"I have trust issues" is my profession. (Photo courtesy of @nstarke ).
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Open on infosec.exchange K. Reid Wightman :verified: 🌻Location:
Des Moines, IA, USA, Planet Earth, second spiral arm around Sagittarius A
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Tinker, Sailor, Biker, Hi I do industrial security research for a living, mostly looking for #vulnerabilities in all of the wrong places. I like reverse engineering how PLC logic systems function under the hood, learning how safety instrument protocols work, and figuring out what malicious threat groups are doing and can do with access to such systems. Occasionally I analyze #industrial #malware, too, and on very rare occasions encounter threat groups that actually write malicious logic to do the vile things that I like to learn about. I work for a little startup in the space called Dragos. In my spare time I enjoy long distance #bicycling, #sailing, and doting on our #pets. I used to have an account on :birdsite:, however I haven't used it in a while and you should no longer assume that it's under my control.
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"I have trust issues" is my profession. (Photo courtesy of @nstarke ). |
@reverseics@infosec.exchange @nstarke@bird.makeup In China, these things are basically everywhere online if you look for them, known by many different names, such as "power savers", "electronic mouse repellents", "lead-acid battery maintenance device", etc. All of them have the same design, and sometimes same PCB - an AC passthourgh outlet, and an LED. Almost nobody who knows what a watt is believes them, unfortunate, grandparents sometimes fall victim to them so they still get sales.
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At least it was cheap, so there was at least one good thing to be said about it.