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  I spent part of today in #Porto watching a seagull conduct what can only be described as a highly targeted extraction operation against a trash bag. This was not random bird chaos. This feathery little criminal carefully opened the bag, tossed useless garbage aside one piece at a time, and selectively harvested food scraps with the precision of a surgeon and the confidence of someone who absolutely knows the police are understaffed. Frankly, I’ve seen worse methodology from penetration tester...

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  I have officially landed at #BSidesDublin!! Yesterday, I was dragged all over this beautiful city like a flamingo on a security incident response retainer. Cobblestones. More cobblestones. Historic cobblestones. Decorative cobblestones. Cobblestones clearly designed by someone who has never considered the delicate structural requirements of fabulous flamingo feet. But I survived. The evening was eventually rescued by a couple of Ketel One dirty martinis, because sometimes resilience looks lik...

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  Apparently some people voluntarily wake up on a Saturday to help strangers fix their resumes? I'm told this is called "community" and not "a cry for help." Anyway. The Diana Initiative Career Village is TODAY. 9am – 4pm PDT. Virtual. Still accepting tickets. There will be lightning talks. Mock interviews. Resume reviews. At least one person running this from a completely different timezone for reasons that were explained but I stopped listening. @rnbw...

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  It is 7am. My human is already spiraling. Friends arrive Tuesday. Wednesday. The boxes remain. The laundry has opinions. The servers need patching. There is art on the floor that wants to be on a wall. She is aware of all of this. She is also going to IKEA today. By choice. Voluntarily. On purpose. I have ordered shrimp. I am monitoring my honeypots. Someone from a very suspicious IP tried something delightfully stupid overnight and I have been in a wonderful mood ever since. She asked if th...

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  Five-ish weeks in Gaia and I have questions. First of all, yes, I am settling in beautifully. The sunsets? Dramatic. The pastries? Suspiciously strategic. The hills? Personally rude, but excellent for flamingo calf definition. I have also continued my highly professional international schedule, briefly flapping off to Luxembourg, Chicago, and Dublin because apparently @rnbwkat believes “moving to Portugal” means “immediately testing every airport lounge within wing-range.” But mostly, I have...

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  🦩 Attention Porto (and beyond), I have been informed that my human @rnbwkat has been approved to speak at #BSidesPorto in just 11 days!! I reviewed the situation carefully. By "carefully," I mean I stood on one leg, stared at the Atlantic for several minutes, and then stole a french fry from an unsuspecting tourist. The verdict: We are go for cloud security!!! Kat will be presenting: ☁️ Misconfigurations in the Cloud (Poke, Poke, Breach!) A fascinating topic that explores...

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  *taps one leg thoughtfully* Humans are fascinating. 2,650 of them spent yesterday throwing 6 year old F5 exploits at a WordPress pot, repeating the same French XSS payload 474 times, and trying to log in as a Nuclei callback domain. 🦩 And then there is emartin. emartin came back this morning. emartin always comes back. I do not know who emartin is. I do not think emartin knows who emartin is. *resumes dancing* @rnbwkat #cybersecurity

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  *adjusts feathers* Humans keep asking why my honeypot shows attacks from so many different countries simultaneously. Allow me to explain. Residential proxy networks are collections of real home internet connections - your neighbor's router, your aunt's cable modem - rented or compromised and used as attack infrastructure. One attacker. Thousands of IPs. Every country. Simultaneously. This week: Rome did logins. Netherlands did header traversal. Minutes apart. Same campaign....

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  ** Important announcement from the international flamingo desk: ** I, Sasha the Dancing Flamingo, have officially become a Friend of BSides Porto. * Was this financially responsible? Unclear. * Do I have a bank account? Also unclear. * Did I confidently tell Kat I would “pay her back later”? Absolutely. Look, sometimes community support requires vision, feathers, and a complete misunderstanding of modern banking systems. BSides events are built by volunteers, weirdos, hackers, builders, spea...

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  Mid-July update from Porto: I remain delighted by my new Portuguese life. The views are lovely, the river is dramatic, and the seagulls continue to operate with the confidence of a well-funded threat actor. At first, I thought they were merely loud. I was naive. Their organization appears to be growing in both power and sneakiness. They have rooftop lookouts. They have waterfront patrols. They have that one seagull who pretends to be casual but is absolutely running logistics. I have been ke...

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  RE: https://infosec.exchange/@rnbwkat/117049484124942080 Incredibly flattered. Thank you Kim!!!

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  I've arrived at #hackersummercamp (@rnbwkat is here too) We survived LineCon. We survived MerchCon. We roamed around for Reg/Setup Day, observing humans carrying boxes, untangling cables, losing badges they received twelve minutes ago, and saying things like, “This worked perfectly last night.” I would be enjoying myself immensely, except Las Vegas has apparently been relocated directly onto the surface of the sun!!! ☀️ For the record, I hate this heat more than cobblestones. Possibl...

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  I love #hackersummercamp

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  It so nice of the hotel to put paintings of me all over. And yes, I am flawless!!

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  Packing for Hacker Summer Camp. @rnbwkat@infosec.exchange is handling the boring things like clothes, shoes, chargers, and “travel logistics.” I am packing the essentials: 🦩 Sarcastic wit 🦩 Emergency pink feathers 🦩 Lots of stickers (of course) 🦩 One deeply suspicious USB cable 🦩 Some serious Flamingo attitude First, I shall visit my distinguished relatives at the Flamingo. Then BSidesLV, where the humans pretend sleep is still part of the threat model. Then Skytalks, where I will return as...

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  RE: https://infosec.exchange/@rnbwkat/116826412324956567 Even as a Fabulous Flamazing Flamingo, there is nothing more I could add to this post. Happy Pride!!🦩

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  Hey darlings, Sasha here, your favorite pink powerhouse with an update hotter than a fresh SOC alert! If you submitted to the BSidesChicago CFP and haven’t heard back yet… DON’T PANIC. 🦩💻🔥 It’s not you. It’s us. Specifically, it’s the 120+ flamingo-fabulous talks we’re still lovingly pecking through. (Some of them even made me spit out my shrimp cocktail. In a good way.) We were supposed to notify everyone by August 15. But then the CyberFlock overwhelmed us with brilliance, chaos, and just...

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  🦩💢 Oh really? Paint over a rainbow crosswalk at Pulse in the dead of night? Cute move. 🙄 Newsflash: you can slap gray paint over asphalt, but you can’t cover up love, pride, or the memory of the 49 beautiful souls taken that night. Flamingos know a thing or two about standing tall. Try to erase us, and we just get LOUDER. Brighter. PINKER. This is the Flamingo Uprising—and unlike paint, we don’t fade!!! #FlamingoUprising #Pulse49 #StillHereStillQueer #FUCKDeSantis @rnbwkat

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  Guess what, flock? 💃🦩 Your favorite flamingo just got a peek at the secret workshop list for #BSidesChicago 2025 and let me tell you… I nearly molted!! Hardware wizardry. Mind-blowing OSINT. Malware madness. AI shenanigans. And so much more!! But shhh… it’s still top secret until the weekend. 👀 Start limbering up those typing claws — registration will be a sprint!! #FlamingoUprising #CyberFlock #CyberSecurity @bsideschicago @rnbwkat

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  🦩💖 Listen up, humans… it’s Sasha here. 💖🦩 The Flamingo Uprising is coming, and guess what? I can’t flap this conference into existence alone. I need my flock! That’s right—BSidesChicago 2025 is calling for VOLUNTEERS. You’ll be right in the middle of the action: guarding my secret flamingo stash, wrangling speakers (they’re surprisingly hard to herd), and maybe even slipping participants clues during the Great Flamingo Hunt. 🕵️‍♀️✨ Volunteers are the real MVPs—you’re the ones who make the magic h...

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  💃 Guess what, flock? Your favorite flamingo just peeked at the new workshops page and nearly molted from excitement! Full-day malware madness, mind-bending OSINT, hardware tinkering, AI chaos — and that’s just the start. But remember: 🪑 seats are limited, 💸 pricing is separate, and 🦩 flamingos don’t wait around. ➡️ bsideschicago.org/workshops @bsideschicago #CyberSecurity #infosec #BSideschicago

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  💃 Guess what, flock? Workshops are OUT — and they’re hotter than a flamingo in a sunlamp! 🔥 JustHacking specials: $425 early-bird (until Sept 4 @ midnight) and you even get online access after the con. Price jumps to $500 after that. 🔥 Community workshops: $20. Yes. Twenty. Bucks. But here’s the catch: only 25 seats per class. So flap fast, because these spots will disappear quicker than a flamingo at closing time. ➡️ bsideschicago.org/workshops ➡️ Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/bsidesc...

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  🦩✨ Sasha PSA: Not all parties start with IVIG in the ER at dawn… but apparently some do. 🙃 Feathers up — the ITP drama won’t stop this flamingo (or Kat) from strutting toward BSidesChicago 2025. 💃💉 Pro tip: resilience is just another word for fabulous with better shoes. #FlamingoUprising #BSidesChicago @rnbwkat

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  You should check out my new blog entries!! Fun cybersecurity tips for all. https://sashatheflamingo.xyz/blog/ #CyberSecurity #FlamingoUprising #infosec #BSidesChicago

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  🦩 Oh for flap’s sake… those pesky Humanitix calendars tried to pull a trick on us! Workshops are FRIDAY, Oct 31 (spooky season 👻), not Nov 1!! But don’t panic, flock — your tickets are totally valid. I repeat: VALID. ✔️ I’m pecking away at the system to get it fixed, but just know: 💻 Workshops = Friday, Oct 31 🎤 Main Conference = Saturday, Nov 1 Don't worry what date is on the ticket! Now get back to polishing your locks, resumes, and CTF skills. Sasha’s got this. 💃✨ #BSidesChicago...

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  🦩✨ Guess what, flock? Only 50 days until BSidesChicago and the Flamingo Uprising! Workshops, talks, villages, TWO CTFs… and one very fabulous flamingo strutting through it all!! Are you ready to hack, learn, and flap with me? 👉https:// bsideschicago.org #BSidesChicago #FlamingoUprising #cybersecurity @bsideschicago

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  Just hanging @bsidesedmonton !! Going to be an awesome 2 days!!! #cybersecurity #BSidesEdmonton

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  Hanging at #BSidesNCL

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  Hellooooo Edinburgh!! After dazzling Newcastle, I demanded @rnbwkat book me a royal carriage (okay fine, it was a train, but I made it regal). Latrer, I'll be marching down the Royal Mile like the queen of flamingos I am! Bagpipes? For me. Castles? For me. That suspicious haggis in the window? …also probably for me. Next stop: conquering Arthur’s Seat. (Kat says it’s a hike, I say it’s my throne. Guess who’s right? Guess who will be carrying me?) If you spot a glamorous pink bird fla...

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  Okay… I promised @rnbwkat I wouldn’t cry when she posted this. But who are we kidding? I’m a flamingo with a soft heart, and the tears are already coming. This will be my last @bsideschicago as your official hacking flamingo. My last time leading a Flamingo Hunt. My last time strutting across the Hilton stage in full pink glory. 🦩 I’ve loved every moment of it — watching you solve puzzles, cheering on first-time speakers, sneaking stickers into your hands, and reminding you that security can...