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*sigh* I'm sad.

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  • gsuberland@chaos.socialG gsuberland@chaos.social

    @darthnull yeah it's pretty demotivating to see people lacking the curiosity to experiment and learn when someone gives them an opportunity to do so.

    in fact the answers I appreciated the most were the few that said "I have no idea but I'm looking forward to reading the writeup".

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    @gsuberland @darthnull someone highlighted a difference that feels right to me based on what I've seen in myself and good friends I respect and trust:

    There's two classes of people, those who like the art/practice of software development and get enrichment out of that process, and those who enjoy building and shipping a thing.

    The former finds AI revolting, the other finds AI extremely enticing.

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    • neurovagrant@masto.deoan.orgN neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org

      @da_667 @gsuberland i'm past the vodka and nearing the "huffing spraypaint in a parking lot" stage

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      @neurovagrant @gsuberland let's do whippets together to forget everything.

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      • da_667@infosec.exchangeD da_667@infosec.exchange

        @neurovagrant @gsuberland let's do whippets together to forget everything.

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        @da_667 @gsuberland i'm just coming to the conclusion that our problem is we have too many braincells, so it's time to punish them.

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        • da_667@infosec.exchangeD da_667@infosec.exchange

          @neurovagrant @gsuberland let's do whippets together to forget everything.

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          @da_667 @neurovagrant @gsuberland

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          • neurovagrant@masto.deoan.orgN neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org

            @da_667 @gsuberland i'm just coming to the conclusion that our problem is we have too many braincells, so it's time to punish them.

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            @neurovagrant @da_667 @gsuberland just remember that punishing brain cells doesn't have to mean punishing your tongue. Get the *good* stuff. On the company card.

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            • neurovagrant@masto.deoan.orgN neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org

              @da_667 @gsuberland i'm just coming to the conclusion that our problem is we have too many braincells, so it's time to punish them.

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              @neurovagrant @da_667 @gsuberland minor recreational drug use is not bad and in this economy probably mandatory #moderation #soft cell #precursors

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              • gsuberland@chaos.socialG gsuberland@chaos.social

                *sigh* I'm sad.

                I wrote a really cool Windows kernel exploitation challenge for $employer's blog. I put a ton of work into designing and validating it.

                just finished triaging the submissions.

                almost everyone who submitted a response used an LLM and did no further analysis. none of these submissions solved the fun parts of the challenge.

                the few people who didn't obviously use an LLM mostly sent in a 2-3 sentence summary of the bug, and didn't solve the fun parts of the challenge.

                ๐Ÿ˜ž

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                @gsuberland
                Security research doesn't feel the same after I searched "how to exploit windows" and forgot the n at the end.
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                • gsuberland@chaos.socialG gsuberland@chaos.social

                  *sigh* I'm sad.

                  I wrote a really cool Windows kernel exploitation challenge for $employer's blog. I put a ton of work into designing and validating it.

                  just finished triaging the submissions.

                  almost everyone who submitted a response used an LLM and did no further analysis. none of these submissions solved the fun parts of the challenge.

                  the few people who didn't obviously use an LLM mostly sent in a 2-3 sentence summary of the bug, and didn't solve the fun parts of the challenge.

                  ๐Ÿ˜ž

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                  @gsuberland would you feel comfortable linking it? I would like to read it even if I likely can't finish it

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                  • gsuberland@chaos.socialG gsuberland@chaos.social

                    although if you're the person who cockily submitted the one declaring that it was done autonomously: lol, lmao, reality check time

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                    one person got the Linux challenge correct and then wrote "I'm not a Windows person but I'm really looking forward to seeing the writeup on this" for the Windows challenge.

                    this was by far my favourite answer and I am pushing to get them some swag to reward having an excellent attitude.

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                    • sharkfie@cyberplace.socialS sharkfie@cyberplace.social

                      @gsuberland would you feel comfortable linking it? I would like to read it even if I likely can't finish it

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                      @sharkfie https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/04/09/master-c-and-c-with-our-new-testing-handbook-chapter/

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                      • gsuberland@chaos.socialG gsuberland@chaos.social

                        although if you're the person who cockily submitted the one declaring that it was done autonomously: lol, lmao, reality check time

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                        @gsuberland The phenomena of people play acting GAI agents is weird

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                        • gsuberland@chaos.socialG gsuberland@chaos.social

                          really puts a damper on me wanting to put effort into these in future.

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                          @gsuberland Same with a CTF I built back in '15. Zero interest from anyone who said they'd be interested.

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                          • gsuberland@chaos.socialG gsuberland@chaos.social

                            @sharkfie https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/04/09/master-c-and-c-with-our-new-testing-handbook-chapter/

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                            @gsuberland oh I do know appsec.guide, will have a look at the WDF specific stuff since I still use WDM in $current_year

                            Dunno how much of a consolation it is but your efforts are appreciated.

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                            • sharkfie@cyberplace.socialS sharkfie@cyberplace.social

                              @gsuberland oh I do know appsec.guide, will have a look at the WDF specific stuff since I still use WDM in $current_year

                              Dunno how much of a consolation it is but your efforts are appreciated.

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                              @sharkfie I wrote the majority of the Windows C++ stuff in there, so feel free to poke if you have questions ๐Ÿ™‚

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                              • gsuberland@chaos.socialG gsuberland@chaos.social

                                *sigh* I'm sad.

                                I wrote a really cool Windows kernel exploitation challenge for $employer's blog. I put a ton of work into designing and validating it.

                                just finished triaging the submissions.

                                almost everyone who submitted a response used an LLM and did no further analysis. none of these submissions solved the fun parts of the challenge.

                                the few people who didn't obviously use an LLM mostly sent in a 2-3 sentence summary of the bug, and didn't solve the fun parts of the challenge.

                                ๐Ÿ˜ž

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                                @gsuberland @darthnull I suspect this is the same feelings DMs feel when they write up their homebrew scenarios.....

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                                • rootwyrm@weird.autosR rootwyrm@weird.autos

                                  @neurovagrant @da_667 @gsuberland just remember that punishing brain cells doesn't have to mean punishing your tongue. Get the *good* stuff. On the company card.

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                                  @rootwyrm @neurovagrant @da_667 @gsuberland Remember that good Jenkem comes from the Jenkem region of the internet, otherwise it's just sparkling poop-gas.

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                                  • diami03@infosec.exchangeD diami03@infosec.exchange

                                    @gsuberland @darthnull I suspect this is the same feelings DMs feel when they write up their homebrew scenarios.....

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                                    @Diami03 @darthnull ... I am currently doing exactly that ๐Ÿ˜ž

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                                    • gsuberland@chaos.socialG gsuberland@chaos.social

                                      one person got the Linux challenge correct and then wrote "I'm not a Windows person but I'm really looking forward to seeing the writeup on this" for the Windows challenge.

                                      this was by far my favourite answer and I am pushing to get them some swag to reward having an excellent attitude.

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                                      @gsuberland As someone who does windows EXE ctfs with wine (and strace and gdb), I am so liking this person.

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                                      • ams@infosec.exchangeA ams@infosec.exchange

                                        @gsuberland As someone who does windows EXE ctfs with wine (and strace and gdb), I am so liking this person.

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                                        @AMS we are indeed giving them swag ๐Ÿ™‚

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