adam shostack @adamshostack
Done with Twitter. Don't expect responses. Threat Modeling: Designing for Security. Working to reduce bad security outcomes. shostack.org [email protected] Joined January 2009-
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Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?
Leaving my account so it can't be squatted as easily, leaving my tweets because I hate linkrot.
New bloggage, shostack.org/blog/who-are-w… The paper is Who Are “We”? Power Centers in Threat Modeling, and the abstract reads: “I examine threat modeling techniques and questions of power dynamics...
I'm old enough to remember when Americans voted for the candidate they thought would do the best job.
@adamshostack @KimZetter @midnightbluelab When I saw those release notes I assumed Synology were trying to reduce codec license fees. Whatever the reason, as you say, security patches should not come at the cost of features.
Synology created a patch to address the zero-click vulnerability that researchers at @midnightbluelab found, but @adamshostack spotted this explanation about the patch:
Synology created a patch to address the zero-click vulnerability that researchers at @midnightbluelab found, but @adamshostack spotted this explanation about the patch: https://t.co/Aukc4ONNEH
New blog post: The economy shostack.org/blog/the-econo…
My appsec roundup for October is live shostack.org/blog/appsec-ro…
wow. the best thing I've seen this election.
wow. the best thing I've seen this election.
New video: Scaling Threat Modeling youtu.be/ySGVUMYcoMw?fe… via @YouTube
Back in the day, I did some cool #security #UX work with @adamshostack and @moduloprime at Microsoft. Now @beyondidentity is recruiting for a security-savvy UX designer. Any of my #infosec peeps interested? linkedin.com/posts/allan-zi…
Think Like a Hacker? Or not. youtu.be/2ITXN6Yqs-w?fe… via @YouTube
Shostack + Associates is launching a new course, Scaling Threat Modeling, and we'd like your input shostack.org/blog/scaling-t…
I remember Russian spies getting full time in-person jobs at Microsoft so my threat model has always been attuned to some form of this issue of spies infiltrating the software supply chain. theatlantic.com/international/…
I remember Russian spies getting full time in-person jobs at Microsoft so my threat model has always been attuned to some form of this issue of spies infiltrating the software supply chain. theatlantic.com/international/…
New blog post, "The People Who Served Under Trump" shostack.org/blog/the-peopl…

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