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Perri Adams

@perribus
@Dartmouth ISTS Fellow & @SAISHopkins Adjunct Prof., inter alia. Former @DARPA, @DEFCON CTF, etc. @DistrictCon, @hexacon_fr, @LABScon_io CFP Review Boards
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    Perri Adams
    @perribus
    May 20, 2025
    Back in 2023, the assessment of the pre-authentication vulnerability in SSH was that it wasn't exploitable on Linux. For my OffensiveCon 2025 keynote, I wrote enough of an exploit to show, with the right heap groom and stabilization, it's likely exploitable. Then I tried to have
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    Tavis Ormandy
    @taviso
    Feb 14, 2023
    Replying to @taviso
    If someone get a working OpenSSH exploit from this bug, I'm switching my main desktop to Windows 98 😂 (this bug was discovered by a Windows 98 user who noticed sshd was crashing when trying to login to a Linux server!)
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    Perri Adams
    @perribus
    Oct 18, 2025
    Great example of what a game changer AI is for lit review (in and of itself a critical capability but should not be conflated with creating novel solutions)
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    Mark Sellke
    @MarkSellke
    Oct 17, 2025
    Update: Mehtaab and I pushed further on this. Using thousands of GPT5 queries, we found solutions to 10 Erdős problems that were listed as open: 223, 339, 494, 515, 621, 822, 883 (part 2/2), 903, 1043, 1079. Additionally for 11 other problems, GPT5 found significant partial
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    GPT-5 did not solve those Erdos problems. It only "found" solutions in the sense of finding existing published literature that solved the problems. Here is an explanation from the maintainer of erdosproblems.com: x.com/thomasfbloom/s…
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    Perri Adams
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    Oct 15, 2025
    We believe in paying responsible security researchers for their hard work! 🤑
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    Ryan Speers
    @rmspeers
    Oct 11, 2025
    We still have some spots open for DistrictCon junkyard speakers! Not only do you have a chance to show off your awesome work on an end of life target that needs attention – or laughs – but also we are giving out cash prizes to winners!!!
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    Perri Adams
    @perribus
    Oct 15, 2025
    Have a Furby 0-day? A Juicero exploit? A bewitched 🪄PoC for some cursed, End-of-Life 👻 product that your friends keep begging you to stop reverse engineering & touch grass? We see you: your real friends are at @DistrictCon Junkyard. 9 days to submit your most unhinged bugs!
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