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David Oxley at #CYBERWARCON
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Senior leader for Cyber Threat Intelligence analysis at Amazon. @CitizenLab.ca Research Fellow. Former federal agent. Fan of space, books, tech, and Mother Nature🌪️. Personal account. 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇹🇼 #ThreatIntel

Storm chasing: https://bsky.app/profile/wxdox.com
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I’ve created a Starter Pack around cyber threat intelligence to make it easier to find that community here on Bluesky. Let me know of folks I missed, as I’m sure there are many! go.bsky.app/TxQYHap
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NEW: The classic anime "Ghost in the Shell" turned 30 years old this week.

Despite coming out at the dawn of the internet, it was incredibly prescient in terms of imaginig a future where governments use hackers for espionage, people use malware to spy on their loved ones, and much much more.
How the classic anime 'Ghost in the Shell' predicted the future of cybersecurity 30 years ago | TechCrunch
The story of the Ghost in the Shell’s main villain the Puppet Master hinted at a future where governments use hackers for espionage, at a time when most of the world had never connected to the interne...
techcrunch.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Hope to see many of you at #CYBERWARCON tomorrow! As always, if you see me in the AWS shirt, don’t be afraid to say hi, and please don’t be offended if I forget your name (it’s not you, it’s me). 😅
November 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Come work with Amazon Cyber Threat Intelligence (ACTI) focusing on the threats targeting Amazon, AWS, and our subsidiaries! US citizenship required, in-office across multiple US locations. DM with questions! www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/3120...
Security Intelligence Engineer, Incident Response Threat Intelligence, ACTI
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Annapolis Junction, MD, USA | Arlington, VA, USA | Austin, TX, USA | Herndon, VA, USA | New York, NY, USA | Seattle, WA, ...
www.amazon.jobs
November 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Listening to the #ThreeBuddyProblem podcast and, while I’m glad you’re hearing about Amazon threat intel for the first time, I can say we’ve been around doing a thing or two for a while @ryanaraine.bsky.social, @jags.bsky.social, and @craiu.bsky.social 😅 (but message received re: IOCs in the blog)
November 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Excited to share another blog where Amazon Cyber Threat Intelligence (ACTI) discovered APT exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities in Cisco and Citrix products. Proud of the team’s work! aws.amazon.com/blogs/securi...
Amazon discovers APT exploiting Cisco and Citrix zero-days | Amazon Web Services
The Amazon threat intelligence team has identified an advanced threat actor exploiting previously undisclosed zero-day vulnerabilities in Cisco Identity Service Engine (ISE) and Citrix systems. The ca...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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If I give the bully my lunch money every day eventually he will die of old age
March 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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cyberscoop.com/cyber-schola...

Will open my big mouth here and say as a participant in one of these programs in the great before time, this is a massive unforced error by USG and will have impacts that span probably decades on the gov cyber workforce
Cyber scholarship-for-service students say government has pulled rug on them, potentially burdening them with debt
Some CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service participants have had federal agency job and internship offers rescinded this year due to cutbacks and freezes. It’s a condition of their scholarship contract ...
cyberscoop.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:47 PM
‼️ The @cyberwarcon.bsky.social agenda and presenters list is live. Proud that Amazon Cyber Threat Intelligence will be presenting for the first time on the intersection of Iranian cyber ops and kinetic strikes with Dlshad Othman and @davidmagnotti.bsky.social! www.cyberwarcon.com/ping-first-b...
Ping First, Boom Second — CYBERWARCON
www.cyberwarcon.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
“James Comey’s rights and liberties are not the only ones at risk today. So is your own right to participate in free and fair elections in order to render a verdict on Trump’s invasion of those rights and liberties.” From @davidfrum.bsky.social apple.news/AX8_ub4UHR0G...
The Comey Indictment Is Not Just Payback — The Atlantic
It’s an advance glimpse of Trump’s next attempted seizure of power
apple.news
September 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Happy to share that Amazon Cyber Threat Intelligence (ACTI) is hiring our first role in Dublin, Ireland! 🇮🇪

This role will provide threat intel support for the AWS European Sovereign Cloud (ESC). Dublin-based, open to current EU citizens, and with relocation available.

amazon.jobs/en/jobs/3089...
Sr. Security Intelligence Engineer , European Sovereign Cloud (ESC) Threat Intelligence team
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Dublin, IEThe European Sovereign Cloud (ESC) Threat Intelligence team, part of Amazon Cyber Threat Intelligence (ACTI), i...
amazon.jobs
September 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Glad to see not every country is powerless to hold coup leaders to account - “Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Plotting Coup in Brazil” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...
Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Plotting Coup in Brazil
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This morning, Amazon Cyber Threat Intelligence published a report about a recent watering hole attack by APT29 🇷🇺 that we discovered targeting Microsoft device code authentication. Proud of the work of the team and the chance to share this with the community! aws.amazon.com/blogs/securi...
Amazon disrupts watering hole campaign by Russia’s APT29 | Amazon Web Services
Amazon’s threat intelligence team has identified and disrupted a watering hole campaign conducted by APT29 (also known as Midnight Blizzard), a threat actor associated with Russia’s Foreign Intelligen...
aws.amazon.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“The driving principle here is obvious: In a free society, people should know who is policing them.” apple.news/ATQz-Wb-hQom...
Show Us Your Face — The Atlantic
The federal government should prohibit the wearing of masks by ICE agents and require them to properly identify themselves.
apple.news
July 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
How Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Make China Great Again www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/o...
Opinion | How Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Make China Great Again
www.nytimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3
June 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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😳😮😲. As the Joe Turns
June 14, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Many moons ago, I was a federal agent. I arrested people. And you know how many times I did that while hiding my face and refusing to identify myself? Never. apple.news/A8NMRFx2mRua...
Opinion | The secret police descending on Small Town, U.S.A. — The Washington Post
Masked immigration officials are storming towns and arresting people.
apple.news
June 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Happy @sleuthcon.bsky.social SLEUTHCON Day to those who celebrate! Hope to see many of you there! #SLEUTHCON
June 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Weird they're showing Swan Lake on Fox right now
June 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
One week until @sleuthcon.bsky.social! Hope to see many of you at the best cybercrime conference of the year. (And grab a ticket while you still can!) #SLEUTHCON
May 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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“I dOn’T ThInK I eVeR MeT hIm”
April 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
David Brooks gets it. “It’s time for a comprehensive national civic uprising. It’s time for Americans…to form one coordinated mass movement. Trump is about power. The only way he’s going to be stopped is if he’s confronted by some movement that possesses rival power.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
Opinion | Time for a Civic Uprising
It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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NEW: In an 11th hour move, CISA spokesperson says the agency extended the contract for the MITRE-backed CVE Program last night:
April 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM