William Knowles
Information Arbitrageur (InfoSec, OSINT, SOCMINT, Alternative Data, FinTech) and OG cypherpunk.
@j0hnnyxm4s.johnnyxmas.net
Attractive nuisance | 3rd Gen Hacker | BurbSec | OT\ICS | Seen on Fox, Wired, TechCrunch… | Infosec’s Community Builder | I only have time to do great things.
@alexzfinley.bsky.social
Former CIA, author of the Victor Caro series, watcher of yachts, alexzfinley.com alexzfinley.substack.com
@theviking.bsky.social
DefCon Goon, ThotCon Oper, aged dark rum guy, diver, old grump, agnostic atheist, LGBTQ+safe
@defconpolicy.bsky.social
https://forum.defcon.org/node/244260 http://defcon.org/policy https://linkedin.com/company/policy-def-con https://x.com/DEFCONPolicy
@dcgomez1.bsky.social
Soon to possibly be arrested retired FBI executive. Former FBI/BSU profiler. NPS M.A. in Security Studies. Newly minted PhD student researching dystopic and authoritarian leadership. Colorful raconteur and cranky old man.
@hostilespectrum.bsky.social
Former intel, now academic @NDU_CIC, @TheKrulakCenter, @SIWPSColumbia @ColumbiaSIPA, @CyberStatecraft, @ElliottSchoolGW, @PAISWarwick. Apolitical, views=own
@zachsdorfman.bsky.social
National Security Reporter. Features in Politico, Rolling Stone, Wired, Foreign Policy. Working on a book on the history of deep cover for Penguin-Random House. It’s always Berlin 1989 somewhere. Email: thebrushpass1@protonmail.com
@kevincollier.bsky.social
I cover digital threats for NBC News. Tip me! @kevincollier.01 on signal, kevin.collier@nbcuni.com. NYC, from West Virginia.
@jkirk.bsky.social
Threat intel @ Intel 471 (@intel471.bsky.social). Personal account. Interests: Cybercrime, cyber threat intelligence, OSINT, data breaches, photography. Also produce Intel 471's "Cybercrime Exposed" podcast. #Australia
@gregotto.bsky.social
@gregotto from twitter, now on bluesky. Editor-in-Chief at CyberScoop. Better with words than I am with code.
@josephcox.bsky.social
Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co
@christopher.soghoian.net
Work: Senior Advisor for Privacy and Cybersecurity, Office of Senator Ron Wyden.
@allanfriedman.bsky.social
SBOM Champion. Full service technocrat. Now at @CISAgov, formerly NTIA. Lapsed{engineer, academic, author}. Personal Account. Food, drink, dogs, SBOM
@zackwhittaker.com
Security editor, TechCrunch Signal: zackwhittaker.1337 mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker this.weekinsecurity.com
@rayredacted.com
Past host of Tribe of Hackers podcast and Associate Producer of Darknet Diaries. Researcher and executive. He/Him. “Ut scandis, alios subleva.”
@thegrugq.bsky.social
@hultquist.bsky.social
Mandiant Intelligence at Google. CYBERWARCON and SLEUTHCON founder. Johns Hopkins professor. Army vet.
@rgblights.bsky.social
Cyber guy. Former NSA cybersecurity director and chief of TAO. Lover of memes. Warning - occasional outrageous Christmas light content.
@lawyerliz.bsky.social
Adviser, lawyer, and sometimes cybersecurity circus ringmaster - my monkeys fly.
@defcon.bsky.social
The world’s premier hacker conference. Serving the global hacker community since 1993. Defcon.org Forum.defcon.org Defcon.social
@kimzetter.bsky.social
Journalist - cyber/natn'l security. Speaker. Author - COUNTDOWN TO ZERO DAY: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon Signal: KimZ.42 https://www.amazon.com/Countdown-Zero-Day-Stuxnet-Digital/dp/0770436196 https://www.zetter-zeroday.com
@warontherocks.bsky.social
Experience. Conflict. Commentary. Join our community: https://warontherocks.com/membership/
@mattblaze.org
Scientist, safecracker, etc. McDevitt Professor of Computer Science and Law at Georgetown. So-called expert on election security and a few other things. Slow photographer. RF nerd. Occasionally blogs at https://mattblaze.org/blog
@clintwatts.bsky.social
Current: Microsoft, NBC/MSNBC Former: US Army, FBI Clintwatts.substack.com
@davevenable.com
OPSEC Connoisseur ∙ Disinformation ∙ CISO ∙ @ISRS.ngo ∙ @ TheCipherBrief Ex: USIC, NSA, TAO, StateDept Book & Art Collector
@benrothke.bsky.social
I do information security, risk management and other tech stuff. Co-author of new book: The Definitive Guide to PCI DSS Version 4: Documentation, Compliance, and Management. https://amzn.to/3WhEfh1
@1dark1.com
WAKE UP AND FIGHT graphic artist for hackers (you may have my con shirt) logos, branding, & vector art: hotironcreative.com NEW WORK ADDED sticker store: stickerthepla.net social links: https://1dark1.com she/her/Eldergoth BLACK & TRANS LIVES MATTER
@squeakingwheel.bsky.social
@devost.net
Technologist, entrepreneur, and hacker | CEO @ OODA | Founder @DevSec | Past Founder of FusionX & Terrorism Research Center. Black Hat board member.
@cjunky.bsky.social
Ramblings of a Mad Englishman: Hacker @ BBC's Real Hustle & Mr Robot. Head of Sec @ DEF CON. Founder @ CTI-League, Ransomware Taskforce, w00w00, CDC NSF, (He/Him). Also Twitter @marcwrogers Mastodon cj@chaos.social
@bobgourley.bsky.social
Co-Founder & CTO of OODA. Co-host of OODAcast: http://youtube.com/oodaloop #cybersecurity #artificialintelligence #GPT #Intelligence #ooda #oodaloop
@wbm312.bsky.social
I nudge people to care about privacy and security. CPO/DPO. Privacy/infosec lawyer. Hacker. Fighting for privacy, digital civil liberties & the users. Ex @EA @FTC |my views are my own. I used to post on Twitter at @wbm312.
@harper.lol
post-normal person harper.lol / reading.lol / photos.lol / harper.blog @harper on the other place
@petershankman.bsky.social
Single Dad. Author/Keynoter/Futurist/Creator. Speaker on Neurodiversity in the Workplace. Founder of Source of Sources, Mental Capital Consulting, Help a Reporter Out and Faster Than Normal. ADHD, Ironman Triathlete, Skydiver, NYC Native, Boston U alum.