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AI offensive security at @RunSybil (prev. @BishopFox). security research. ccdc red team. tummy ache survivor.

Virginia, USA
Joined June 2013
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i got paid to overflow a buffer on a nintendo 64 (arbitrary code execution on mario golf via transfer pak)
we got early access to Opus 4.8 and used it to hack a Nintendo 64 game you forgot about. here's what it didn't find: 1/
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strongest vouch possible for one of the most talented hackers i know
Sometimes surprises are fun, sometimes they are not. If anyone has open security research or engineering positions, please let me know!
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when you drop codex into the PHP source repo and ask it to look for bugs
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it's very easy for people to create piles of plausible-looking slop and call it a PoC someone out there has figured out the PHP RCE (CVE-2026-109618 / CVE-2026-109619), but it might not be the person whose code you're retweeting sight unseen
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i tried to subscribe to the encarta 96 encyclopedia updates, but sadly my email could not be delivered :^( @MicrosoftHelps pls help
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i still think about this post like once a week when the algorithm shows me some insane garbage
everyone with setups like this is universally a performative grifter and every extremely successful person i know just calls claude BIG DAWG and describes what they want
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supremely talented team, very excited to see what these guys come up with!
Exciting announcement: I am launching a new AI-focused company today named Umbriel (@Umbriel_AI)! Excited to do some cool research in the space 😎
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Replying to @rebane2001
@rebane2001 don't know if you saw, but you have a cameo in the latest ladybird browser update!
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spotted @NousResearch walking around NYC. real question is where can i buy one of these lights for my office too?
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watching the @ufc fight at the white house from the plane rn
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refreshing to see a sane and rational take in a frenzy of mythos-induced madness
There are a lot of hot takes about Mythos right now but what’s missing is the following: Mythos is a genuinely great model that proves the hypothesis that reasoning capabilities scale supralinearly with model training time and data volume. This has significant implications for security and I’m excited
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New model from Meta Superintelligence : Muse Spark (codename: Avacado) Interesting to see "Instant" and "Thinking" modes have knowledge cutoffs so far apart. Looking forward to seeing how it does on security knowledge!
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how it feels not being a victim of a supply chain attack yet this week
🚨 CRITICAL: Active supply chain attack on axios -- one of npm's most depended-on packages. The latest axios@1.14.1 now pulls in plain-crypto-js@4.2.1, a package that did not exist before today. This is a live compromise. This is textbook supply chain installer malware. axios has 100M+ weekly downloads. Every npm install pulling the latest version is potentially compromised right now. Socket AI analysis confirms this is malware. plain-crypto-js is an obfuscated dropper/loader that: • Deobfuscates embedded payloads and operational strings at runtime • Dynamically loads fs, os, and execSync to evade static analysis • Executes decoded shell commands • Stages and copies payload files into OS temp and Windows ProgramData directories • Deletes and renames artifacts post-execution to destroy forensic evidence If you use axios, pin your version immediately and audit your lockfiles. Do not upgrade.
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it’s so funny that every comment on this is a maximally aggressive insult and we’re just in discord laughing and having a good time watching claude brick a phone for fun. this meme has never felt so accurate LOL
Asked Claude to root my Xiaomi 17 Pro Max. Did not go well.
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Incredibly proud to be a part of this team. I'm consistently blown away by the creativity, talent, drive, and humanity of everyone I work with. The product is already finding mind-blowing vulnerabilities and delivering world-class outcomes, and it's something I truly believe in
The way we hack is changing and we're building what comes next We've raised a total of $40M to create the AI-native platform for offensive security
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if you're looking to work in the intersection of AI and offensive security, come work with us! runsybil.com/careers
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i 1000% could not vouch for @blastbots any harder if i tried
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big day for new model evalslop enjoyers
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i love that there are viral slop repos out there posing as AI tools with 5,000 stars on github, and it's obvious that nobody has ever used it even once. like yeah, i would LOVE to use a tool that stores every word as... a completely random number?
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amazing opportunity to work with some of the best and brightest
it's end of year planning! open roles at our small team at @conviction: - engineering - general creatives (experience, storytelling, design) - investing - always happy to have amazing operators camp with us
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