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SteveD3 (Steve Ragan)

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Father. Grandpa. Geek. Hacker. Former journalist. Security researcher. CMO @BSidesLV.org Member: Curated Intel

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SteveD3 (Steve Ragan) @steved3.io · Sep 17

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #52,068!

Image showing that Bluesky has more than 10 million users, and highlighting that I was user 52,068.

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Hedge @angiemckeown.bsky.social · Aug 28

It's 2025 and I am still emailing files to myself, and I still have three laptops, and three security logins, and three yubikeys, because identity segregation and security is still a complex mess, and I am tired

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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · Aug 26

I wrote some mid-week words for my newsletter (and now blog!) ~this week in security~ on Google today sounding the alarm over a new "widespread" wave of Salesforce data thefts targeting customers of Salesloft Drift.

Excited to share this with premium tier subscribers. ❤️

Salesforce instances targeted in new 'widespread' wave of data thefts

Salesloft confirmed a security incident affecting customers who integrate its Drift product with Salesforce. It's the latest wave of data thefts targeting Salesforce's instances.

this.weekinsecurity.com

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SteveD3 (Steve Ragan) @steved3.io · Aug 19

I'm amused. Just finished moving 11k archives (~20GB). Went to do another backup.

rsync -avzP --delete

The script did what it was asked to do... now I get to move all 11k archives a second time b/c of --delete. Lesson? You can't copy and paste your way out of everything.

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SteveD3 (Steve Ragan) @steved3.io · Aug 7

Lol. None. At capacity means I can't get in either. Plus, I would trade out for a participant if I were inside. The party is for them really.

SteveD3 (Steve Ragan) @steved3.io · Aug 7

*about them

Posting from my phone is hard.

BSides Las Vegas @bsideslv.org · Aug 7

Thank you @autorabit for being a Pool Party Sponsor!! 🤿🩱🩳

The party is so good, we are at capacity w/ a 45 minute wait.

Interested in learning more them?

Visit www.autorabit.com/ca...

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SteveD3 (Steve Ragan) @steved3.io · Jun 10

Got tickets to go see Tom Felton in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Lyric Theatre in November.

Should be a fun little pre-holiday trip.

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Jason Perlow @jperlow.bsky.social · May 23

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Sean Gallagher @thepacketrat.net · May 17

Dear New York Times:
Delete your account.

The New York Times Really Asked Ms. Rachel If She’s Paid By Hamas - defector.com/the-new-york...

The New York Times Really Asked Ms. Rachel If She's Paid By Hamas | Defector

The house style of the New York Times is severely outdated. Depending on the topic, the newspaper’s purportedly impartial tone instead reads as smug, self-amused, and deeply lazy. The results are disa...

defector.com

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SteveD3 (Steve Ragan) @steved3.io · May 16

Obfuscated JavaScript in Phishing Kits technicaloutcast.com...

Obfuscated JavaScript in Phishing Kits

While sorting phishing kits this morning, I discovered a clever use of JavaScript to hide an infostealer.

technicaloutcast.com

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DEF CON @defcon.bsky.social · May 13

DEF CON legal update: Truth is a complete defense against defamation.

The Hadnagy lawsuit against us is over. Summary judgement. Dismissed, with prejudice.

You can read the judgment here storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... . Stay tuned for a more detailed report.

#defcon #legalupdate

Screen cap from the final page of the summary judgement document

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SteveD3 (Steve Ragan) @steved3.io · Apr 27

The moving walkway is coming to an end. Please watch your step. #RSAC

SteveD3 (Steve Ragan) @steved3.io · Apr 21

Not mine, seen this in another part of the web. Caption was Chuck GPT lol

Joke image showing Chat GPT asking Chuck Norris if it can ask him a question.

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Josh Bressers @josh.bressers.name · Apr 11

I've had a bunch of people ask me why I wasn't at #VulnCon, so I wrote a blog post about it

TL;DR - I don't think VulnCon should exist

Follow me for more security hot takes

opensourcesecurity.io/2025/04-why-...

Why I didn't go to VulnCon

VulnCon 2025 is over. I didn’t go. A bunch of people have asked me why, and rather than keep my answer to a small group, I thought it would make sense to write something public about it all. The TL;DR...

opensourcesecurity.io

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SteveD3 (Steve Ragan) @steved3.io · Apr 2

ChatGPT is generating some dark phishing images.

AI generated image to represent phishing.

SteveD3 (Steve Ragan) @steved3.io · Mar 27

meme... tide bottles for hands... he would help but his hands are ... ... tide

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SteveD3 (Steve Ragan) @steved3.io · Mar 27

Pretty much me all the time these days.

A text-driven meme. When ur about to make a bad situation worse by injecting some ill-timed humor.

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SteveD3 (Steve Ragan) @steved3.io · Mar 27

I got blocked by someone for posting this. Guess they don't like Star Wars. Oh well, can't please everyone.

SteveD3 (Steve Ragan) @steved3.io · Mar 26

Check Norris as a Jedi, holding the saber upside down.

SteveD3 (Steve Ragan) @steved3.io · Mar 27

When I posted this, I forgot to add. While I laughed and was amused (still am, it's a funny image), my first thought was... how did it turn it on? Ole Chuck be a strong force user to maintain this.

SteveD3 (Steve Ragan) @steved3.io · Mar 26

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SteveD3 (Steve Ragan) @steved3.io · Mar 25

When you get invited to the NatSec group chat....

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SteveD3 (Steve Ragan) @steved3.io · Mar 25

Text Messages: (a) you up? (b) we're bombing Yemen tomorrow.

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SteveD3 (Steve Ragan) @steved3.io · Mar 23

Lol

The reporters who were invited to witness the planning behind a serious of anti-piracy raids reported the exact date and times the raids were to happen.

torrentfreak.com/sec...

The big football match between Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille should've been extremely difficult to pirate in France on Sunday. With rare direct assistance from French telecoms regulator Arcom, DAZN promised to "pull out all the stops" to block pirate sites. Journalists invited in to witness planning for the "secret commando raids" openly reported the exact times they were scheduled for.

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SteveD3 (Steve Ragan) @steved3.io · Mar 22

had em all my life, zyrtec once a day. you can get it at costco in two packs.

SteveD3 (Steve Ragan) @steved3.io · Mar 20

Right?!

SteveD3 (Steve Ragan) @steved3.io · Mar 19

My milk man is better than your milk man....

A notice that the dozen eggs found with this week's milk delivery were free.

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