Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Royce Williams @tychotithonus@infosec.exchange

1/22/2026, 10:35:48 PM

Public

The nice thing about EICAR is that, when properly implemented, it should only produce a hit if it is at the beginning of the file (per the EICAR spec itself). Inclusions of EICAR elsewhere are amusing, but should absolutely be false positives that should be fixed.

The Anthropic magic string, by contrast, can appear anywhere. The chaos this enables is commensurately greater.

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