I am retiring this social media account. Find me as @hal_pomeranz@infosec.exchange

Orlando, FL
Joined November 2008
Shhhh! Don't tell the juniors! They're not nearly cynical enough for this news yet.
Former coworker once told me Forensics is 10% strings and 90% managing expectations
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Hal Pomeranz retweeted
"Never underestimate the power of strings plus google to figure out what's going on" @hal_pomeranz. super true.
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Replying to @securitydevops
Interesting note, I went to the same undergrad as Peter Weinberger-- 20 years after he did. I've met him at alumni reunions. Nice fellow who tolerated my awk-ward humor.
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Old-school Unix trivia question: Where does the command-name "awk" come from?
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Wow. Teaching a Linux DFIR class today and it hit me that I have been working professionally with Unix and Unix-like systems for 35 years. Holy smokes!
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Replying to @bettersafetynet
Ah yes, the denial of service that is Windows Update...
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For the morning crowd. Any more suggestions?
I often get asked for a good "Intro to Linux" book. What is your favorite, and why?
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Earlier post circulating about Parler data being obtained via security vuln may have been a false flag. Archivists say they just used Parler’s API along with the fact that stored content used sequential URLs. mashable.com/article/parler-…
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Replying to @edskoudis
You are too kind, good sir!
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I often get asked for a good "Intro to Linux" book. What is your favorite, and why?
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And don’t forget the 4000 people per day dying of COVID
Meanwhile, Trump Justice Department ramming through 3 more executions this week, even though two of the prisoners have COVID and legal team for the third got it too after visiting prison. Jaw-dropping reporting from @iarnsdorf. propublica.org/article/trump…
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Hal Pomeranz retweeted
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I am virtually in Tel Aviv the next few days. Ctrl+Alt+Del will be on today with @hal_pomeranz at 12:30 Eastern. Definitely missing my friends right now and our amazing Gala. xo @Cellebrite_UFED
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Replying to @kurulounge
I would believe that the FBI has preservation orders in place with both Parler and AWS and is working on warrants to get their own copies of this data through proper legal means.
I’m also interested in the legal implications of this data. Can illegally obtained data that is then dumped on archive.org be used in criminal or civil trial, or is this mess all poisoned? Any legal experts willing to weigh in here?
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One of the foundations of our legal system is that doing something “in a good cause” doesn’t protect you from the consequences of criminal activity. And as much as I agree with the motivations here, this is still “unauthorized access to a protected computer” under current US law.
PARLER GOT FUCKING OWNED BAD...and I mean BAD 😂 "This group of Internet Warriors then used that account, to create a handful of other ADMINISTRATION accounts, and then created a script that ended up creating MILLIONS of fake administration accounts." HOLY SHIT HAHAHA 😂🤣
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This is such crap. If you are a member of Congress with safety concerns, you work with Federal Law Enforcement for protection and to root out those responsible. You do not support sedition from the floor of the House of Representatives.
GOP lawmaker says some Republicans voted to challenge election results over safety concerns for their families hill.cm/zN5Rsqa
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I have been an elite @Marriott member for many years and I applaud them for being among the first corporations to pledge to not contribute to seditionist congresspeople who supported this attempted coup
UPDATE: @Citibank says it will “not support candidates who do not respect the rule of law” and will “pause contributions" to the GOP members who objected. It is the fourth major corporation to take such a step. popular.info/p/three-major-c…
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Mr President, I’d like you to meet Randy Rainbow youtube.com/watch?v=wT5kaf…
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