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Five years ago, we set out to build something different: a team of world-class offensive security experts who trace their roots back to the early days of the discipline, don't cut corners, go as deep as the problem demands, and approach every engagement with the same relentless curiosity that defined the craft from the start.
Today, we're celebrating that anniversary with a milestone we're genuine

6 views Five years ago, we set out to build something different: a team of world-class offensive security experts who trace their roots back to the early days of the discipline, don't cut corners, go as deep as the problem demands, and approach every engagement with the same relentless curiosity that defined the craft from the start. Today, we're celebrating that anniversary with a milestone we're genuine

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Posting cadence

0.23 / week

A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.

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Mostly text

Recent: 11 text · 1 image · 0 video.

Follower / following

12×

Follows 14 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.

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🔥 Top post We've just published "Streamlining Vulnerability Research with the idalib Rust Bindings for IDA 9.2" by @raptor, now live on our freshly restyled blog: https://hnsecurity.it/blog/streamlining-vulnerability-research-with-the-idalib-rust-bindings-for-ida-9-2/ Originally featured l… ★ 10

Our Technical Director @raptor just shipped v2.0.0 of his #Semgrep C/C++ ruleset — now officially included in the @semgrep registry. Marco built this ruleset back in 2022 to speed up C/C++ #VulnerabilityResearch, and it's since become a go… ★ 3 To wrap up #BurpExtensibilityMonth initiatives, our Research Lead and #BurpAmbassador @apps3c just released AI Reporter, a Burp Suite extension that brings AI-powered automation to penetration test reporting using Burp AI or a local Ollama… ★ 1 As part of #BurpExtensibilityMonth initiatives, last week our Research Lead and #BurpAmbassador @apps3c gave a talk titled “Restoring testability: Handling complex scenarios in Burp Suite with a custom extension”. Video, slides and code… ★ 1

Five years ago, we set out to build something different: a team of world-class offensive security experts who trace their roots back to the early days of the discipline, don't cut corners, go as deep as the problem demands, and approach ev… ★ 6 🎙️ Join Federico’s Discord talk later today! As part of #BurpExtensibilityMonth initiatives, our Research Lead and #BurpAmbassador @apps3c is joining #PortSwigger on Discord for “Restoring testability: Handling complex scenarios in Burp Su… ★ 1 To kick off his collaboration with @portswigger as a Burp Suite Ambassador, our Research Lead @apps3c just published the 10th article on the creation of extensions for #BurpSuite. Topic: #Burp #AI! https://hnsecurity.it/blog/extending-burp… ★ 3 In this latest article in our long-running series on #BurpSuite #Extension #Development, @apps3c illustrates how to extend the Active and Passive Scanner in your favorite #WebApplication #PenetrationTesting tool with Custom Scan Checks: ht… ★ 3 Our senior security analyst @0x_nope@twitter.com has published a follow-up to his popular #Groovy Template Engine #Exploitation writeup: https://hnsecurity.it/blog/groovy-template-engine-exploitation-part-2/ Check out some new practical ex… ★ 2 #Brida 0.6 is here! The bridge between #BurpSuite and #Frida is now fully compatible with Frida 17+. As of this release, Brida 0.6 supports only Frida 17 and later. For users who still rely on older Frida versions, Brida 0.6pre remains ava… ★ 5 In our last post, @apps3c shares some #PoCs of #GenAI/ #LLM security issues found in real-world assessments conducted for corporate clients, with a focus on #vulnerabilities that can be exploited to gain unauthorized access to data, resour… ★ 3 In our last blog post, our colleague Gianluca shares the story of a lucky discovery: a bug initially spotted during a routine assessment turned out to be a high impact vulnerability in Microsoft Graph API — earning a $3,000 bounty. https:/… ★ 9

🐘 Community & instance

Home server

infosec.exchange

A cybersecurity & infosec server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.

On Mastodon since

Nov 2022

Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.

👁️Averages 4 views per post.

📤Posts about 0.2× per week.

📍Based in Italy.

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Estimated

66/100

Good Credibility score

89%

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Est. 89% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Engagement (~2.4% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
Established account (3+ years old).

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

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