On September 16, 2026, WIRED and 404 Media published reporting about a copy of Flock Safety LPR firmware obtained by hackers. The firmware was also distributed through DDoSecrets, enabling this static remediation review of the supplied Falcon/Sparrow image against vulnerabilities I disclosed throughout my Examining the Security Posture of an Anti-Crime Ecosystem (Bird Hunting Season) research project.
Verkracked – Security Research on Verkada Anti-Crime Devices – Part 0
Part 0 of the ongoing long form independent security research project Jon "GainSec" Gaines is doing to assess the security posture of various Verkada devices and hardware.
Bird Hunting Season at Def Con 34
I spoke on the main stage of Def Con 34 on the same day Flock Safety’s Private Bug Bounty closed. My talk, titled The Final Flight was an overview of the entire research project including my experience from an independent researcher perspective. Of course the talk will be on YouTube eventually and in the meantime … Continue reading Bird Hunting Season at Def Con 34
Formalizing my Flock Safety Security Research.
My Flock Safety independent security research has reached the point where it felt necessary to compile it all into a formal white paper and statement. Moving forward, all vulnerabilities will be added first to this white paper during the responsible disclosure embargo.
Government Run OSINT Services
I’ve been writing about government run people search tools for years. So I built SectorGov: a familiar search interface for discovering 7,373 government service links. Browse by location, service, vendor or software. No account required.
Verkracked Parts 4 & 5 – Local Cloud and Sub-GHz Frameworks for Verkada Alarm Hubs
Part 4 and 5 of the "Verkracked" independent security research project. Specifically covering the subghz protocol framework and the cloud emulator, enabling use of Verkada alarm hubs locally.
AOL Desktop Gold Security Research Public Release
As mentioned in my last post, I have some very backlogged projects I’ve decided to just release to get them out of my backlog. This one is related to AOL Desktop Gold, the modern successor to the AOL desktop software a lot of us remember from the 90s. Yes it does still exist (and hence … Continue reading AOL Desktop Gold Security Research Public Release
Digital Ally ThermoVu DTM-600 / Uniview LAPI Security Research Release
I have some very backlogged projects I’ve decided to just release to get them out of my backlog. This one is related to the Digital Ally ThermoVu DTM-600, which is a Uniview/OEM OET-213H-NB-style facial recognition and thermal access-control device. This release is the majority of my notes, tools, findings, and research artifacts from looking at … Continue reading Digital Ally ThermoVu DTM-600 / Uniview LAPI Security Research Release
AutoPro and 3rd Party Carplay/Android Auto Dongle Security Research
I have some very backlogged projects I've decided to just release to get them out of my backlog. The first one is related to aftermarket Apple CarPlay and Android Auto dongles. This release is the majority of my notes, tools, findings, and research artifacts from looking at the Mayton/AutoPro-style dongle ecosystem. It includes documentation, test … Continue reading AutoPro and 3rd Party Carplay/Android Auto Dongle Security Research
Agent Ready Armor (ARA) Teaser
Agent Ready Armor (ARA) — a runtime substrate for AI agents. Containment for what agents do, provenance for what they produce. Built for the demands of offensive security, applicable to any agentic deployment. Second in the Ready Armor Suite, after BRA. Control in Depth.
Arctic Base
Arctic Base is a single place per project where your AI coding agent can drop approval forms, share files both ways, render markdown for review, drive a persistent task list, and wait for you to respond — without bloating your chat context or forcing you to copy-paste.