Neill Perry
@neillperry.com
Sunbeam teacher; Amazon Safety Ambassador
"It’s a pragmatic shift: AI reasoning where it scales, human expertise where it matters most"
blog.virustotal.com/2025/11/reve...
blog.virustotal.com/2025/11/reve...
Reversing at Scale: AI-Powered Malware Detection for Apple’s Binaries
TL;DR: We ran our new AI-based Mach-O analysis pipeline in production, no metadata, no prior detections, just raw Apple binaries. On Oct 18...
blog.virustotal.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
"It’s a pragmatic shift: AI reasoning where it scales, human expertise where it matters most"
blog.virustotal.com/2025/11/reve...
blog.virustotal.com/2025/11/reve...
"In reality, many vendors prioritize Windows and Linux, and their macOS marketing often reveals fundamental misunderstandings of macOS security protections."
oliviagallucci.com/why-packers-...
oliviagallucci.com/why-packers-...
Why Packers are Rare and Sus on macOS - Olivia A. Gallucci
Why third-party executable packers are rare on macOS, how they conflict with Apple's security model, and why their presence signals yikes
oliviagallucci.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
"In reality, many vendors prioritize Windows and Linux, and their macOS marketing often reveals fundamental misunderstandings of macOS security protections."
oliviagallucci.com/why-packers-...
oliviagallucci.com/why-packers-...
"reliance on user agent strings is no longer a viable defense strategy". datadome.co/threat-resea...
datadome.co
December 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"reliance on user agent strings is no longer a viable defense strategy". datadome.co/threat-resea...
waking up like I shipwrecked on the rocky beach of a new day.
December 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
waking up like I shipwrecked on the rocky beach of a new day.
"the single worst strategic mistake that any software company can make:" www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/t...
Things You Should Never Do, Part I
Netscape 6.0 is finally going into its first public beta. There never was a version 5.0. The last major release, version 4.0, was released almost three years ago. Three years is an awfully long tim…
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December 25, 2025 at 5:46 AM
"the single worst strategic mistake that any software company can make:" www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/t...
"Indeed all the great critical questions about Men and Measures from 1774 to 1778 were decided by the vote of a single state, and that vote was often decided by a single Individual. " John Adams
December 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"Indeed all the great critical questions about Men and Measures from 1774 to 1778 were decided by the vote of a single state, and that vote was often decided by a single Individual. " John Adams
"It was [Samuel] Adams's genius to take one step at a time, to gain what was possible, and to wait for events to further radicalize his more moderate comrades." Ferling, A Leap In the Dark, 115.
December 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"It was [Samuel] Adams's genius to take one step at a time, to gain what was possible, and to wait for events to further radicalize his more moderate comrades." Ferling, A Leap In the Dark, 115.
"Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself." Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, p 298.
December 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself." Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, p 298.
“How much larger your life would be if your self could become smaller in it; if you could really look at other men with common curiosity and pleasure… "”
December 18, 2025 at 3:45 AM
“How much larger your life would be if your self could become smaller in it; if you could really look at other men with common curiosity and pleasure… "”
it's rare to discover new Christmas songs that are bangers, but "Hark! (In 7/8)" and "Lully, Lulla, Lullay" qualify.
They're new to me at least
They're new to me at least
December 16, 2025 at 2:04 AM
it's rare to discover new Christmas songs that are bangers, but "Hark! (In 7/8)" and "Lully, Lulla, Lullay" qualify.
They're new to me at least
They're new to me at least
Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate.
December 15, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate.
My ward is having a two-part Christmas service. Part 1 is today, and it covers the Advent; part 2 is next week, and it covers the Nativity. Outstanding speakers.
December 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
My ward is having a two-part Christmas service. Part 1 is today, and it covers the Advent; part 2 is next week, and it covers the Nativity. Outstanding speakers.
This cold has overstayed its welcome. The acceptance speech has dragged on; the orchestra is playing it off.
December 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This cold has overstayed its welcome. The acceptance speech has dragged on; the orchestra is playing it off.
"Wealth and power go hand in hand, and whatever elite predominates inevitably fashions a governmental system that system not only with an eye on ensuring its perpetuity but with a design on facilitating its further accumulation of wealth." John Ferling, A Leap in the Dark
December 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"Wealth and power go hand in hand, and whatever elite predominates inevitably fashions a governmental system that system not only with an eye on ensuring its perpetuity but with a design on facilitating its further accumulation of wealth." John Ferling, A Leap in the Dark
Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic Teaser Trailer
YouTube video by Star Wars
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December 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
My blog post on how AI will impact cybersecurity: www.neillperry.com/blog/2025/12...
Neill's Site
Neill Perry's website, containing a blog, a reading list, contact information and some photos
www.neillperry.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
My blog post on how AI will impact cybersecurity: www.neillperry.com/blog/2025/12...
Reposted by Neill Perry
I like this article very much.
✍️ It's not high-brow, it's not erudite, but it is a ranty af blog post about AI slop: rmoff.net/2025/11/25/a...
#enshittification #AISlop #blogging
#enshittification #AISlop #blogging
AI Smells on Medium
As part of compiling the monthly interesting links posts, I go through a ton of RSS feeds, sourced from specific blogs that I follow as well as general aggregators. These aggregators include quality…
rmoff.net
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I like this article very much.
Reposted by Neill Perry
I too support @boblord.bsky.social's Hacklore initiative, that pushes back against persistent myths when it comes to cybersecurity advice www.hacklore.org
Also glad to see the first point in the FAQ says that high-risk individuals "require additional, specialized guidance".
Also glad to see the first point in the FAQ says that high-risk individuals "require additional, specialized guidance".
Stop Hacklore!
www.hacklore.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I too support @boblord.bsky.social's Hacklore initiative, that pushes back against persistent myths when it comes to cybersecurity advice www.hacklore.org
Also glad to see the first point in the FAQ says that high-risk individuals "require additional, specialized guidance".
Also glad to see the first point in the FAQ says that high-risk individuals "require additional, specialized guidance".
Sunbeams are unfamiliar with Latin, so we had to change the lyrics to "in eggshells cheese day-o"
December 2, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Sunbeams are unfamiliar with Latin, so we had to change the lyrics to "in eggshells cheese day-o"
for my next job, I am going to work at Fozziwig's rubber chicken factory
November 30, 2025 at 2:58 AM
for my next job, I am going to work at Fozziwig's rubber chicken factory
Europa League soccer - a Thanksgiving Day tradition unlike any other
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Europa League soccer - a Thanksgiving Day tradition unlike any other
I had not realized what a terrible person William O. Douglas was web.archive.org/web/20030302...
November 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I had not realized what a terrible person William O. Douglas was web.archive.org/web/20030302...
lovely story about uncovering a wonderful person doing unconventional things very well -- www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life
This is the story of how a man traded steady, grinding corporate security for a dying craft and, in the process, found his soul.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
lovely story about uncovering a wonderful person doing unconventional things very well -- www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How the Mountains Grew by Dvorak is an extraordinary book. www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-th...
How the Mountains Grew
The incredible story of the creation of a continent—our continent— from the acclaimed author of The Last Volcano and Mask of the Sun. Now in a rev...
www.simonandschuster.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
How the Mountains Grew by Dvorak is an extraordinary book. www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-th...
A wonderful treatise on the empty feeling of modern cinema. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvwP...
Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore
YouTube video by Like Stories of Old
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November 16, 2025 at 4:29 AM
A wonderful treatise on the empty feeling of modern cinema. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvwP...