Jake Williams @MalwareJake
Breaker of software | VP R&D @hunterstrategy | CTI/DFIR | @ians_security faculty | Bookings: jake at malwarejake dot com | GSE #150 | He/him Odenton, MD Joined September 2009-
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.@MalwareJake and I have thoughts...
.@MalwareJake and I have thoughts... https://t.co/iv7hOY8J0Q
She's a 10, But she's a CONTI operator.
She's a 10, But she's a CONTI operator.
After all the hype, I cannot believe how objectively bad GPT-5 is. In my experience, it is an objective step backwards in most tasks. It's pretty clear why OpenAI repeatedly delayed shipping it. Calling it now: OpenAI is toast.
Far more important than any security awareness exercise is that employees continue trusting the company. If you erode any employee trust during a phishing exercise, you've done more damage than skipping the phishing exercise entirely.
Far more important than any security awareness exercise is that employees continue trusting the company. If you erode any employee trust during a phishing exercise, you've done more damage than skipping the phishing exercise entirely.
There is no evidence that phishing simulations make your organization more secure. The vendors providing these services at scale wouldn't shut up about this if their data supported it. You can easily conclude it doesn't...
I am yet to ever talk to a client who uses Cisco ACI that would recommend it to a friend (many wouldn't recommend it to an enemy). It floors me that it's still a product at all when alternatives exist in the space. It is ANYTHING BUT simple...
Do you guys remember that Reddit post about installing network equipment in your home for $250/month? Some people argued it's legitimate. I said it's probably state-sponsored from North Korea. I was wrong. It was Belarus. DONT INSTALL RANDOM SHIT IN YOUR HOUSE
Do you guys remember that Reddit post about installing network equipment in your home for $250/month? Some people argued it's legitimate. I said it's probably state-sponsored from North Korea. I was wrong. It was Belarus. DONT INSTALL RANDOM SHIT IN YOUR HOUSE
One of the reasons I think security is in for a protracted downturn is the decades of spending... And most orgs only have bridle defenses to show for it. Everything has a bypass, but few security pros believe it.
One of the reasons I think security is in for a protracted downturn is the decades of spending... And most orgs only have bridle defenses to show for it. Everything has a bypass, but few security pros believe it.
I cannot emphasize enough: "Stopping ransomware attacks, 'the kind that disable EDR before doing anything else, means having controls that work even when endpoint telemetry is gone,'" You need to design your controls assuming there is no EDR and *any* creds can be compromised.
I cannot emphasize enough: "Stopping ransomware attacks, 'the kind that disable EDR before doing anything else, means having controls that work even when endpoint telemetry is gone,'" You need to design your controls assuming there is no EDR and *any* creds can be compromised.
It's always difficult to explain to victims why their EDR didn't stop ransomware from detonating. Most frustrating is when they're just sure "tamper protection" would stop a kernel mode EDR killer. theregister.com/2025/08/14/edr…
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WE WON!!! Best. DEFCON. Ever. Thank you to @lintile for pushing through. Thanks to the whole crew for making it all work. Thanks to @MalwareJake and Pandamonium and Only LANS for being awesome competitors tonight!
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Today @vxunderground sent me an email with an attached zip file I trust smelly to not send me malware But even if it is I trust smelly to send me malware
This is Why. 🦄 @BSidesLV @iamthecavalry @joshcorman @DavBatz @MalwareJake @silascutler @LambdaMamba @ErichKron
And if you want to see how we did it, join us 17 SEP at #UniCon where Liam and @MalwareJake will pull back the covers.
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Dave Kennedy @HackingDave
223K Followers 6K Following Founder @Binary_Defense @TrustedSec Co-Owner https://t.co/HQC75WhdJh. @WeHackHealth Pod. God + Family/Hacker/CSO/USMC/Intel/Fitness. Make the world a better place.
Jack Rhysider 🏴... @JackRhysider
164K Followers 4K Following Creator of @DarknetDiaries. Tell me a good hacker story. 💻🔦⤵️🐰🕳️ Discord: https://t.co/qxanMuJ5X2
Florian Roth ⚡️ @cyb3rops
206K Followers 3K Following Head of Research @nextronsystems #DFIR #YARA #Sigma | detection engineer | creator of @thor_scanner, Aurora, Sigma, LOKI, YARA-Forge | always busy ⌚️🐇 | vi/vim
meg west @cybersecmeg
151K Followers 937 Following Tweets about #dogs & travel & fitness & cybersecurity, oh my! Opinions are my own. 📧: [email protected]
gabsmashh @gabsmashh
107K Followers 3K Following security strategist | 2L JD Candidate | NYU alum | UMGC adjunct professor | USMC & USCG auxiliarist
shenetworks @shenetworks
72K Followers 843 Following a menace • hacker • shenetworks @ TikTok & YouTube & Twitch. Co-Host of @breakingthepod. New episodes biweekly.
Justin Elze @HackingLZ
65K Followers 5K Following CTO @TrustedSec | Former Optiv/SecureWorks/Accuvant Labs/Redspin | Race cars
4n6lady @4n6lady
62K Followers 669 Following #DFIR & #BlueTeam | IR & Threat Detection | #OSINT enthusiast | waiting for HL3 | AWS CIRT - my views are my own
Mick Douglas 🇺🇦... @bettersafetynet
30K Followers 568 Following Consultant for InfoSec Innovations | @SANSInstitute Principal Instructor | @IANS_Security Faculty | I like information security. How about you?
corgi @corg_e
53K Followers 3K Following ssh'd into the espresso machine | (mostly) harmless pentester | president @bsidesnash | @defcon615 | chaotic neutral
Accidental CISO @AccidentalCISO
57K Followers 2K Following I accidentally became the CISO. I didn't want this job, but the job chose me. I'm scared, and I want to go home.
💻 Sherrod DeGrippo... @sherrod_im
36K Followers 7K Following Weird security voyeur. Vibe merchant. CISO of your 🩷 Official USPS fan account. 🎉 Host of THE Microsoft Threat Intelligence Podcast. I like crime actors.
Lisa Forte @LisaForteUK
55K Followers 4K Following Cyber Security - Partner @redgoatcyber - Climber / Caver. she/her
Ray [REDACTED] @RayRedacted
67K Followers 8K Following Hacker, Researcher, Podcast Producer (Tribe of Hackers, Darknet Diaries). Proud dad of the fastest climber in the world. Ever. “Ut scandis, alios subleva”
Lina @d0rkph0enix
37K Followers 10K Following Infosec dork, boxer, poker player, dog owner/operator, spiller of things. Cars, vidya games, and cooking are my jam. #ChiefsKingdom and Royals fanatic. #SecKC
medusfour Ⓥ @medus4_cdc
27K Followers 7K Following I exist, but at what cost? privacy nerd, maker of cursed art, hacking the world for chaotic good. all nodes are equal.
strandjs - strandjs@b... @strandjs
45K Followers 2K Following I will light the way by the bridges I burn. Retired Senior SANS Instructor IANS Faculty Black Hills Information Security Active Countermeasures
EvilMog® @mog.evil.a... @Evil_Mog
17K Followers 2K Following Hacker, Team Hashcat, Bishop of the Church of Wifi, Uber Badge Collector. Views != Employers. Not a Ph.D, Recycled Memes,
Katie Nickels @likethecoins
55K Followers 3K Following Director of Intel at @redcanary. SANS Certified Instructor for FOR578: CTI. Senior Fellow at @CyberStatecraft. She/her. Mastodon: @[email protected]
Thandaninkosi Moyo @Thandaninkosi
77 Followers 847 Following
Paul A @PaulA0017715226
0 Followers 22 Following
Anoop chaudhary @Cyb3erAnoop
0 Followers 91 Following
هائل عبدالل... @EabdallahH5324
2 Followers 59 Following
JillLeacock @P07llUf897GWF
1 Followers 86 Following
André N. @androt00
0 Followers 52 Following
kyaw san @san_kyaw70785
2 Followers 46 Following
Edward Starcher @Mavaebrook
1K Followers 1K Following Consultant Interested in History, Religions, Philosophy, Technology, Science, Physics
kilted engineer @kiltedengineer1
286 Followers 915 Following Scottish guy but work around the world. currently in Poland
Infosec X @0xInfoSecX
11 Followers 151 Following Threat research, cybersecurity threats, data breaches, and industry trends @ SecurityWire. #Infosec #Cybersecurity #Malware #EdrBypass 🇺🇸
Jinesh Kumar @JineshKumar6605
0 Followers 30 Following FIRST YEAR STUDENT AT IIIT AGARTALA CSE'28 PASSIONATE ABOUT CODING (https://t.co/Xy8m40Tw7k)
Will @wshrader304
7 Followers 205 Following Internet Veteran, Sleep Professional, Controlled by ADHD.Peter Halberg @pjhalberg
43 Followers 188 Following IT Security Professional, Tinker, Sailor, Soldier, Spy.
Phillipsdas @phillipsda79096
0 Followers 38 Following
Allele Security Intel... @alleleintel
708 Followers 489 Following Allele Security Intelligence is an independent company specializing in Information Security research.
fir57p3nguin @fir57p3nguin
5 Followers 142 Following
Luquitas @Luquita88487311
74 Followers 465 Following
Nick Martinez @NickMar90791632
0 Followers 37 Following
Marcell Murphy @Marcelldmurph
1 Followers 29 Following
Karam Chlibet @kar15607
1 Followers 204 Following
Clayton Hall @ClaytonHal115
0 Followers 27 Following
Gutte magrette @RahmonOlam71198
8 Followers 316 Following
MdShahalom @shahalo37171
7 Followers 162 Following Assalamu Alaikum everyone supports me I am a physically disabled 01718378569🇧🇩
EmetGuard @EmetGuard
4 Followers 312 Following
Piranha @piranha_0x7D
1 Followers 15 Following
Garry Gilbert @EMILE_E_Tech
0 Followers 77 Following
GreenCore @GreenCore_X
0 Followers 16 Following Helping organisations recycle EOL tech, adopt libre & open source software, and upskill teams while providing secure, privacy-first, self-hosted tools.
DroppyBoxi 🤓🧑�... @dropyboxi
7 Followers 34 Following privacy activism, projects, some photography, bad graphic design sometimes some research stuff.
Nikki benz @Nikkibenz121640
43 Followers 54 Following
ishall @Wishall1999928
0 Followers 37 Following
Rebecca Alexander @RebeccaAle52707
9 Followers 391 Following
Awvorce @Awvorce32826
5 Followers 169 Following
Riad Guerni @RiyadGuerni
3 Followers 349 Following
Sharon @Sharon18866
6 Followers 139 Following 👨💻 Dev Advocate | OSS Security Enthusiast Next-gen open-source WAF: SafeLineWAF. Feel free to reach me out!📮[email protected]
dark_proxy @Ballinsaliu
12 Followers 76 Following I am an cyber security analyst and software developer
Tallest spinal @GoatmeatSp82036
8 Followers 357 Following a mediator for a law firm that handles celebrities and wealthy clients.
grim789 @MagicAlucard
137 Followers 1K Following I post history, AI, and science content, just whatever I find interesting. The problem is I have too many interests and not enough lifetimes. 🏰⏳️
Luthann Sey 🐐 @luthann
15 Followers 688 Following
OCHIENG ~🇺🇬🇰... @sonofnangayo
361 Followers 1K Following Cybersecurity || Ethical Hacking || Penetration testing || cybersecurity research ||Python coder||Blockchain|| Cyber laws & policy || Vice President KSAI
TOYOUREYES @itz_toyoureyes
113 Followers 326 Following You’re not just watching, I’m showing you what you didn’t know you needed. | #ToYourEyesOnly 😘
Dave Kennedy @HackingDave
223K Followers 6K Following Founder @Binary_Defense @TrustedSec Co-Owner https://t.co/HQC75WhdJh. @WeHackHealth Pod. God + Family/Hacker/CSO/USMC/Intel/Fitness. Make the world a better place.
Jack Rhysider 🏴... @JackRhysider
164K Followers 4K Following Creator of @DarknetDiaries. Tell me a good hacker story. 💻🔦⤵️🐰🕳️ Discord: https://t.co/qxanMuJ5X2
meg west @cybersecmeg
151K Followers 937 Following Tweets about #dogs & travel & fitness & cybersecurity, oh my! Opinions are my own. 📧: [email protected]
gabsmashh @gabsmashh
107K Followers 3K Following security strategist | 2L JD Candidate | NYU alum | UMGC adjunct professor | USMC & USCG auxiliarist
shenetworks @shenetworks
72K Followers 843 Following a menace • hacker • shenetworks @ TikTok & YouTube & Twitch. Co-Host of @breakingthepod. New episodes biweekly.
Justin Elze @HackingLZ
65K Followers 5K Following CTO @TrustedSec | Former Optiv/SecureWorks/Accuvant Labs/Redspin | Race cars
4n6lady @4n6lady
62K Followers 669 Following #DFIR & #BlueTeam | IR & Threat Detection | #OSINT enthusiast | waiting for HL3 | AWS CIRT - my views are my own
Mick Douglas 🇺🇦... @bettersafetynet
30K Followers 568 Following Consultant for InfoSec Innovations | @SANSInstitute Principal Instructor | @IANS_Security Faculty | I like information security. How about you?
corgi @corg_e
53K Followers 3K Following ssh'd into the espresso machine | (mostly) harmless pentester | president @bsidesnash | @defcon615 | chaotic neutral
💻 Sherrod DeGrippo... @sherrod_im
36K Followers 7K Following Weird security voyeur. Vibe merchant. CISO of your 🩷 Official USPS fan account. 🎉 Host of THE Microsoft Threat Intelligence Podcast. I like crime actors.
Lisa Forte @LisaForteUK
55K Followers 4K Following Cyber Security - Partner @redgoatcyber - Climber / Caver. she/her
Ray [REDACTED] @RayRedacted
67K Followers 8K Following Hacker, Researcher, Podcast Producer (Tribe of Hackers, Darknet Diaries). Proud dad of the fastest climber in the world. Ever. “Ut scandis, alios subleva”
Lina @d0rkph0enix
37K Followers 10K Following Infosec dork, boxer, poker player, dog owner/operator, spiller of things. Cars, vidya games, and cooking are my jam. #ChiefsKingdom and Royals fanatic. #SecKC
medusfour Ⓥ @medus4_cdc
27K Followers 7K Following I exist, but at what cost? privacy nerd, maker of cursed art, hacking the world for chaotic good. all nodes are equal.
strandjs - strandjs@b... @strandjs
45K Followers 2K Following I will light the way by the bridges I burn. Retired Senior SANS Instructor IANS Faculty Black Hills Information Security Active Countermeasures
EvilMog® @mog.evil.a... @Evil_Mog
17K Followers 2K Following Hacker, Team Hashcat, Bishop of the Church of Wifi, Uber Badge Collector. Views != Employers. Not a Ph.D, Recycled Memes,
Katie Nickels @likethecoins
55K Followers 3K Following Director of Intel at @redcanary. SANS Certified Instructor for FOR578: CTI. Senior Fellow at @CyberStatecraft. She/her. Mastodon: @[email protected]
Chris Sanders 🔎 �... @chrissanders88
34K Followers 489 Following Ed.D. | Founder @networkdefense @RuralTechFund | Former @Mandiant, DoD | Author: Intrusion Detection Honeypots, Practical Packet Analysis, Applied NSM
Governor Newsom Press... @GovPressOffice
591K Followers 1K Following Official account for the press office of @CAGovernor Gavin Newsom #CaliforniaForAll
ᗷᖇᗩᗪY 🌮 @st0_ic
2K Followers 3K Following Infamous Chalupa. DFIR DJ. Former pharmacist. All opinions my own.
P4X @_hyp3ri0n
23K Followers 6K Following Owner @ Hyperion Gray. Hacker. Former DARPA tech lead. North Korea's sexiest man of the year 3 yrs running. AI/ML/Kubernetes/parallel comp nerd ❤️ 0days
Acyn @Acyn
667K Followers 6K Following Senior Digital Editor for https://t.co/ok280opPL9 Clips made with @SnapStream Internet Hooligan…
Lupin @0xLupin
17K Followers 677 Following Roni Carta alias Lupin. Co-Founder of Lupin & Holmes. R&D. Red Teamer. Bug Hunter. Musician 🤘
Kan ✨ $0 OnlyKans �... @kanstelar
42K Followers 444 Following Scorpio 8itch & Anime DJ | vtuber @faptainkantasy | personal acc @arachnidbrat ⬇️FREE #onlykans
Anna Bower @AnnaBower
89K Followers 5K Following Senior Editor @lawfare. Email: [email protected] Signal username: annabower.24
Jeff Schroeder @SEJeff
5K Followers 3K Following Linux and OSS Lover, breaker of distributed systems, OIF II Veteran, Security Engineer, Martial Artist, wannabe chef, and lifelong student. Tech is my passion
Rogue WH Snr Advisor @roguesnradvisor
191K Followers 277 Following Top 10 Twitter account according to my blog "The Top 10 Accounts on Twitter"
Shaun Waterman @WatermanReports
5K Followers 4K Following Reporter on cyber & emerging tech threats. Fmr BBC, one-time Newsweek, always a Unipresser, ex-POLITICO. I'm the daddy now. Likes etc ≠ approval. DM for Signal.
Sean Metcalf @PyroTek3
36K Followers 615 Following Identity Security Architect @ TrustedSec. Microsoft Certified Master #ActiveDirectory & former Microsoft MVP. Co-Host @ Enterprise Security Weekly. He/Him. #BLM
tuckner @tuckner
2K Followers 820 Following Finding bad software extensions at https://t.co/dhLUjMRP1I
BallisKit @BallisKit
3K Followers 33 Following BallisKit provides tooling and services to professional Pentesters & Red Teams. We develop MacroPack, ShellcodePack, and DarwinOps. #redteam #infosec
dianna haze @diannahaze
16K Followers 247 Following Tweeting through the hazy brain fog of Severe Long Covid. (Chronically ill alter-ego of @thephysicsgirl)
Vectra AI @Vectra_AI
3K Followers 970 Following Vectra AI, the cybersecurity AI company that protects modern networks from modern attacks.
Ross Mc @RossMcKerchar
319 Followers 295 Following CISO @Sophos. Avid rock climber. Also interested in economics, geopolitics, cooking. All views are my own.
Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison
552K Followers 1K Following On a mission to save street dogs around the world. You can support here...
ray🖤🇰🇷 @yoobinray
10K Followers 431 Following ML at amazon ✦ ML/LLM Ops + ML Infrastructure https://t.co/I0ohFmJkF9
SAINTCON @SAINTCON
4K Followers 450 Following Utah-based Information Security Conference SAINTCON Network Security Conference | https://t.co/MrCvFZ9rue
Lena @LambdaMamba
4K Followers 403 Following CEO of World Cyber Health | Founder of @MalwareVillage | Creator of https://t.co/AKyp6xNeDy | Malware Researcher | Keynote | Banned from JSAC
White House Office of... @ONCD
23K Followers 74 Following ONCD’s mission is to advance national security, economic prosperity, and technological innovation through cybersecurity policy leadership.
𝙳𝚊𝚗 @4n68r
1K Followers 1K Following Archaeologist. I dig thru digital dirt to find artifacts of battles with mercenaries fought within corporate empires. I analyze fragments of rotting logs. #DFIR
MarcoFigueroa @MarcoFigueroa
12K Followers 3K Following Mozilla GenAI Bug Bounty Programs Manager @0dinai | https://t.co/dOLNVgK9xN | Based in Austin, Tx | Finding Bugs In AI | My Thoughts Are My Own!
Steve Inman @SteveInmanUIC
3.0M Followers 3K Following MMA/Sports commentator. Narrating random videos from around the world. Backup page @SteveInmanClips 🇺🇸 #FAFO Videos
Oneleet @oneleet
666 Followers 125 Following Cybersecurity Compliance Without Security Theater — The all-in-one security and compliance platform for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, CIS, and more.
Zoey Selman (V3rbaal) @v3rbaal
4K Followers 866 Following #ThreatIntel @RecordedFuture | #OSINT | The OG @BlueTeamVillage @TraceLabs @InnocentOrg @L0nelyH4ckers | @DEFCON #DemoLabs Department Lead & #CFP Board Member
ℌ4𝔯0𝔩𝔡 @JonSelman
2K Followers 1K Following Defcon Contest & Events Goon, Demo Labs Lead, Blue Team Village Founder, Lonely Hackers Club Admin, DC404/DC770/DC678
Goon Mommy Alison @AmericanHussy
59K Followers 925 Following if you wanna be my friend ;) https://t.co/9qZaligAnw
Alison @TradWife2049
43K Followers 544 Following serious political commentator and I have huge cans https://t.co/Kmd9Hhjtab
officialhambly she/th... @officialhambly
40K Followers 467 Following I make clothes. I stan shows. I combine. [email protected]
Boxswapper 🇺🇸�... @boxswapper
2K Followers 2K Following NoAgenda exec. Producer, Infosec Whiskey Co-host?, DEFCON 29 speaker, AF-VET full stack dev. cloud security engineer. aerospace engineer.
c0ldbru Ⓥ nɹqpʅ0�... @c0ldbru
3K Followers 558 Following Security engineer. Automation specialist. Maker of useless electronics. Come chat with me at cons! lbh gbbx gur gvzr gb qrpbqr guvf, jul abg sbyybj zr.
Steve Jabs @SteveJabs
539 Followers 1K Following That Guy @JollyMediaGroup & @MFNLasers / Chief Critter @CyberSwampLords Also featuring 🌶️ takes about @DisneyParks, the @Penguins, and your shitty startup.
Cyber Triage @cybertriage
4K Followers 393 Following Digital Forensics and incident response software for endpoint investigation. Built by @sleuthkitlabs and Brian Carrier (@carrier4n6).
Maxie Reynolds @__maxreynolds
4K Followers 84 Following
d3d aka dead (dead, �... @deadvolvo
5K Followers 182 Following Senior Security Researcher @akamai - Malicious Group - SRT - DoD researcher of the year 2022 - Top 10 web attacks 2023 - CRTO - MSRC Top 75 in Q1/Q2 2025
yellowsubtab @yellowsubtab
910 Followers 141 Following Artist, maker, small business, bitcoiner 34 years old https://t.co/c93PnvlaQB https://t.co/q16yDyKpnB https://t.co/NY9EbefdTv
Illuminati Party ® @IlluminatiParty
4K Followers 430 Following Official Twitter of the Illuminati Party ® (ESTD. 2012)
☠️🐻Andy Piazza... @klrgrz
6K Followers 3K Following Christian. Killer Grizz, Threat Intel & Thrunter. Hack things w/ @bsides_nova. @DEFCON Contests Dept Lead & Black Badge DC32. GSE #344. (VIEWS ARE MY OWN).
zapp @zappbrandnxor
2K Followers 698 Following Recovering former Oracle/PHP/Java/SOAP Enthusiast. DEF CON 32 Hacker Jeopardy Champion.
DEF CON Scavenger Hun... @DefConScavHunt
4K Followers 166 Following One of the longest running contests at DEF CON. Now with more WTF! https://t.co/EPcyBfaEWr https://t.co/HD2no7SSQ2 ⠀
Zhora🌻 @Zhoratrope
966 Followers 133 Following | Logic Witch | Chorus Girl | Artist | DEFCON Scavenger Hunt |
fraq @0xfraq
6K Followers 556 Following hacker | human | dad | fighting stage 4 lung cancer | Cancer advice and evangelism not welcome here