Haroon Meer
@haroonmeer.canary.love
Security Geek. We build Thinkst Canary - https://canary.tools
Rome takes their FLOSS licenses seriously..
September 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Rome takes their FLOSS licenses seriously..
Totally didn’t think it worked like that…
July 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Totally didn’t think it worked like that…
New startup marketing playbook just dropped
June 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
New startup marketing playbook just dropped
i'm not sure you know how much this post meant to us when you posted it (10 years ago.. 🤯)
May 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
i'm not sure you know how much this post meant to us when you posted it (10 years ago.. 🤯)
Internal release naming is totally becoming serious business at @thinkstcanary.canary.tools
May 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Internal release naming is totally becoming serious business at @thinkstcanary.canary.tools
With all the comments on live goats being used as a booth attraction at #RSAC, you have to feel sorry for the marketing team at OpenText.
They had a huuuge booth & banners _also_ using goats as the central theme.
Folks in marketing worked a bunch & got kinda out-goated..
They had a huuuge booth & banners _also_ using goats as the central theme.
Folks in marketing worked a bunch & got kinda out-goated..
May 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
With all the comments on live goats being used as a booth attraction at #RSAC, you have to feel sorry for the marketing team at OpenText.
They had a huuuge booth & banners _also_ using goats as the central theme.
Folks in marketing worked a bunch & got kinda out-goated..
They had a huuuge booth & banners _also_ using goats as the central theme.
Folks in marketing worked a bunch & got kinda out-goated..
It's kinda been raised, but its nuts that (according to Mandiant/M-Trends) in 2025:
- vulnerabilities/exploits are the most frequently observed initial vector;
- the top 4 exploited vulns belong to security vendors.
What are we doing here? 🤯😱
- vulnerabilities/exploits are the most frequently observed initial vector;
- the top 4 exploited vulns belong to security vendors.
What are we doing here? 🤯😱
April 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
It's kinda been raised, but its nuts that (according to Mandiant/M-Trends) in 2025:
- vulnerabilities/exploits are the most frequently observed initial vector;
- the top 4 exploited vulns belong to security vendors.
What are we doing here? 🤯😱
- vulnerabilities/exploits are the most frequently observed initial vector;
- the top 4 exploited vulns belong to security vendors.
What are we doing here? 🤯😱
Worth a try Verizon DBIR.. worth a try..
April 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Worth a try Verizon DBIR.. worth a try..
I always thought teen/highschool movies were pointless, but turns out more people needed to watch them..
Sure you get to bully everyone at the start, but it never ends well..
Sure you get to bully everyone at the start, but it never ends well..
February 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I always thought teen/highschool movies were pointless, but turns out more people needed to watch them..
Sure you get to bully everyone at the start, but it never ends well..
Sure you get to bully everyone at the start, but it never ends well..
A close (but awesome) first win for Ale Galán & Chingo against the current world number 1s.
@thinkstcanary.canary.tools have a bunch of Padel addicts and we are pretty firmly on team Galan. 💪💚
@thinkstcanary.canary.tools have a bunch of Padel addicts and we are pretty firmly on team Galan. 💪💚
January 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A close (but awesome) first win for Ale Galán & Chingo against the current world number 1s.
@thinkstcanary.canary.tools have a bunch of Padel addicts and we are pretty firmly on team Galan. 💪💚
@thinkstcanary.canary.tools have a bunch of Padel addicts and we are pretty firmly on team Galan. 💪💚
Academic work on honeypots and deception are often kinda disappointing, but this paper by Ashenden and Reeves is worth the skim (especially since it confirms lots of our @ThinkstCanary.canary.tools takes 😉)
tl;dr : Canaries work, Use ‘em.
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¹ scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/c...
tl;dr : Canaries work, Use ‘em.
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¹ scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/c...
January 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Academic work on honeypots and deception are often kinda disappointing, but this paper by Ashenden and Reeves is worth the skim (especially since it confirms lots of our @ThinkstCanary.canary.tools takes 😉)
tl;dr : Canaries work, Use ‘em.
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¹ scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/c...
tl;dr : Canaries work, Use ‘em.
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¹ scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/c...
They waited about 50 years, but VC's always get their pound of flesh...
January 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
They waited about 50 years, but VC's always get their pound of flesh...
Kinda wild that the Nike store doesn’t even have its name on the building…
January 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Kinda wild that the Nike store doesn’t even have its name on the building…
Just discovered Safaris "Hide distracting items"..
Simple, but delightfully implemented..
Simple, but delightfully implemented..
December 19, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Just discovered Safaris "Hide distracting items"..
Simple, but delightfully implemented..
Simple, but delightfully implemented..
Wow.. this seems like such a terrible idea - meta going to meta ? (Cc: @mubix.bsky.social )
November 30, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Wow.. this seems like such a terrible idea - meta going to meta ? (Cc: @mubix.bsky.social )
In retrospect, one of the great misses of Star Wars, was a thread of the Empire believing themselves to be the underdogs.
It is clearly the common, default take - even with all logical evidence to contrary.
It is clearly the common, default take - even with all logical evidence to contrary.
November 30, 2024 at 8:23 PM
In retrospect, one of the great misses of Star Wars, was a thread of the Empire believing themselves to be the underdogs.
It is clearly the common, default take - even with all logical evidence to contrary.
It is clearly the common, default take - even with all logical evidence to contrary.
Many try to mimic skunkworks.
It’s interesting to read¹ Kelly Johnson describe it:
“Skunkworks is a concentration of a few good people solving problems far in advance and at a fraction of the cost of other groups in the aircraft industry…
1/2
It’s interesting to read¹ Kelly Johnson describe it:
“Skunkworks is a concentration of a few good people solving problems far in advance and at a fraction of the cost of other groups in the aircraft industry…
1/2
November 24, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Many try to mimic skunkworks.
It’s interesting to read¹ Kelly Johnson describe it:
“Skunkworks is a concentration of a few good people solving problems far in advance and at a fraction of the cost of other groups in the aircraft industry…
1/2
It’s interesting to read¹ Kelly Johnson describe it:
“Skunkworks is a concentration of a few good people solving problems far in advance and at a fraction of the cost of other groups in the aircraft industry…
1/2
Cape Town showing off today
November 24, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Cape Town showing off today
(I feel bad that one of my few skeets is me whining, but) the notification count/badges on the default bsky app is impressively bad.
August 20, 2023 at 12:38 PM
(I feel bad that one of my few skeets is me whining, but) the notification count/badges on the default bsky app is impressively bad.
Watching the A-Team with my kid.
1) it doesn’t hold up as well as Macgyver did;
2) I woulda bet actual money that their van was all black with a red stripe (and woulda lost)
I am shook.
1) it doesn’t hold up as well as Macgyver did;
2) I woulda bet actual money that their van was all black with a red stripe (and woulda lost)
I am shook.
July 28, 2023 at 10:26 PM
Watching the A-Team with my kid.
1) it doesn’t hold up as well as Macgyver did;
2) I woulda bet actual money that their van was all black with a red stripe (and woulda lost)
I am shook.
1) it doesn’t hold up as well as Macgyver did;
2) I woulda bet actual money that their van was all black with a red stripe (and woulda lost)
I am shook.
