HACK Issue 004: Top bug bounty youtubers, Gartner acronym soup, and the pursuit of The Grand Shi

For my readers in the Eastern Hemisphere, you will be reading this from the future, in 2022. To the rest of us, we still have a few hours left to enjoy in 2021. Wherever you are, a happy new year to you! Indeed the days are long, but the years

HACK Issue 003: Who discovered Log4J, Ambulance chasing, and No one gets hurt in the air

Greetings from Boise and Merry Christmas Eve! As I write this, I'm sitting on my couch next to my Christmas tree. I have my morning coffee and I just completed my morning workout. Reflecting on the amazing time with family I have ahead today and tomorrow as we

HACK Issue 002: Log4J, 7 stages of DevSecOps 0-day grief, and how not to announce your recent funding round

Greetings from Boise! Welcome to issue 002 of HACK, my newsletter where I talk about and curate news about security, marketing, community, hackers, and leadership. I'm going to be experimenting with the format and content a bit, so do let me know any feedback you have, I would

Marketing and PR Case Study: Peleton's Sex and the City PR Fiasco

This is a quick case study building off of my note in my newsletter last week where I ragged on Peleton a bit [https://luketucker.com/hack-issue-001/]. Turns out it was even worse than I thought and my favorite newsletter writer on the planet, Matt Levine, also wrote about it

The 7 Stages of DevSecOps 0-day grief

The past 2-weeks have been pretty crazy for those in the security industry. The Log4j vulnerability has broad-reaching impact. Scott Crawford, Head of Research at 451 had a good post on LinkedIn. Here's an excerpt. > Last December, the technology world was shaken by one of the most

Why I joined Lightspin

Today is my first day as VP Marketing at Lightspin and I am so excited to tell you about why I joined and what you can expect from me and the team. Lightspin is making every stage of cloud security simple and accessible. Protecting your cloud shouldn't be

HACK Issue 001: The Dao of Capital, Patience is a virtue, and Peleton fails again

Welcome to The HACK Digest Issue 001. Last Friday was my last day at HackerOne. This week, I shared the news of my departure across the socials and posted a video I recorded on my last day. Check it out [https://youtu.be/j_6_qO3SvvQ]. Onward... From the twittersphere

Introducing The HACK Digest: My newsletter

I've decided it's time: I'm starting my own newsletter. Read on for the details! The content will be pretty casual. More raw and unpolished than longer form blog posts. I will write as if I'm in the room talking to you -

1,859 Days

I have moved on from HackerOne after 5-years. Joining HackerOne coincided with me moving from Honolulu to Boise and me becoming a Father. It has been a formative half decade. What a privilege it was to join a company and grow with it - I was promoted twice during my

Writing memos

Memos are the litmus test of good thinking. The best business thinkers and leaders are prolific writers. Emails, slide decks, meeting notes, memos and plans - that is how business is done. That is how thinking is done. One of my first jobs out of college was as a commercial