Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Good advice: One teammate told him encouragingly: “Nobody minds if you ask a question, just as long as you’ve researched it enough and clearly put in the effort to find the answer on your own.” Showstopper: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT by G. Pascal Zachary 010
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Every year on this day, I watch this brilliant music video and celebrate one of the greatest achievements of our civilization. youtu.be/BHIo6qwJarI?...youtu.bePublic Service Broadcasting - Go!YouTube video by PSBHQVEVO 010
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Congressman Elihu B. Washburne wrote this in a letter to President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War Vicksburg campaign in May 1863. 000
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 19/04/2026"Those two words which the writer set together have produced an effect which will never die, as long as [people] can read with understanding." - Shelby Foote, The Correspondence of Shelby Foote and Walker Percy 000
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Do you see that crescent at the far right of the image? That’s US! The larger crescent in the middle is the moon, and the left is the Artemis II mission spacecraft. 030
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 07/11/2025I’ve always loved this Star Wars comic cover by Dave Dorman, from Dark Empire 4, June 1992. 030
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 12/10/2025I agree with Shelby Foote. He was the author of a massive history of the Civil War and one of the “stars” of Ken Burns’ brilliant documentary. 010
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 29/09/2025“Will the future be more secure? It'll be just as insecure as it possibly can, while still continuing to function. Just like it is today.” -Marcus Ranum, 2007, as cited by TaoSecurity Blog, 2007, and repeated in The Best of TaoSecurity Blog Volume 3, 2020. 030
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Will the fact that China has an independent Cyber Force (as of 2024 apparently) finally force the US to implement its own independent Cyber Force? This pic is from the WSJ, from the parade in Beijing. 010
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 02/09/2025This amazing Branch Education video on EUV Lithography shows that chip making is probably the most technologically advanced process humankind has ever made. youtu.be/B2482h_TNwg?...youtu.beHow does EUV Lithography Work? Inside the Most Advanced Machine Ever Made 🛠️⚙️🤯YouTube video by Branch Education 010
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 13/08/2025The 3323 km long border between India and Pakistan is visible at night from space, due to the 150,000 flood lights installed by India. Source: Hydaspes 326 BC: The Limit of Alexander the Great’s Conquests, Nic Fields, Marco Capparoni, Osprey, 2023. 020
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Every year on this day I watch two videos. The first is the recording of the Apollo 11 descent. youtu.be/xc1SzgGhMKc?... The second is the song Go by Public Service Broadcasting about the landing. youtu.be/xc1SzgGhMKc?...youtu.beApollo 11: The Complete DescentYouTube video by Apollo 11 - Apollo Flight Journal 120
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 15/07/2025I’m so happy this show is back with a new season 3! It’s been fifteen years since the last new episode. “Welcome to Earth, population zero.” 😂 www.history.com/shows/life-a... 000
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Happy Independence Day. Do yourself a favor and watch Johnny Cash recite his Ragged Old Flag. I was in the audience for this in 1993, with my Georgetown summer program classmates, just prior to my senior year at the Air Force Academy. youtu.be/Vgpp0V7sDbE?...youtu.beJohnny Cash - Ragged Old FlagYouTube video by L. R. Lewis 020
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Happy birthday Ulysses S Grant, born this day in 1822 as Hiram Ulysses Grant. He adopted the name US Grant because his Congressional rep provided incorrect info to West Point. His classmates saw US on his paperwork and nicknamed him Sam, from Uncle Sam. 010
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 24/01/2025@stephankesting.bsky.social great interview with Tyson Larone. Heard your offer to buy Rise and Fall for anyone who can’t afford Kindle version. LMK if you had any takers. I will fund the first $100 you spend. Can send $ online. 120
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Happy birthday TaoSecurity Blog, born on this day in 2003!The best way to digest the key lessons from the site is to browse my four volume Best of TaoSecurity Blog book series. amzn.to/4h6Lqlb #ad Each is a theme-centric collection of posts w/new commentary for each entry. taosecurity.blogspot.com 030
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 05/01/2025I love how the covers of the original Star Wars movie adaptation played loose and fast with the actual plot. This is issue 6, wrapping up the movie. 010
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 04/01/2025How about that? 1111 straight days reading in the Kindle, which is a little more than 3 years. I’d have over 6 years if not for some Kindle snafu 1111 days ago that caused me to have to start my streak again. 😆 000
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 01/12/2024My @nhlbruins played their first game 100 years ago today. Here’s to another 100 years! 000
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 24/11/2024This sticker from #cyberwarcon is on point. 29415
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 22/11/2024FINALLY something INTERESTING! www.wired.com/story/russia...wired.comRussian Spies Jumped From One Network to Another Via Wi-Fi in an Unprecedented HackIn a first, Russia's APT28 hacking group appears to have remotely breached the Wi-Fi of an espionage target by hijacking a laptop in another building across the street. 000
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 22/11/2024I’ve mostly been active here infosec.exchange/@taosecurity and here www.threads.net/@taosecurity but this site is getting busy…infosec.exchangeRichard Bejtlich (@taosecurity@infosec.exchange)665 Posts, 79 Following, 2.76K Followers · I was a captain in the United States Air Force who formally trained as an intelligence officer. I later worked in information warfare. I promoted the concept... 000
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 18/09/2023Happy 76th birthday #UnitedStatesAirForce! youtu.be/AkDPvuidzLg 000
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 18/09/2023TL;DR: the two leading incident response companies, #Mandiant and #Crowdstrike, both now use #Corelight for their #NetworkSecurityMonitoring sensors, rather than building their own. corelight.com/company/news... 020
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 12/09/2023I wrote a blog post for Corelight explaining how the original 2010 Amin-Cloppert-Hutchins kill chain worked and why it was so important for #NetworkSecurityMonitoring: corelight.com/blog/kill-ch... 000
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 10/09/2023Here’s a quote from one of Thomas Rid’s books for your Sunday enjoyment. 000
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 09/09/2023Thank you Jason Keirstad for mentioning my concept of the #SecurityOnePercent in your Cyware interview: cyware.com/blog/intervi... 000
Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 07/09/2023Congrats to the Internet Protocol Journal on 25 yrs of outstanding, free networking info. I sub'd in 1998 when I was a captain in the AFCERT trying to learn TCP/IP. I haven't been disappointed. I recommend Geoff Huston's 25-year retrospective on the Internet in the June issue. protocoljournal.org 050