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Last successful check Aug 8, 2026 UTC
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Software Mastodon 4.7.0-alpha.2+glitch
Registrations Open (by admin approval)
Meta’s Threads moderation Unknown (this instance is not listed in the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact list), and its list of moderated instances is not accessible.
Most used hashtags (last week) BandcampFriday, Fensterfreitag, bandcamp, WindowFriday, DriveThruHolidays, JukeboxFridayNight, fursuitfriday, footpathfriday, unemployment, tgif
Short description
INDICATORS OF COMPROMISE (IOC)
InfoSec Community within the Fediverse. Newbies, experts, gurus - Everyone is Welcome! Instance is supposed to be fast and secure.
Long description
Welcome to INDICATORS OF COMPROMISE (IOC)!

We are a community of InfoSec professionals, hackers and tinkerers. Feel free to join and hang out!

If you find any vulnerabilities, please report them to the admin (@jerry@infosec.exchange).
For moderation requests please contact our moderator @tellyworth@ioc.exchange.

Hosting

Instance is hosted in Germany - Local Laws apply!

Servers are hosted at Hetzner and hosting costs are around $300/month.
Media files are hosted in Backblaze and the costs are around $50/month. So in total our running costs are about $350/month. Please consider contributing through our crowdfunding page.

Warrant Canary sunset

  • IOC[.]exchange has never turned over our encryption or authentication keys or our customers' encryption or authentication keys to anyone.
  • IOC[.]exchange has never installed any law enforcement software on our systems.
  • IOC[.]exchange has never provided any law enforcement organization a feed of our customers' content.
  • IOC[.]exchange has never provided logs to any law enforcement organization.
  • IOC[.]exchange has never modified customer content at the request of law enforcement or another third party.
  • IOC[.]exchange has never weakened, compromised, or subverted any of its encryption at the request of law enforcement or another third party.

This warrant canary will be removed since it’s not been actively updated. No, there has not been any change and it’s incredibly unlikely that will ever change.

Privacy

No matter what nationality you are, we happily remove your personal data from this instance - Just ask the admin!

Please also refer to our Privacy Policy.

Site usage by Children

Our site, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 16 years old. If you are under the age of 16, per the requirements of COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) do not use this site.
Instance rules
  1. Be Nice!
  2. Mark sensitive content with a content warning.
  3. No Spam and No Advertisement. (Promoting your own work is fine.)
  4. No Hate Speech!
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  3. cutie.city: limitation
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  5. flipping.rocks: suspension
  6. icosahedron.website: limitation
  7. icosahedron.website.: limitation
  8. jubi.life: suspension
  9. karas.social: suspension
  10. koehlercode.dev: limitation
  11. m.noxie.ch: suspension
  12. mastodon.cloud: suspension
  13. mastodon.koehlercode.dev: limitation
  14. monads.online: suspension
  15. mytter.jp: suspension
  16. old.mermaid.town: limitation
  17. plush.city: limitation
  18. scintilla.social: suspension
  19. social.afront.org: limitation
  20. social.python-gsoc.org: suspension
  21. solarpunk.moe: limitation
  22. starlite.rodeo: limitation
  23. vulpine.club: limitation
  24. weirder.earth: suspension
Date of creation Apr 6, 2017 UTC
Display name Scary Jerry 👻
Bio
Recovering CISO
May have an orchid problem
Bad photography
Worse dad jokes
The worst Infosec hot takes
Podcast: https://defensivesecurity.org
Blog: https://infosec.engineering
Twitter: @maliciouslink
https://Infosec.Exchange Admin
#infosec #security #cybersecurity #risk #fedi22
…and for fucks sake, be nice to each other. We are only here for a brief time. Make it enjoyable.

To help support the costs associated with running this instance, please consider donating. You can set up recurring donations here:

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/infosecexchange

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Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/Infosec.exchange/

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You can also support with a one-time donation using PayPal to "jerry@infosec.exchange".
Statistics
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Last checks (green: OK; red: KO)
7/31/26, 2:01:42 AM UTC8/2/26, 1:41:25 AM UTC8/3/26, 1:12:25 AM UTC8/4/26, 1:19:09 AM UTC8/5/26, 1:04:34 AM UTC8/6/26, 2:08:07 AM UTC8/7/26, 1:08:25 AM UTC8/8/26, 1:04:37 AM UTC
Succesful checks: 1429/1431 (99.86%)