Katie

Security Engineer || Haka || Web and web3 developer || CTF player || Bookish || Alive

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

Last week our CISO asked me to present on “zero trust architecture.”
I don’t know what that means.
I make $340,000 a year.
I haven’t touched a firewall since Obama’s first term.
But I have a CISSP.
I passed by memorizing acronyms.
I still don’t know what half of them stand for.
I opened my presentation with “assume breach.”
Everyone nodded gravely.
I said “defense in depth” three times.
The board was captivated.
Then a junior analyst raised her hand.
She asked how we’d implement microsegmentation.
I felt a cold sweat.
I said, “Great question. Let’s take that offline.”
She persisted.
I said we should “leverage AI-driven solutions.”
She asked which ones.
I said, “The cloud-native ones.”
She looked confused.
I told her confusion was natural.
I said, “Security is a journey, not a destination.”
The CEO started clapping.
I don’t know why.
But others joined in.
The analyst stopped asking questions.
I ended with “security is everyone’s responsibility.”
This meant it was no one’s responsibility.
Especially not mine.
We got breached two weeks later.
I blamed the analyst for “creating a culture of doubt.”
She got put on a PIP.
I got promoted to VP.
Resilience isn’t about preventing failure.
It’s about surviving it.
Preferably while others don’t.

[IT Unprofessional @it_unprofession]

Last month my intern asked for help with a Kubernetes error.

He was stuck on a YAML file.

He looked desperate.

I make $275,000 a year.

I haven't written a line of code since 2017.

I don't even know what a "pod" is.

But I didn't tell him that.

I leaned back in my Herman Miller chair.

I said, "Stop trying to code. Start prompting."

I told him to paste the error into ChatGPT.

He did.

The AI told him to delete the cluster.

He did.

Production went down instantly.

The CEO called me screaming.

I didn't panic.

I told the CEO we were "testing our disaster recovery protocols."

He was impressed by my foresight.

I got a bonus.

The intern got fired.

Innovation requires sacrifice.

Just not mine.

[André Baptista @0xacb]

If your hacking method looks like everyone else’s, so will your findings. My advice is to get weird.

Bug bounty wins come from being different. Everyone checks the basics. You need to hunt the edges, the overlooked, the strange. Go past the checklist, and you'll land what others miss.

[Confidence Staveley @Sisinerd]

I understand the appeal of being in circles with people achieving financial success in their careers and businesses.

But choosing and keeping friends based solely on something as fickle as money will never sit right with me.

No level of ambition or success will make that path make sense.

My own standard is simple; my friends must have a healthy sense of self-esteem and confidence.

I never want a conversation with you to feel like I’m bragging. And no matter how much money you make, I won’t be timid or shrink myself either.

I want you, not what you have.

[Global Intelligence @G8GIST]

G.I.S.T. & Rogern's 7 Ultimate Redflags Assets & Funds Totalling US $497,480,000 In Foreign Accounts Of Kenyan President @WilliamsRuto & Shell Companies Registered Under His Kin Siphoned From eCitizen, Health Insurance, Housing Levy & Power Deals ~ UK @GCHQ, US @NSAGov & @SECGov.

[Lupin @lupinxart]

Unpopular opinion: we really grew up in the best era to be a kid & the worst era to be an adult.

[stockfish @trevorsaudi]

Day 2 nishaona mbaba akiambiana ‘ebu simama unipee hug’

[guapunzel @guapunzel]

sometimes the creativity is blocked bc you need an orgasm

[shayla @callmeMaharani]

So many years of education yet nobody taught us how to take difference of opinion. How to disagree without being disrespectful.

[Joshua Okayo @okayojoshua]

Fellow tribesmen, insult us all you want but we SHALL NOT hate on our fellow Kenyans simply because they are of a different tribe. No thank you. We are past negative ethnicity.

[Salim M Ishmael, M.D 🇰🇪 @salimishmael_]

F*ck all that tribal talk and incitement. We are ONE nation 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪

[MJ⭐️ @mj_brouno]

Literally in the pits as a country

[Africa Uncensored @AfUncensored]

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[kinoti @_kinoti__]

Nothing but the sounds of gunshots outside. Bruh, what hell are we in???????!!!!!

[brian obra @just_obra]

I hope you remember that in all of this, the Chief Justice remains silent!!!!

[African Hub @AfricanHub_]

Your thoughts on this ...

[brokenpipe; @chuksjonia]

Nope. Guys, let’s not spread misinfo.

Yes, there are several CNO toolkits that can infect and implant targeted devices. That’s real. But the current regime? They barely have any cyber capabilities worth writing home about.

Sure, they can buy off-the-shelf spyware from abroad and infect a few careless devices — mostly because most Kenyans don’t practice even basic OPSEC online.

Their main TTP: If you’re visible on socials, they might send you a shady link or pretend to be a client or customer — especially if you post too much about your day job outside activism. A lot of activists here make that mistake.
But pushing serious implants with the regime’s current miserable capabilities? That’s nearly impossible. The only edge they might get is if they have your number — then they could geo your area or start passive tracking main calls/message/KPLC.

Thing is, most Kenyans don’t use encrypted calls. People say exactly where they are and what they’re doing over open lines. And since NIS and a few field operators from GSU/AP have CTR experience from CT training, snatch ops aren’t hard to plan and execute. Especially when civilians have no idea they’re under meatspace surveillance.

This Pegasus-level BS though? Pure propaganda. Cut that shit.

And remember: 0-days like iMessage Zero-Click only work on outdated, unpatched devices. If your phone's up to date, you’re already way ahead.

Bottom line: Let’s stop hyping cyber ops that don’t exist. Our intel community’s been dry lately, they fucked that capability that was developed under Ndemo and uplifted by Matiangi and you know “who”

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

Someday he will die.

[Elkanah Mbaka 🇰🇪 @ElkanahMbaka]

Coming back to the TL after 3 days only to find #FreeNdianguiKinyagi is not trending,even though he's still missing is-😭😭
Who's supposed to champion for his freedom if not us:(???

[Anjeyo E. Ananda @anj_116_]

Don't say much. Just RT.

#FreeDaguin
#FreeNdianguiKinyagia