Greg Linares (Laughing Mantis) (@Laughing

Greg Linares (Laughing Mantis)

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Greg Linares (Laughing Mantis)

@Laughing_Mantis

20+ yrs in Infosec. Malware Influencer. I turn Malware into Art and Music. Art @MalwareArt. 4x Pwnie Nominee. 𝕍𝕏. GameDev. Autistic.

San Francisco, CA

Joined February 2014

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Greg Linares (Laughing Mantis)
@Laughing_Mantis
Oct 31, 2022
My malware generated & cyberpunk themed album 'VX' is now live & the first 200 downloads are free I hope you all enjoy, it has been quite a ride making this album Huge shout out to @vxunderground whose massive malware collection was a huge part of this
Greg Linares (Laughing Mantis)
@Laughing_Mantis
Jun 8, 2024
Since I'm 6 drinks in for 20 bucks, let me tell you all about the story of how the first Microsoft Office 2007 vulnerability was discovered, or how it wasn't. This was a story I was gonna save for a book but fuck it, I ain't gonna write it anyways.
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Greg Linares (Laughing Mantis)
@Laughing_Mantis
Sep 22, 2020
Ever want to test systems & see if your password is ever stored/sent in plaintext? Make it: X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H* I am on the phone with a vendor right now because my test account is in an inoperable state. 🧐
Greg Linares (Laughing Mantis)
@Laughing_Mantis
Apr 10, 2024
Nobody tell him
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Andy Young
@anerdguynow
Apr 9, 2024
The Windows 11 Start Menu is comically bad. This machine has a $1600 Core i9 CPU and 128 GB of RAM and this is the performance I often get. What is going on in Redmond?
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Greg Linares (Laughing Mantis)
@Laughing_Mantis
Jun 8, 2024
Replying to @Laughing_Mantis
Derek, Daniel, drew, Andre, Yuki, Marc, Matt, Permeh, Chris, Laurentiu Guys I love you so much Not a month goes by where I don't think about how much of bad asses each an every one of you are
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Greg Linares (Laughing Mantis)
@Laughing_Mantis
Apr 7, 2024
I once used EICAR as a password and crashed a company's entire service
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@buffys
Apr 4, 2024
what was your biggest twitter controversy?
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Greg Linares (Laughing Mantis)
@Laughing_Mantis
Jan 19, 2017
Let me get this straight... All of you just installed a photo app from China that requires these permissions? Let me know how it works out.
Greg Linares (Laughing Mantis)
@Laughing_Mantis
Apr 14, 2024
Often overlooked pretty legit hacking movie scenes? Tron Legacy
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Greg Linares (Laughing Mantis)
@Laughing_Mantis
Jun 8, 2024
Replying to @Laughing_Mantis
I just wanna end this thread with one last thing I love this community I am not perfect, no one is I have fucked up so times in my career We all do and it happens What matters is how we get back up, do it all over again, and help others learn from our mistakes. Love you all
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Greg Linares (Laughing Mantis)
@Laughing_Mantis
Jun 8, 2024
Replying to @Laughing_Mantis
So we are crying, screaming, throwing up, shitting, rolling on the floor, options eruptions, parties The entire research team is screaming I am literally crying because this is my first professional job and I had fucked up so bad, but every single researcher there stayed
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Greg Linares (Laughing Mantis)
@Laughing_Mantis
Jun 8, 2024
Replying to @Laughing_Mantis
I'm 14 drinks in everyone The bartender has given me the eye as in "sir what are you doing standing" So I'm doing what every drunk AF person would do Switching to Scotch
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Greg Linares (Laughing Mantis)
@Laughing_Mantis
Jun 8, 2024
Replying to @Laughing_Mantis
Sorry I keep getting served drinks because I dropped a 50 dollars This is literally dumb amount of drinks
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Greg Linares (Laughing Mantis)
@Laughing_Mantis
Jun 8, 2024
Replying to @Laughing_Mantis
So my first month at working at eEye in late 2006 good ol Microsoft announced Office 2007. They said they added a shit ton of security including safe int, sandboxing, code analysis, and malformed doc detection. I told my boss I was gonna break it. So I started fuzzing by hand
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Greg Linares (Laughing Mantis)
@Laughing_Mantis
Jun 8, 2024
Replying to @Laughing_Mantis
I'm the kind of sicko who can open a Microsoft office document in a hex editor and start telling you what it is all about just by scrolling down. I have spent an embarrassing amount of time looking at BIFF format in a hex editor, trust me it's nothing special
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