Matt Linton :donor:

Professional: DFIR / Incident Management lead

Volunteer: Search & Rescue specialist, CERT trainer, Parrot handler

Amateur: Cello & Guitar

(was: 0xMatt on twitter)

Twitter:: 0xMatt
Website:: foofus.com
Keybase:: amuse

Last Notes

2026-06-20 18:22:38 GMT

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Oh, absolutely!
My definition of "did the scam work" isn't whether the customer lost money though, it's whether the scammer got an enduring payout. So I wonder how this one actually works on the back-end. :D

2026-06-20 18:01:15 GMT

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I mean "must" obviously doesn't count in this situation though, because they didn't do that thing and yet still got the money.
I'm wondering if maybe there's a fraud situation where someone figured out how to GPS spoof their app, create a fake identity, and is literally sitting there in some remote country faking deliveries for a day until they get caught and disabled but still running away with the money in the meantime?
I don't know enough about how the supply side of Instacart works to game through the scam here, but there's clearly a scam here because they DID accept my order, I did get charged (and later refunded), and they did provide a streetview photo of the house as their "proof".

2026-06-20 04:53:17 GMT

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I think the apps that shoppers/deliver-ers use these days insist they provide A photo in order to "close out" their trip.

2026-01-11 05:39:16 GMT

With all the things going on right now, I'm very very curious about whether #defcon will continue to have as close and cozy a relationship with DHS and the US Military as they have had in the last few years.

2025-08-23 17:38:15 GMT

My friend was offended that I said meeting "Weird Al" was more meaningful to me than meeting Pres. Obama.
Obama was amazing but he didn't inspire me through my formative years when being weird was mostly looked at as being a violence-worthy offense to humankind. Weird Al did.

2024-05-20 15:22:24 GMT

Something to remember today: Security controls individually will ALWAYS fail. That's why it's important to have layered controls. As the preppers say, 'Two is one, One is none.'
Security is like an onion: There are many layers and dealing with it usually makes someone cry.