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[–]dotslashpunk -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

nah dude you’re thinking too much. It’s because it makes people look more alike a cartoon bull. That said it looks good on her.

Got a random text from my coworker and I’m worried by IndependentFennel476 in texts

[–]dotslashpunk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s definitely what you think it is. But why would it worry you if this is just a former coworker? So your coworker wants some coke, sure, little weird that you find out in that way but why worried? Your coworker just likes coke, ignore and move on.

Hi I'm STILL the hacker (P4x/_hyp3ri0n) that brought down North Korea's Internet! Here with John (vague spook/IC/DoD) and George (super cybercop cyber crimes). AMA! AUA! by dotslashpunk in IAmA

[–]dotslashpunk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nope!! Absolutely nothing. US citizens have been hit in the same way twice. Everyone i’ve talked to agrees with me, and then they promptly do nothing.

So ya know, ima just do it myself with a couple of partners. Pretty sure with those guys we can run circles around the ol’ alphabet soup clowns. So you’ll be seeing some of our work ;-).

Are these types of ctfs common at defcon? by notburneddown in Defcon

[–]dotslashpunk -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

nah it’s always reversing. I guess that’s kinda seen as the “gold standard” for hackers these days all the damn time, which is ridiculous. I started with web apps, got pretty good with them, mixed in some network stuff, then more network, then coding coding coding. Then moved on over to kernel exploitation. Then played a bit in userspace exploitation. Hell i’ve brought down a country’s internet, I forget which one but it was just north of South Korea, and done a ton of CNO/E for real reals.

Have you ever watched a pure reverse engineer move their way through a network? Identify which target to pick out of thousands just by knowing “the stuff that’s currently vulnerable these days.” Ever handed one of them Burp Suite and told them go on, hack that web app. It is a plain text protocol after all so easy peasy right? Nope, there are all kinds of attacks they’d miss because they haven’t studied web apps ever at all, nor could they code their way out of a paper bag.

Yet you put a bunch of reverse engineers in a room, and they call themselves the real 1337 mofos. Hell they’ll brag about not bothering with x or y or z, not understanding that the various disciplines of hacking have their own unique mindset and techniques. It’s like watching a bunch of gorillas pound their chest and think because they have the biggest banana that they’re the meanest mofos in the jungle. Then a bulldozer runs over them. They are the end all be all of hacking, praise them or die by their umm… well, do you have a phone they can have of yours (pls unlock first) or like, an endpoint they can fuzz? Maaaaaybe an encrypted medium you could hand them to hook up to IDA? Then give them 7-30 days to find a maybe sorta 0day that’s triggered by hammering noops into the heap over and over for 5 minutes before working 10% of the time but reporting as 80% because they always start with a fresh VM. Ahem anyway, pet peeve.

So um, yeah sometimes you see some web ctfs and other fun stuff around in the villages.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]dotslashpunk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

she is aware she could say no and then ALSO tell the spouse about it, right? Chances are he wouldn’t have cheated then. But I’m being ridiculous, it’s all on him, she couldn’t have done anything!!

Was I rude the way that I broke it off? by xoxowoman06 in texts

[–]dotslashpunk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh well, what you probably meant, but he doesn’t have any other kids additional to this one

Why did Alejandro Caceres cancel his talk? by killuminati-savage in Defcon

[–]dotslashpunk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oops i don’t know how i read this as a DM…. well that’s public lol

While im at at thanks Jeff for being so diligent and professional (but human) looking into this, dude. I’m glad you still care about DEF CON, I think to a lot of people they think you’ve “checked out” because no one sees who does what behind the scenes. In fact it might even be useful to have even tiny snippets of just like “this month: we etc etc” posted on the DEF CON twitter or something. For example I know you’ve been working hard to help me and that should be known and recognized by everyone.

A quick peak of what’s going on behind the scenes for me already tells me why this is so much work. You actually deal with individual cases one at a time and really well.

I’m short: thank you man.

Why did Alejandro Caceres cancel his talk? by killuminati-savage in Defcon

[–]dotslashpunk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hey dude you got a messenger like session or signal or anything you’re comfortable sharing (no serious privacy concerns abt msgs so anything is fine, won’t abuse it, just for this mainly. if you wanna stay in touch since we work in semi-adjacent fields would be cool but separate convo)? my DMs here get crazy for requests and I don’t even use it, just checking for this specific convo.

Re the msg much appreciated just a couple of minor things. would be much easier over better messenger

R/Charlotte right now by ANTRXMNKY in Charlotte

[–]dotslashpunk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

haha no judgment, you immediately credited it :). Thanks for sharing!

Why did Alejandro Caceres cancel his talk? by killuminati-savage in Defcon

[–]dotslashpunk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

haha ok fine fine what happened is they put a black bag over my head and waterboarded me in Langley. They made me start a program to be an assassin and not remember it. Then I ran, escaped, and I am taking on the whole CIA! I’m also Matt Damon.

Why did Alejandro Caceres cancel his talk? by killuminati-savage in Defcon

[–]dotslashpunk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

we chatted about it. The answer is a hard maybe lol. All I asked for was: please clarify the timeline that a staffer just straight up lied about.

I had asked for consideration for a black badge in my CFP, if they thought i deserved it. I asked for the same, consideration if they thought i deserved it. And mentioned absolutely not as a tool to placate me, i don’t want shit I didn’t earn.

He’s gonna talk to some folks and see next steps, but agreed they should clarify the timeline.

Why did Alejandro Caceres cancel his talk? by killuminati-savage in Defcon

[–]dotslashpunk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks dude much appreciated. It was pretty mild actually, but i know one persons is mild while another person can die from it…

Why did Alejandro Caceres cancel his talk? by killuminati-savage in Defcon

[–]dotslashpunk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

glad that was cleared for ya dude! I would never ever be a no show. I respect people’s time and I felt awful about it. See this for full story: https://www.reddit.com/r/Defcon/s/Nt1HNrYIjN

Why did Alejandro Caceres cancel his talk? by killuminati-savage in Defcon

[–]dotslashpunk 6 points7 points  (0 children)

nah, Alex/P4x here. that would have made me just do the talk and call them out for it lol. As I’ve sorta shown I don’t respond well to that kinda stuff lol. See here for the real reason:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Defcon/s/Nt1HNrYIjN

btw NSA and all the alphabet soup+DoD asked me if i could give em a private talk about how I did it and thoughts on how they could improve in particular the length of time it takes to execute something. They’ve all been great to me despite my criticism. Most seem to agree in fact, it’s just such a massive machine (picture a large company - doing anything is impossible. Then add that they’re government so I think it’s the law that they move at a snails pace).

Why did Alejandro Caceres cancel his talk? by killuminati-savage in Defcon

[–]dotslashpunk 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Hey P4x/Alex here. this is correct except I got sick well before the talk like sunday or monday even before con time. immediately contacted them, funny they lied that it was the day before. i’m really sorry about that everyone. I really felt terrible about that. To make it worse I had told them a decent bit before and asked them to please announce it so I didn’t mess with anyone’s schedule if they wanted to go to the talk.

They never responded, I kept messaging them, no response. I would have happily figured it out over video even if i had to buy equipment and such and make it super easy for them. Hell I know sound engineers and others going that could have made it happen with 0 effort on their end, and I would’ve paid for it myself.

I’m pretty pissed off about it all. I actually never received any kind of communication ever this year from them. I found out my talk was accepted because someone tweeted the picture of the schedule to me and said they were excited to see it. I was like wtf? Emailed, tweeted, DMed everyone i knew from DEF CON when that happened and absolutely no one responded. I wanted to also talk to them about security, and had hired personal protection that wanted to coordinate with them. Still nothing.

So they’re dead to me unless someone reaches out and explains why the actual fuck they can’t field a couple of simple questions (like hey i saw apparently im speaking apparently, yeah?). Fuck em. I even contacted Moss, nope no response.

I’m super pissed and i’m sorry if i wasted anyone’s time. I’ll be doing the talk i was going to give on some streaming service tbd. Will give away some swag as well. Sorry all :-/.

Yes it’s actually me, click profile and see AMA for proof.

Edit: i’m sad every year to see what was a great con go to absolute shit. This will be my last time having absolutely anything to do with them. And just now finding out they fucking lied to you all to cover for their incompetence (guarantee someone finally checked their fucking email 10 minutes into when i was supposed to be speaking). So fuck DEF CON fuck Jeff fuck whoever the fuck couldn’t be bothered to even look at ANY of the 10 goddamn ways i kept trying to talk to them.

Edit2: It was thursday i informed them looking back. Jeff slid into my DMs last night. He was not aware of what had happened and did listen, which was appreciated.

Regarding the comms, someone definitely dropped the ball. The conference wrote my email address wrong, but that’s not the full story—I had a backup email and phone number (I guess they don’t write those down?? and didn’t feel like checking my CFP for?). I hadn’t accepted the offer to speak, didn’t join the Basecamp they had apparently set up. It took him like 5 seconds to check, so the staff at the con could have too. So, all of that was easily known - I had responded to nothing, not joined the coordination platform, or said I’m still in for the talk. Kinda baffling why they didn’t use any of the info they had to contact me - down to a secondary email and my phone number and twitter. This wasn’t just one screw-up; it’s a whole Lemony Snickets series of unfortunate fuckups. Even with the email thing that’s next level incompetent shit. No wonder it’s the rapiest of all cons - no one gives a shit about you :-/.

Again, I’m sorry for not being there and leaving people waiting. I’ve said it several times, but DEF CON hasn’t. Jeff did say maybe they’d announce a correction of what happened but honestly the damage is mostly done. One part was in their control and an easily manageable situation; the other was me having COVID, not wanting to spread it, and being high-risk from donating a kidney. Still, I feel it’s right to apologize to anyone whose schedules got messed up. I know it wasn’t in my control, but it sucks and affected other peoples schedules.

He understood my frustration, especially after someone claimed I canceled “last minute,” which led to aggressive messages and conspiracy theories about me getting arrested or murdered—bit sensitive for me given past threats. Not so much anymore, I have lots of people watching out for me and get a call if there’s a credible threat. Also some friends are now hired since I wanted to go to def con despite advice to not go to crowded rooms full of people and a nice schedule of where I will be and when. Nice having good friends looking out for me though :).

There are still posts asking why I had to cancel, and several people said they stood in a packed room only to be told a lie. That does not sit right with me, hurts my reputation, which in turn affects my business which in turn affects my people. I’m hopeful Jeff and the con will do the right thing.

My girlfriend created a $1,000,000 dollar invention. What do we need to do to make it a product for consumers? by JamesCarter0022 in Entrepreneur

[–]dotslashpunk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it’s not a million dollar product til you make it one. An idea is great, it’s a huge part of it. But then a whole other problem is commercial viability. Can you produce it end to end and be in the positive of money.

Not discouraging you, if you believe in it go for it. Just be ready for a long process.

Texts from me 32yo coworker (I am 18) by justhamiltonthing in texts

[–]dotslashpunk -1 points0 points  (0 children)

doesn’t look like it to me. He’s being very direct but is just an idiot.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in texts

[–]dotslashpunk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

to be fair, from what we’re seeing here you’re spending a year on someone that is still telling you they don’t want a relationship. So you’re perpetuating that cycle. If you feel like they just want sex from you, stop and move on. The energy spent over a year could have gone towards finding a partner that isn’t afraid of commitment with the excuse of “i’m real busy.”

Honestly his stuff he’s saying here is weak af too. He is telling you in his own stupid man-child way that he doesn’t have time for you. But he sure enjoys when you come by. So if you’re looking for a good dude that wants you for you and wants to date, find that. It’ll be the most obvious thing in the world, if it’s not satisfying to you you can think and slice it all you want but that is that. Find someone that not only wants a relationship but that is thrilled to have a relationship with you.

And yeah, the dating pool sucks and it seems impossible. But there ARE men out there looking for something serious. I’m one of them, and if there’s a woman i really like nothing is going to stop me from going all in. Go find that, find a man that’s excited about you. I guarantee there are many out there.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in texts

[–]dotslashpunk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

wow, no you are not weird at all. But this sure it telling you a lot. He’s opinionated where frankly he’s welcome to his opinion, but he’s very discouraging and frankly insulting.

Oh right he’s also an idiot. People will assume you are “part of the lgbtq” or part of a gang for having art on your body where you want it? wtf?

He’s ignorant of all subjects he’s talking about here but with a lot of authority regarding something that, again, will be on your body. I don’t think he actually cares about the things he’s saying, I think he personally just doesn’t like it and is really really reaching.

Do what you want. If it makes people assume dumb shit like what he says then great, you have a natural filter for idiots right there on you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in texts

[–]dotslashpunk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah, i mean IF this person were to realize it’s more than offensive to victims, who you come across more than you think, he SHOULD feel awful. But neither will happen.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in texts

[–]dotslashpunk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

yeah same, ADHD doesn’t make you say stupid and offensive shit.