Dave Kennedy

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Dave Kennedy is a former US Marine cyber specialist turned CEO (TrustedSec) known for penetration testing expertise and industry leadership.

Anthropic Model Degradation Detailed: Transparent Analysis Unveiled
SocialApr 23, 2026

Anthropic Model Degradation Detailed: Transparent Analysis Unveiled

Full breakdown of the model degrade on Anthroptic I’ve been hot on for the past month. Solid level of transparency and analysis from them. https://t.co/au6d64fzAX

By Dave Kennedy
Veteran Developer Criticizes Slow Issue Resolution at Anthropic
SocialApr 23, 2026

Veteran Developer Criticizes Slow Issue Resolution at Anthropic

Mfers were telling me its a skills and prompt issue. You all look super silly right now. 25 years developing, I know what I'm doing - finally acknowledged. I'm glad they are trying to address this, but a month to...

By Dave Kennedy
OpenAI Must Regain Trust After Model Degradation Concerns
SocialApr 22, 2026

OpenAI Must Regain Trust After Model Degradation Concerns

OpenAI is a company I can get behind with this as long as it holds true. Intentionally or unintentionally degrading a model with no public visibility that Anthropotic has given us / you can’t trust anything from them right now....

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Frontier AI Models Risk Degrading, Exposing Enterprises to Breaches
SocialApr 22, 2026

Frontier AI Models Risk Degrading, Exposing Enterprises to Breaches

Article I'm quoted in on Forbes on the recent Claude model degrading. Note, I am not anti-Anthropic in anyway. I loved Opus 4.6 when it first came out. I almost bought a I <3 Claude t-shirt (kinda joking there). My...

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Testing Claude Tomorrow, Seeking Model Improvement Feedback
SocialApr 21, 2026

Testing Claude Tomorrow, Seeking Model Improvement Feedback

Thread here - wind back. Gonna try Claude tomorrow. Anyone noticing improvements since today on model?

By Dave Kennedy
Claude's Code Quality Plummets; Enterprises Should Switch Models
SocialApr 20, 2026

Claude's Code Quality Plummets; Enterprises Should Switch Models

For the enterprises using Claude, if you are using it for heavy enterprise type stuff - be extremely careful. It's introducing massive bugs, security issues, and code quality is way worse than Opus 4.5, substantially worse on both 4.6 and...

By Dave Kennedy
LLMs: Massive IP Theft, Not True Consciousness
SocialApr 19, 2026

LLMs: Massive IP Theft, Not True Consciousness

Of course. If you understand how LLMs work, they don’t think in traditional terms and are regurgitating human knowledge. One of the largest thefts of intellectual property and plagiarism in human history. Still incredible tech and has massive implications on innovation,...

By Dave Kennedy
Securing Research with New H100 Cluster for TrustedSec
SocialApr 19, 2026

Securing Research with New H100 Cluster for TrustedSec

Pulling the trigger on ordering 8xh100s for TrustedSec. The inconsistencies on frontier models plus how deep we are going with research is a must. Now I’ll have my own dedicated coding system. Excited ! Maybe I’ll share with @HackingLZ and...

By Dave Kennedy
From Orchestra Bench to Graduation: Time Flies
SocialApr 17, 2026

From Orchestra Bench to Graduation: Time Flies

My boy in the middle. At our orchestra concert. Can’t believe he’s graduating high school already man. Time passes quick. https://t.co/XNwtg4QgAT

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GPT 5.4/Codex Delivers Robust Solutions, UI Lags Behind
SocialApr 16, 2026

GPT 5.4/Codex Delivers Robust Solutions, UI Lags Behind

GPT 5.4/codex is honestly solid. Been using it for a bit now and while it's not as fast as what Opus 4.6 was a month ago, couple key things: 1. It's methodical, it uses evidence to come up with a comprehensive...

By Dave Kennedy
AI Tool Adoption Leaves Companies With Zero Code Controls
SocialApr 16, 2026

AI Tool Adoption Leaves Companies With Zero Code Controls

In all seriousness though, companies that are investing in these tools have zero control over code quality, how to protect from prompt injection, what gets shoved and executed into the developers environment, what gets shoved into production. Zero. Controls. Death of...

By Dave Kennedy
Claude's Regression Sparks Widespread Bugs and Security Risks
SocialApr 15, 2026

Claude's Regression Sparks Widespread Bugs and Security Risks

Think about all the orgs using Claude right now that have no idea how bad it has become over the past 4 weeks ago. No statement from Claude - but a total revert to where the model was a year...

By Dave Kennedy
Epic Grenade Toss Clears Eight Enemies in Asylum
SocialApr 13, 2026

Epic Grenade Toss Clears Eight Enemies in Asylum

Push into central staircases in the insane asylum. Nailed an insane grenade toss into the room, like 8 guys nuked by it. https://t.co/fWfnWzdD3m

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Dominated Six Oppon
SocialApr 13, 2026

Dominated Six Oppon

This weekend, got behind a team of 6 and smoked em with my smg lol. https://t.co/hISFIRbCPg

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Prioritize Rapid Misconfiguration Detection Over Apocalypse Predictions
SocialApr 13, 2026

Prioritize Rapid Misconfiguration Detection Over Apocalypse Predictions

Dino’s take here is spot on. I’m less concerned of the vulnerability apocalypse that’s being predicted and more concerned on identifying misconfigurations at a much more rapid rate.

By Dave Kennedy
Claude's Performance Decline Drives Users to OpenAI
SocialApr 12, 2026

Claude's Performance Decline Drives Users to OpenAI

I understand there’s a ton of Claude fans out there. I was there too 4-5 weeks ago. Then it got way way way worse and without explanation. What’s worse is that I would consider myself a heavy power user. What about...

By Dave Kennedy
Claude's Performance Plummets; Teams Migrate to Codex
SocialApr 11, 2026

Claude's Performance Plummets; Teams Migrate to Codex

Yeppers. It’s the worst model right now. When first released, incredible. The fact that Claude hasn’t publicly stated this or what they are doing to fix it is not a good look. I’ve switched our dev teams away from Claude...

By Dave Kennedy
70+ Kills on Night Mission, Fun Day Ahead
SocialApr 11, 2026

70+ Kills on Night Mission, Fun Day Ahead

Fun day today. Still got a night mission to go. Grabbing some food. Easily over 70 kills. https://t.co/LapFl6Nrjw

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Switched Tools Restore Productivity After Claude Issues
SocialApr 9, 2026

Switched Tools Restore Productivity After Claude Issues

I’m extremely obsessive with code quality on these things. Knew something was off 4 weeks ago and it progressively got worse. Cancelled my Claude substitution a few days ago - opus 4.6 when released was absolutely magic. I’m sure they...

By Dave Kennedy
Stopping Remote Support Ransomware Footholds Before Attack
SocialApr 8, 2026

Stopping Remote Support Ransomware Footholds Before Attack

Great post here and read from @Binary_Defense and a real-life story and breach we prevented at a customer. Remote Support to Ransomware Foothold: Stopping a Pre-Ransomware Intrusion https://t.co/xUGW63zCeL #BinaryDefense

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Claude's Performance Disappoints Many Users, Not Just Me
SocialApr 7, 2026

Claude's Performance Disappoints Many Users, Not Just Me

Good analysis on the total shit show I've been experiencing with Claude. For all the haters out there that got pissed for me saying Claude was broke, it wasn't just me 😂😂

By Dave Kennedy
Ensemble Judge Model Validates LLM Decisions in NightBeacon UI
SocialApr 7, 2026

Ensemble Judge Model Validates LLM Decisions in NightBeacon UI

New UI design for our NightBeacon AI SOC solution @Binary_Defense. Recently implemented a new ensemble (judge) model. This model checks the work of the primary LLM to ensure it agrees with the steps taken to validate its malicious, suspicious, or...

By Dave Kennedy
Skipping Git Validation Cost Three Weeks of Development
SocialApr 7, 2026

Skipping Git Validation Cost Three Weeks of Development

I'll give you a story of a recent Claude instance that set me back 3 weeks. I will admit mistakes on my end for not validating the git commit here, and that's 100% on me. I was working on a production implementations...

By Dave Kennedy
Tried Android for a Day, Quickly Returned to iPhone
SocialApr 7, 2026

Tried Android for a Day, Quickly Returned to iPhone

I always get phone FOMO, I switched to Android yesterday because usually hardware wise it's much better than iPhone and felt it's been a few years let me try it out. Almost had a rebellion from my kids and wife being...

By Dave Kennedy
Taxes Eat Most of Your Hard‑earned Paycheck
SocialApr 7, 2026

Taxes Eat Most of Your Hard‑earned Paycheck

My son came home and got his W2 form for last year. He was like dad wow check out how much money I made last year.. I was like nice dude thats hard work and effort right there. He was like yeah,...

By Dave Kennedy
Expo Simplifies Native App Testing and Deployment via QR Code
SocialApr 6, 2026

Expo Simplifies Native App Testing and Deployment via QR Code

Expo is awesome for mobile apps. QR Code scan to test native app building and usable before publishing, handles full deployment to appstore/play store. Easiest thing ever.

By Dave Kennedy
Claude Gives My Mobile UI a 4/10 Rating
SocialApr 5, 2026

Claude Gives My Mobile UI a 4/10 Rating

Codex rating Claude on a UI design and polishing of a mobile app I'm building. 4/10. https://t.co/rvzVMD29y9

By Dave Kennedy
Closing Release Gaps to Prevent Repeat Mistakes
SocialApr 5, 2026

Closing Release Gaps to Prevent Repeat Mistakes

Love this response from GPT 😂😂 The native admin coverage is committed. Next I’m closing release-process gaps: build pipeline readiness, QA safety, and the Codex/Claude guardrails so future sessions don’t repeat the mistakes we already paid to find.

By Dave Kennedy
Claude's Code Quality Declines; Codex Outperforms Now
SocialApr 4, 2026

Claude's Code Quality Declines; Codex Outperforms Now

Dude Claude is total trash - seen massive degrading of code quality, bugs, and more over the past several weeks. This week, I can’t even use it or rely on it to complete basic bug fixes or implementations. Codex has...

By Dave Kennedy
New RTX 5090 PC: AI Experiments and Heavy Gaming
SocialApr 4, 2026

New RTX 5090 PC: AI Experiments and Heavy Gaming

New PC .. and 5090… gonna be some cool AI projects … but mostly gaming on this bad boy https://t.co/W7xVXHo7fc

By Dave Kennedy
First Wine Sip Sparks Hilarious Teen Reaction
SocialApr 2, 2026

First Wine Sip Sparks Hilarious Teen Reaction

On vacation with my fam for spring break, visiting grandparents. I let me son try a sip of my wine for the first time (15 almost 16). His reaction 😂😂 https://t.co/D9UGHxq311

By Dave Kennedy
Evidence‑Based Prompt Drives Deep Bug Diagnosis
SocialApr 1, 2026

Evidence‑Based Prompt Drives Deep Bug Diagnosis

One amazing prompt that works wonders for both Claude and OpenAI, at least for me: Identify what the root cause is for this bug . Use only evidence based troubleshooting with clear tests in place to reproduce the bug, it must...

By Dave Kennedy
Codex: Slower Yet More Reliable Than Claude
SocialApr 1, 2026

Codex: Slower Yet More Reliable Than Claude

Comparing heavy Codex vs Claude use, a couple thoughts. Codex is much more well thought out on design, checking every step, re-checking every step - and producing much better results long term but it is much slower. Claude is really good at...

By Dave Kennedy
Claude's Performance Degrades; Codex Remains Reliable
SocialMar 31, 2026

Claude's Performance Degrades; Codex Remains Reliable

Since the usage changes on Claude during peek, I also feel like the model has gone completely haywire. Ton's of mistakes errors - longer times to address issues. I have a feeling they are experiencing some crazy internal issues at...

By Dave Kennedy
Claude + Codex Automate Comprehensive PRD and Security Reviews
SocialMar 29, 2026

Claude + Codex Automate Comprehensive PRD and Security Reviews

Been doing this for months. Any PRD/Spec/Implementation/Bug + Security hunts includes Claude + Codex, much better thorough analysis and things one or the other misses it'll pick up. My Claude Code instance has hooks + gpt skills for doing...

By Dave Kennedy
AI Revives Cybersecurity: Adapt or Be Left Behind
SocialMar 29, 2026

AI Revives Cybersecurity: Adapt or Be Left Behind

What I see in cybersecurity: AI has re-invigorated an industry that was largely stale for the past ten years. Complete new green field. Changes everything. New innovation happening everyday. Need to adapt or be left behind. This reminds me of the early 2000s,...

By Dave Kennedy
NightBeacon's Primary Model Acts as Evaluator for Better Reasoning
SocialMar 28, 2026

NightBeacon's Primary Model Acts as Evaluator for Better Reasoning

One cool component of NightBeacon is different models trained on the same data, but look at the work that the main model does - think of it as an evaluator, judge, or tier 3 soc analyst that looks at the...

By Dave Kennedy
Demand Real Solutions, Not Empty Hype at RSAC
SocialMar 28, 2026

Demand Real Solutions, Not Empty Hype at RSAC

It’s why I don’t go to RSAC unless I’m forced to. I remember the first time I went to the vendor area, I got sick to my stomach - not because of new companies or innovation - because it was...

By Dave Kennedy
Instantly Generate Detection Rules From Any Source
SocialMar 27, 2026

Instantly Generate Detection Rules From Any Source

If you missed this post, it’s a good read on a the ability to rapidly almost instantly push new detection capabilities or gaps within a monitoring environment. I developed a component of NightBeacon called Nexus Intelligence, it’s an agent where you...

By Dave Kennedy
AI‑SOC Tool Deconstructs Attacks, Slashes MTTR and False Positives
SocialMar 27, 2026

AI‑SOC Tool Deconstructs Attacks, Slashes MTTR and False Positives

Here's a small taste of NightBeaconAI (our human driven but AI-SOC augmented solution I've built) @Binary_Defense - it has attack path deconstruction - can see every part of an attack chain with details on each part of it. Doesn't matter...

By Dave Kennedy
Accidentally Triggering Apple Intelligence Reveals Its Mystery
SocialMar 26, 2026

Accidentally Triggering Apple Intelligence Reveals Its Mystery

I still have no idea what apple intelligence does other than when I accidentally hit the wrong button.

By Dave Kennedy
Synthetic Data Keeps Customer Info Safe From Frontier AI
SocialMar 24, 2026

Synthetic Data Keeps Customer Info Safe From Frontier AI

Most of these AI solutions right now for the cybersecurity industry are utilizing frontier models. That should scare a lot of folks - customer data going into extremely new technology platforms that they literally state their new models, features/functionality are...

By Dave Kennedy
NightBeacon AI Detects Phishing in Seconds, Automates Response
SocialMar 24, 2026

NightBeacon AI Detects Phishing in Seconds, Automates Response

NightBeacon AI today identified an insanely cool phishing email attack that showed up on GTI/other sources as benign/non malicious. How it worked: NightBeacon determined the tonality was creating urgency (key indication of social engineering), it looks for any URLs, it went...

By Dave Kennedy
Nemotron V3 Optimized for NVIDIA Delivers Strong Results
SocialMar 23, 2026

Nemotron V3 Optimized for NVIDIA Delivers Strong Results

The new nemotron v3 models look great and optimized for nvidia hardware. Getting some great results.

By Dave Kennedy
Dual AI Workflow Doubles Quality of Specs and Reviews
SocialMar 23, 2026

Dual AI Workflow Doubles Quality of Specs and Reviews

Created a chatgpt 5.4 plugin for Claude, it automatically gets a "second opinion", forges the best results for prd/spec/implementation. Once finished and reviewed, submits to chatgpt for bug review / security review analysis. Works insanely better having two work together. ⏺...

By Dave Kennedy
NightBeacon Mobile Debuts with AI Assistant, Nostalgic Coding Fun
SocialMar 23, 2026

NightBeacon Mobile Debuts with AI Assistant, Nostalgic Coding Fun

NightBeacon mobile version launched with AI assistant. Some late night coding lately, feel like I’m in the late 90s/early 2000s. Having so much fun. https://t.co/unvyKfDV6d #BinaryDefense https://t.co/tCyntTeePl

By Dave Kennedy
Add File References in Prompts for Better Results
SocialMar 22, 2026

Add File References in Prompts for Better Results

One thing that is slightly helping, if you say in each prompt or a hook - read in claud.md memory.md, etc each prompt it seems to do a bit better.

By Dave Kennedy
Claude's Performance Plummets; Users Migrate to Codex
SocialMar 21, 2026

Claude's Performance Plummets; Users Migrate to Codex

Something deeply messed up with Claude's model right now. It went from a hero to a zero almost overnight. I hope they fix it, as of right now - I've moved over to codex, it's completely unusual. Beware.

By Dave Kennedy
User Quits Cursor, Citing Hacky Build and Zero Innovation
SocialMar 20, 2026

User Quits Cursor, Citing Hacky Build and Zero Innovation

Knowing Cursor is a hack job and built on Kimi K2.5, pretty much cancelling my subscription right now. Zero innovation from them the past few months, it went from a pretty useful tool (nice having IDE), to really providing zero...

By Dave Kennedy