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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

I'm excited to announce that I will be speaking at @bsidesedmonton on the 24th of September, 2026! My talk "Are we being hacked by the press? Finding signals in the noise of InfoSec in 2026" will cover off how to manage risk in a world that is being driven […] [Original post on securitycafe.ca]

I'm speaking at BSides Edmonton 2026
Are we being hacked by the press? Finding
signals in the noise of InfoSec in 2026
Thu, 9/24/2026 2:25 pm — Edmonton, Canada
Chester Wisniewski

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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

Beautiful British Columbian booze still on the shelves in the good ol' US of A. In fact, this sighting is in Utah!

A selection of bar bottles featuring Empress Gin from Vancouver Island Canada.

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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

Surveil much? Seen above the pool area at The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas

What appears to be a circular mount on a rooftop with 40 or so cameras pointing every direction

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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

[NSFW, sexual content.] Ok, is there some secret RFID society I am unaware of? I bought some blank MiFare EV1 1K cards to make a few "backup" copies of my building fobs for our new security system. Our strata wanted $50 each for extras. I bought 10 for $1.20 […] [Original post on securitycafe.ca]

A screenshot of an AliExpress promotional email. It says "find items to match your Access Building Automation" the items shown include a variety of personal sexual enhancement toys that are quite... Graphic.

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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026

Is it just me or does AliExpress always throw in a random recommendation just in case? Never disappoints. I introduce you to the "Smokeless Moxibustion Jar Moxibustion Massage Body Lumbar And Abdominal Massage"

A screenshot from an email showing 5 electronics products related to what the poster usually searches on AliExpress and one item that looks like a pair of green boob massagers.

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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026

I've never hidden my ambivalence towards ISC2, but trying to login to count my CPEs and getting this might have just tipped me over the edge to outright hostility.

| This Serverless Function has crashed.
| Your connection is working correctly.
| Vercel is working correctly.
405: NOT_ALLOWED
Code: *FUNCTION_INVOCATION_FAILED"
ID: “pdx1::rwgxd-1785956915591-cc889e244dcd
If you are a visitor, contact the website owner or try again later.
If you are the owner, learn how to fix the error and check the logs.

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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026

You can tell when the mounties are truly at work as they wear their safety vests instead of their red dress uniforms. #Canada #FIFA #SportsBall

A photo of a street in Vancouver with 6 mounted police riding in pairs of two down the street during a World Cup game. They are wearing day-glow green vests over standard navy police uniforms.

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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2026

My patio honeysuckle was in full bloom this weekend. I expected them to be fragrant, but they aren't for me, they're for the bees and other buzzy critters.

A honeysuckle plant with many flowers entwined in a trellis on a patio with a cedar privacy fence behind it.

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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 09/04/2026

First ride to Secret Beach this year. A touch chilly, but the sun makes up for it. #YVRbiking #biketooter

A small beach with the tide out, freighters and snow capped mountains in the background.English Bay, Vancouver Canada

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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 22/03/2026

On the way back from the PWHL game yesterday I noticed this shop and immediately thought of @hannah #yarn

A yarn shop on Hastings Street in Vancouver, Canada called "Baaad Anna's Yarn Store" with a red awning and a cute graphic of a sheep with a pirate eye patch.

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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 29/01/2026

Oh my! I could be on the cover of Visionary Vogues!?!? I didn't even know I vogued.

Screenshot from a spam email message reads: Visionary Vogues Magazine. I'm reaching out regarding an exclusive cover page and cover story feature opportunity.

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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 08/12/2025

Made my first batch of homemade puff pastry today. Made some cheesy twists, yum.

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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/12/2025

Listening to my tube amplifiers is an incredibly inefficient and enjoyable way to heat my living room.

A cabinet with 2 mono tube (valve) amplifiers glowing orange, some records and a speaker.

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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 01/11/2025

Waldo, our cockapoo, was originally named Woody before we adopted him, so my wife dressed him up as Woody yesterday. He did not like the hat, but he was a very handsome good boy. #DogsofMastodon

A brown and white cocker spaniel poodle mix in a sheriff's cowboy hat and red kerchief around his neck in a pet store with a black and white tiled floor

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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 24/10/2025

I wish I had a nickel for every time I hear someone say this. It's just patently not true unless you are running the worst security program imaginable. Who has only one layer of defence? Who does NO monitoring? We have been talking about defence in depth for […] [Original post on securitycafe.ca]

“Can we crack the asymmetric warfare nature of cybersecurity?” Siegel asked. “Remember that the attacker only needs one point of entry and exploitation while the defender must stop all entry points and be resilient to all exploitations.

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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2025

New startup idea: Safety railings for Moscow apartments. There clearly is a desperate need for this technology and presumably an eager market in Russia.

Newsweek
News Russia
News Article
Former Russian Newspaper Publisher Dies After Falling From Window

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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2025

Did some Bezos marketing executive sit around and brainstorm ways of not enticing me back as a subscriber? I sure hope so, or they might be doing it wrong. I especially enjoyed the part where they misspelled "fuelled", did they not think to ask ChatGPT to write their shitty copy?

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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2025

Rode out to Jericho Beach this morning. It's nice and cool, so not very busy. #YVRbiking

A picture of a cloudy beach. Many sail boats and freighters in the Georgia Straight

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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2025

Picking up the Snow Birds on ATSB tonight in Vancouver before the fireworks competition #yvr #avgeek

A map from FlightRadar24 showing the SNBD1 circling English Bay

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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 09/07/2025

@scott For those who do have a Brother printer and wish to patch it, you most likely do not need to download any tools or firmware. Most models can be easily updated through the web interface. Login with the admin password, choose Administrator -> Update […] [Original post on securitycafe.ca]

Firmware update page on a Brother printer

Printer firmware update page saying "Update Success" in green text

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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2025

BSides Vancouver, which I had the privilege of keynoting this year, sadly had some customs issues which prevented the badges from arriving on time. I've just picked mine up and looking forward to having a play. This year's theme was mis and disinformation. #BSidesYVR #BadgeLife #InfoSec

BSides Vancouver badge front. Electronic badge with led lights and some connectors.

BSides Vancouver badge back, holding 2 coin cell batteries, what appears to be ab antenna in the circuit board and more connectors.

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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2025

@SecureOwl If it is any consolation, ACARSDrama is the 4th most interacted with instance on my Mastodon server

Top active servers on Securitycafe.ca

mastodon.social 30,477
infosec.exchange 25,661
mstdn.social 12,521
live.acarsdrama.com 6,558
mastodon.online 4,369
flipboard.com 4,224
hachyderm.io 2,864
toad.social 2,816

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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2025

Waldo enjoying the heat pump's cool air after a long afternoon snoozing #DogsofMastodon

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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 29/04/2025

At Vesuvio Cafe in San Fran kicking off RSAC with one of San Francisco's greatest cocktails. The tradition is real.

A Monte Mule in an old fashioned glass at Vesuvio Cafe

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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 25/04/2025

Maybe I am just a big dummy, but how on earth does a "tax cuts bill" propose spending $150 billion more than is already spent?

The measure would supercharge the national defense budget with new money to build 14 warships and lift homeland security spending. This will add $150 billion to the already approved $886 billion national security budget for 2025. It will be part of Trump’s sweeping tax cuts bill, which will cut taxes by about $5 trillion and add approximately $5.7 trillion to the federal government’s debt over the next decade.

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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2025

I am very excited to announce that I will be the keynote speaker at this year's BSides Vancouver conference on 26 May. As a past board member it will be fun to present once again without all of the responsibility of helping to organize it ;) My talk is […] [Original post on securitycafe.ca]

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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 03/04/2025

This about sums up the state of civilization right now.

Hacker News - Ford Patents a Manual Gear Shifter for EVs

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Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦 @chetwisniewski.securitycafe.ca.ap.brid.gy · 11/02/2025

Hi Canadian friends, can I recommend Peace by Chocolate? (Slogan, "One peace won't hurt"). Homemade chocolates from a Syrian refugee family in Nova Scotia. Proudly Canadian and very delicious.

A gold box of chocolates wrapped in a coral paper on a desk. The box reads "Peace by Chocolate - A Syrian Family Tradition - Une Tradition Familiale Syrienne"

An open box of chocolates (32), some brightly coloured and air-brushed with a card showing the flavours. Flavours include raspberry dark chocolate, peanut butter and honey milk chocolate, milk chocolate with caramel, dark chocolate with chai spices, mango white chocolate, blueberry white chocolate, mint dark chocolate.

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