Ryan Basden

Independent Contractor @
@bishopfox Red Team
@risk3sixty Pentesting Practice Lead

[Ryan Basden @_rybaz]

I would simply write memory-safe code

[Ryan Basden @_rybaz]

@Existsindeath @vxunderground what kinds of collages do you make

[Ryan Basden @_rybaz]

Claude when I stop typing in the chat field and hit Ctrl-G to open Vim

[Ryan Basden @_rybaz]

Surely the company that owns one of the most troublesome operating systems for security also owning the world's largest git forge site won't lead to conflicts of int-...

[Christopher | 🇺🇦  @d4rkshell]

Microsoft has banned Nightmare Eclipse from GitHub: https://t.co/EmeiJnJ0Ps

This is the researcher who disclosed several zero-days after Microsoft also deleted their MSRC account.

They have now moved on to GitLab: https://t.co/Npj0gplSum

(h/t to: @[email protected])

[Justin Elze @HackingLZ]

"I made the mistake of upgrading Wireshark, and it now has ads." #QOTD

[Ryan Basden @_rybaz]

Going to start using "load-bearing" instead of "cool" and "sick" in regular conversation

[Ryan Basden @_rybaz]

LLMs don't have to be able to replace red teams. AI companies just have to convince enough of the market that they can.

[Ryan Basden @_rybaz]

Claude API issues are the new us-east-1 outages.

[Ryan Basden @_rybaz]

@_xpn_ He's trying to implement unsafe data structures, get him!

[Ryan Basden @_rybaz]

Link to the hospital's site for those interested: https://t.co/lBVWqeBcEt

[Ryan Basden @_rybaz]

Went to a turtle hospital in Key West today.

They drown if they eat plastics that ruin their buoyancy. They develop tumors as we contaminate the water. They get hit by boats/jet skis and become permanently paralyzed.

Sometimes it's hard to keep caring about security.

[Ryan Basden @_rybaz]

@roguekode @trashp4ndasec Once I can get on the track a few times, I don't think I'll be able to resist the pull of a 636 much longer

[Ryan Basden @_rybaz]

@roguekode @trashp4ndasec This man is dehumanizing my Ninja 400 for not having enough CC

[Ryan Basden @_rybaz]

jk, this is my preworkout tub, you really thought I went to RSAC?

[Ryan Basden @_rybaz]

Marketing designs at RSAC were wild this year

[Ryan Basden @_rybaz]

Sometimes I wonder if I could ever go back to just being a good people manager. I miss leading and developing teams, but I will never miss the mountain of billable work that usually comes with consulting.

[Ryan Basden @_rybaz]

@curi0usJack There was never any question

[Ryan Basden @_rybaz]

@roguekode This is a FOMO nuke if I’ve ever seen one, holy shit.

[Ryan Basden @_rybaz]

@GrahamHelton3 omg twins

[Ryan Basden @_rybaz]

The industry will keep moving. Being self-directed is the only way to stay ahead of it.

If you want a longer version of this with some "old man yells at cloud", check out my personal blog: https://t.co/VcQ7JJrXOw

[Ryan Basden @_rybaz]

The people who buy tools and the people who use them have different interests. That gap is what's being exploited here.

[Ryan Basden @_rybaz]

The practical answer, I think, is to treat your own development as your own responsibility. Build a home lab. Develop a methodology you actually own. Use open-source tooling to sharpen your own workflow rather than renting access to someone else's.