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Interests: education as talent development, the fate of artists in a log-normal world. Former work: @FrankHecker. Elsewhere: @frankhecker.com on the azure site.

Ellicott City, Maryland
Joined December 2006
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Illegal gambling operators have a reputation problem. Threat actors found a workaround: borrow someone else's. In our latest report, we examine how threat actors shadowed government and education domains, including schools and an Indian state government, 🧵
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Starlink users getting 🎯 by zero-click malware campaign using banner ads to serve the payloads
UPDATE: Israeli company we caught delivering zero-click infections is #1 bidder on Starlink ads in 105 countries. Data from @trendai_RSRCH suggests worldwide surveillance op targeting @Starlink users. 1/ By @razhael reuters.com/business/media-t…
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Our team at @DecryptAds is out today with our first report, which we’ve been working on for months. The research is focused on AI slop recipe and cooking websites, the fake chefs who supposedly run them, and the Russian and Chinese ad tech companies integrated into the sites..🧵
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Shipbuilding is coming back to the Baltimore region. As Anduril’s project moves forward at Sparrows Point, my focus is simple: good-paying jobs and a real path for local residents to get hired. Read the official announcement: ow.ly/G7OP50ZWxbm
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Our Threat Intel team’s discovery of a wallet drainer was interesting. The fact that it found its location through DNS was even more so. The cryptocurrency wallet-drainer kit, self-branded as Noir, uses DNS TXT records to locate its hosted pool. 🧵
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We’re proud to share that Infoblox has been named to @FortuneMagazine's 2026 Future 120 list of companies best positioned for long-term growth.
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The Fabric of Civilization is on sale for $2.99 on Kindle (useful for search even if you have hard copy--I bought it and paid full price!). No idea how long the sale lasts. Link follows.
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looking for a new place to read? hi 🤍 we’re Baiheverse, a small team who fell hard for Chinese #GL in English. everything here is officially licensed, and what you spend goes back to the people who made it. more about us: baiheverse.com/en/about?utm_…
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200+ cybersecurity leaders. One blog. For @vmblog, Infoblox CISO Henrik Smith joined this snapshot of where the industry’s collective head is at right now: brnw.ch/21x684A
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Quiz time: which of these domains is impersonating Apple? 🧵 quizearny[.]shop, rewardquiz[.]org look like generic quiz sites. applerewards[.]net is more obvious.
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Is your bank now offering gambling? Probably not, but someone wants you to think so. 🧵
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Possessing knowledge literally changes what you can see, want, and ask for. It is a capacity, not a commodity. And the goal of learning is to enable knowledge to enter your long-term memory, not your AI chat history.
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Even the exec summary of the @Infoblox Threat Landscape report is eye-opening: almost 1/4 of new DNS domains malicious or suspicious, almost 90% of threats seen in only 1 environment and almost 1/2 for only one day, more infoblox.com/blog/security/w…
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Maths, Python and ML - taught to mastery. Small testable steps, strict prerequisites, spaced review built in. Preview lessons are open: nodeledge.ai/learn/mathemati…
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Just catching up on this @Infoblox series. "Dropcatching" is a new term for me, but I saw this a lot with government customers: They'd register a .com domain for a project like a service-to-citizen site, then forget about it once the project concluded. infoblox.com/blog/threat-int…
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Federal agencies now have a FedRAMP Moderate SaaS path to modernize DNS, DHCP and IP address management while improving asset visibility. Read more on our blog: brnw.ch/21x4kQi
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Infoblox has completed its acquisition of @kentikinc , bringing network intelligence and infrastructure context into one platform to simplify hybrid and multi-cloud operations, strengthen cyber resilience, and power AI-driven operations. Read more: brnw.ch/21x4Jub
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Tapping the sign once again: xitter.gq/ChrisHayduk/status/207…
hello there the jacobian conjecture is false thanx to my close friend akhil for asking about it and my other close friend fable for working during the world cup final ((1+xy)^3 z + y^2 (1+xy) (4+3xy), y + 3 x (1+xy)^2 z + 3 x y^2 (4+3xy), 2 x - 3 x^2 y - x^3 z): \C^3\to \C^3, has jacobian determinant -2, and sends (0, 0, -1/4), (1, -3/2, 13/2), and (-1, 3/2, 13/2) to (-1/4, 0, 0)
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