfisgoingon #houston #iah
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Want a quick & dirty (but supported by Microsot) way to avoid #follina Office know payloads? Just disable "Troubleshooting wizards" by GPO > admx.help/?Category=Windows_… HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\ScriptedDiagnostics - EnableDiagnostics - 0 By CERT @banquedefrance
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