<![CDATA[*sigh* I'm sad.]]>*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.

😞

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/55789046-9a78-47bf-bfec-eec0cb6da2a5/sigh-i-m-sad.RSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 07:58:04 GMTTue, 28 Apr 2026 16:16:45 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to *sigh* I'm sad. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:46:21 GMT]]>@AMS we are indeed giving them swag 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/gsuberland/statuses/116485231865559210https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/gsuberland/statuses/116485231865559210Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:46:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *sigh* I'm sad. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:29:09 GMT]]>@gsuberland As someone who does windows EXE ctfs with wine (and strace and gdb), I am so liking this person.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/AMS/statuses/116485164194914164https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/AMS/statuses/116485164194914164Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:29:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *sigh* I'm sad. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:36:10 GMT]]>@Diami03 @darthnull ... I am currently doing exactly that 😞

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/gsuberland/statuses/116483540270634460https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/gsuberland/statuses/116483540270634460Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:36:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *sigh* I'm sad. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:33:43 GMT]]>@rootwyrm @neurovagrant @da_667 @gsuberland Remember that good Jenkem comes from the Jenkem region of the internet, otherwise it's just sparkling poop-gas.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/users/huronbikes/statuses/116483530624274672https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/users/huronbikes/statuses/116483530624274672Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:33:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *sigh* I'm sad. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:28:11 GMT]]>@gsuberland @darthnull I suspect this is the same feelings DMs feel when they write up their homebrew scenarios.....

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Diami03/statuses/116483508886166832https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Diami03/statuses/116483508886166832Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:28:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *sigh* I'm sad. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:09:54 GMT]]>@sharkfie I wrote the majority of the Windows C++ stuff in there, so feel free to poke if you have questions 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/gsuberland/statuses/116483437009626587https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/gsuberland/statuses/116483437009626587Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:09:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *sigh* I'm sad. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:01:46 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/ap/users/116440692978306561/statuses/116483405015666078https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/ap/users/116440692978306561/statuses/116483405015666078Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:01:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *sigh* I'm sad. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:58:11 GMT]]>@gsuberland Same with a CTF I built back in '15. Zero interest from anyone who said they'd be interested.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116483390904417902https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116483390904417902Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:58:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *sigh* I'm sad. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:53:50 GMT]]>@gsuberland The phenomena of people play acting GAI agents is weird

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ra6bit/statuses/116483373846572629https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ra6bit/statuses/116483373846572629Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:53:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *sigh* I'm sad. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:47:48 GMT]]>@sharkfie https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/04/09/master-c-and-c-with-our-new-testing-handbook-chapter/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/gsuberland/statuses/116483350081604957https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/gsuberland/statuses/116483350081604957Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:47:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *sigh* I'm sad. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:46:49 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/gsuberland/statuses/116483346242829330https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/gsuberland/statuses/116483346242829330Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:46:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *sigh* I'm sad. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:42:44 GMT]]>@gsuberland would you feel comfortable linking it? I would like to read it even if I likely can't finish it

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/ap/users/116440692978306561/statuses/116483330180460404https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/ap/users/116440692978306561/statuses/116483330180460404Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:42:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *sigh* I'm sad. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:42:26 GMT]]>@gsuberland
Security research doesn't feel the same after I searched "how to exploit windows" and forgot the n at the end.]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fe.disroot.org/objects/c229e884-d054-410d-befd-fc26aed92b91https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fe.disroot.org/objects/c229e884-d054-410d-befd-fc26aed92b91Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:42:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *sigh* I'm sad. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:41:58 GMT]]>@neurovagrant @da_667 @gsuberland minor recreational drug use is not bad and in this economy probably mandatory cell

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/gary_alderson/statuses/116483327159974705https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/gary_alderson/statuses/116483327159974705Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:41:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *sigh* I'm sad. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:35:18 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://weird.autos/users/rootwyrm/statuses/116483300936928034https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://weird.autos/users/rootwyrm/statuses/116483300936928034Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:35:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *sigh* I'm sad. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:32:51 GMT]]>@da_667 @neurovagrant @gsuberland

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/gary_alderson/statuses/116483291344683508https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/gary_alderson/statuses/116483291344683508Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:32:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *sigh* I'm sad. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:32:37 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.deoan.org/users/neurovagrant/statuses/116483290425425974https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.deoan.org/users/neurovagrant/statuses/116483290425425974Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:32:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *sigh* I'm sad. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:30:28 GMT]]>@neurovagrant @gsuberland let's do whippets together to forget everything.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/da_667/statuses/116483281970369116https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/da_667/statuses/116483281970369116Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:30:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *sigh* I'm sad. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:30:16 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/xabean/statuses/116483281150546788https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/xabean/statuses/116483281150546788Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:30:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *sigh* I'm sad. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:30:07 GMT]]>@da_667 @gsuberland i'm past the vodka and nearing the "huffing spraypaint in a parking lot" stage

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.deoan.org/users/neurovagrant/statuses/116483280572779131https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.deoan.org/users/neurovagrant/statuses/116483280572779131Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:30:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *sigh* I'm sad. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:27:27 GMT]]>@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".

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/gsuberland/statuses/116483270084674523https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/gsuberland/statuses/116483270084674523Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:27:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *sigh* I'm sad. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:27:16 GMT]]>@gsuberland motivated to do some work

open up RSS feed

every fucking story for the past week is AI horse shit.

eyes the bottle of vodka in the kitchen

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/da_667/statuses/116483269346770712https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/da_667/statuses/116483269346770712Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:27:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *sigh* I'm sad. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:24:59 GMT]]>@gsuberland Bummer. Half the fun of making challenges is seeing others have fun with it (and the other half is seeing them learn from the experience).

Sounds like you got very little of either. 😞

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/darthnull/statuses/116483260376959391https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/darthnull/statuses/116483260376959391Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:24:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *sigh* I'm sad. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:21:31 GMT]]>although if you're the person who cockily submitted the one declaring that it was done autonomously: lol, lmao, reality check time

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/gsuberland/statuses/116483246724995389https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/gsuberland/statuses/116483246724995389Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:21:31 GMT