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Tom Quinn

@TomQuinn8

8 months

Flight attendant: Is there a doctor on board? Dad: *nudging me* That could have been you. Me: Not now Dad. Dad: Not asking for an infosec consultant are they? Me: Dad there's a medical emergency happening right now. Dad: Why don't you say "it depends" and see if it helps?

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Left an IT Manager role over seven years ago, was contacted this week "Do you happen to know the password to such and such system?" 😂 No I don't and I really, really hope it's been changed in that timeframe.

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How the fuck is The Sun still going?! For anyone interested in just how shitty they are I recommend Sunburn by @JimMFelton , one of the best books I read last year.

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3 years

Noel Gallagher on the front of the Sun yeah… #DontBuyTheSun

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2 years

British people; how do you pronounce 'DMZ'? It's not just me who says Dee Em Zed is it? I refuse to bow to American letters no matter how much easier it rolls off the tongue.

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1 year

@HannahAlOthman It’s......Rebekah Vardy’s account

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3 years

Am I the only one who pronounces the E is SIEM?

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1 year

Do you regret anything else you've done over the years? @JimMFelton detailed a few in his book...

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1 year

We at The Sun regret the publication of last week's Jeremy Clarkson column and we are sincerely sorry.

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2 years

I hope it's houmous

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1 year

Do people really have "Person with valuable data on their laptop leaves laptop unattended on a train at exactly the same time as a cyber criminal who has a use for said data happens to be on the same train and in the same carriage" in their threat model?!

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2 years

@SkySportsGolf So sad to see them ruining their reputations after such fantastic careers.

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2 years

Just had the police at the door saying my dog has been chasing someone on a bike. I said "That's impossible officer, my dog doesn't even have a bike".

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3 years

@amysw_sec I think Arch users are the vegans, I tell people I use Arch every opportunity I get (including now)

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9 months

I'm absolutely disgusted. For those new to our industry please understand this does not represent the majority of men in infosec and it is as unacceptable here as it is anywhere. Do better.

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9 months

“She’s dumb as fuck, she might be the horny one tho” “Should send her to jerry” “The babies would be a sight to see” “She’s at least physically attractive” “I wouldn’t kick her out of bed if she kept her mouth shut” From BowTiedCybers discord server Should I continue?

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3 years

I appear to be getting dangerously close to 500 followers! It's only taken ten years 😂

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2 years

Decided to try something new for my birthday

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3 years

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3 years

@b_dechambeau @4golfonline @WestwoodLee Took you a day to mention @WestwoodLee but got your sponsers in the first ten seconds of your post round interview. Not sure on your priorities.

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3 years

@PGATOUR Surprised you cut the video before he took a chunk out the green, hope you're going to fine him for that.

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2 years

If you're "in cyber" but you're a bully, a troll, someone who will do anything to further their own image despite hurting and damaging people then I hate to tell you but you're not welcome in cyber.

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1 year

Anyone know the RGB code for mirror?

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2 years

@RichardJMurphy I thought I had a decent-ish understanding of economics and fiscal policy then I read a thread like this and realise I didn't have a clue!

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2 years

Con speakers: any golden rules on slides per minute? Doing my first talk in a few weeks and trying to work out a good target for number of slides (30 min talk).

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1 year

"Why can't the kids just use your laptop?" "They're more than welcome to but frankly I'm not sure using Arch Linux is going to help given they'll be using Windows in school and work." Anyone got any recommendations for a cheap but not terrible Windows laptop? Kids are 6 and 7.

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1 year

Today was up there with one of the hardest days of my life. Saying goodbye to this fella was truely heartbreaking. RIP Sooty

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5 years

@helenroyce @TrixieLaBouche @watsoncomedian @MrEdByrne I read this as if they were in a boat

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5 months

@UK_Daniel_Card Why bother waiting for a scope at all? Or even a customer? Just go round trying to get into things and see how you get on.

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@TomQuinn8

8 months

A successful Friday morning

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@TomQuinn8

2 years

@AttilaDeak01 I highly doubt the credibility of this article. Also I use Arch by the way.

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2 years

Accidentally watched a 'Linux From Scratch' video on YouTube last night. Trying my hardest to convince myself I don't have time to do something so time consuming 😂

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2 years

I think I have a book buying problem, looking forward to getting stuck into this though.

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3 years

@MyGolfSpy I steal pencils from Ikea

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2 years

Politely asked my daughter if I could have one of her stickers for my laptop and she kindly said yes 😊

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4 years

@alexforey @TheRealRevK @PostOffice Surely storing passwords in plaintext is a GDPR breach due to lack of "appropriate technical measures"

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2 years

New record for amount of times I've shouted "Fuck off" at a TV in ten minutes #PMQs

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3 years

As far as I can remember I've never worn a bikini (I'm sure someone will correct me 😂) so here's a topless holiday shot in solidarity with #infosecbikini

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@TomQuinn8

5 years

@DavidLammy Rule out no deal and you weaken our negotiating position massively

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@TomQuinn8

2 years

One person hit "Reply All" on a multi distribution list email and now I'm getting "Please remove me from this email" messages every few seconds from colleagues around the world. Well over two hundred so far and it's only been half an hour 😂

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2 years

Red teams: How many of you include spaces when brute forcing passwords?

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@TomQuinn8

1 year

On a Teams call this morning (with twenty attendees) someone said "Alexa play the national anthem"

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1 year

@BondHunterBond Commander Keen

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3 years

Kinda late to the party I think but last night I started watching Mr Robot. It's good isn't it!

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@TomQuinn8

2 years

This is super common and it can be all-consuming. My advice is to complete something, anything. Pick the easiest, quickest, most trivial thing from your to-do list and get it done you'll often find it kick starts you and really helps you move forward.

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@TomQuinn8

5 years

@z_blair @maxhoma23 "Towel's gone. There is no towel" 😂 @NoLayingUp

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4 years

@NataliaAntonova I thought that was the 'COVID safe' way to do it. I have been severely misinformed.

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2 years

@ScottMcGready Tell me you're in management without telling me you're in management 😂

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10 months

@Steel_Con Guys I'm trying to work I don't have time to take pictures!

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2 years

That took longer than I thought it would 😂

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2 years

@cm90MTM Mine was a Google Form 😂

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2 years

@UK_Daniel_Card @GrahamHelton3 Recent cyber insurance renewal flagged RDP and SSH open on all our webservers, you've guessed it - they're behind an Incapsula, every port is 'open' but the tool the insurers use just checks 3389 and 22 😂

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1 year

My first Windows computer ran 3.1, I've just given my son his first Windows computer running 11. I'm sure there's still some of the original codebase lurking in there somewhere!

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3 years

@thecybermentor Sure just send me a copy of your name/address including photo ID and I'll get them right over 😂

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@TomQuinn8

10 months

@UK_Daniel_Card Directly discourages long passwords.

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@TomQuinn8

2 years

Well @Steel_Con was absolutely awesome! @InfoSecSteak Friday night followed by a fantastic day of talks and socialising Saturday. Didn't get many photos but @phat_hobbit , @PhilipIngMBE , @ZephrFish , @myexploit2600 and @tautology0 were all highlights. Roll on next year!

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2 years

Meat Tenderizer anyone?

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2 years

My oldest child is beginning to talk like I do and I think it's hilarious. Asked him who he sat next to at lunch the other day and he said "Dunno some packed lunch fella" 😂

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2 years

I bloody love working in infosec

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2 years

Sometimes infosec twitter drama blows my mind. I am definitely not here it and will not be dragged in to it.

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@TomQuinn8

3 years

So today I bought a motorbike. It's not a midlife crisis. I'm too young for a midlife crisis. Right? RIGHT?!

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2 years

Writing a speech. In vim. Because I'm that guy. #Linux

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1 year

I've met so many cool people through Twitter. I will be genuinely sad if it dies.

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1 year

I'm usually pretty good at managing my own mental health but the last week has really affected me and the dark nights have stopped me going for long after work walks like I'd usually do to cheer myself up. Roll on spring time!

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4 years

@JimMFelton This is going to go over an awful lot of people's heads and I think that is why I like it so much.

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1 year

@alexbloor

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2 years

@ScottMcGready I might take some flak for this but Teams impresses me. Given the hours and hours a day I use it, it never misses a beat.

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3 years

@ActuateCoaching I've dated one woman for the last fourteen years and I am richer, more skilled and fulfilled because of it.

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1 year

After @BSidesLanc last week I took the opportunity to spend a few days in The Lake District and it was absolutely stunning! Every way you look is breathtaking I'll be trying to get back up there soon.

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3 years

@jurgenslefttoe @ScrtDrugAddict That's shocking advice, buying premium bonds won't give you the tax relief contributing to a pension would and whilst the pounds and pence value of premium bonds won't go down it might not match inflation so the relative value could decrease

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1 year

Any other infosec peeps into niche genres of music? I'm really into Frenchcore amongst other things, any other hard dance heads out there?

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@TomQuinn8

7 months

Odds on this being a CISO?

Fesshole 🧻

@fesshole

7 months

I'm in a senior position with a FTSE100 company. I know how to talk a good talk. I tend to stay in a role for no more than 2 years before people realise I have no idea what I'm doing. Plan to keep on doing this until retirement.

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3 years

Am I the only one who really likes regular expressions? It's becoming to become a bit of a "if all you have is a hammer every problem looks like a nail" kind of situation. Grep, Sed, Vim, Python I'm writing regexs all over the shop.

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8 months

Nooooooooo....... @RealTryHackMe have changed how they calculate top x% and I'm no longer top 1% 😭 Looks like I'll need to put some time in to get back to 1337 status.

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@TomQuinn8

2 years

Making a start on this by @1njection , only on chapter one but really enjoying it so far!

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@TomQuinn8

3 years

For a long time I've thought it'd be brilliant to do a talk but I've never felt confident enough in a specific subject to put something forward. Following @bsidesncl I'm feeling so motivated & an idea has just come to me! I've already started making some brief notes so let's see

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2 years

It's very rare that I have to contact @aaisp support but when I do I'm reminded why I'm not with any of the 'mainstream' ISPs. Had a very insightful conversation about how Dynamic Line Management works with the guy who answered the phone, no escalation needed!

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5 years

@JamesAcaster @DaveGorman You can't prove it's not

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4 years

@dlnoch @z_blair Slugger has to think about Reed's kids going to college

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2 years

@HostileSpectrum I'd love to know exactly who did it; Internal red team? Pen test firm? Consultancy? Individual contractor? Whoever it was clearly knew what they were doing, bravo.

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@TomQuinn8

2 years

I have never and will never wear Crocs

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@TomQuinn8

2 years

Diversity in cyber doesn't just mean gender, race or sexuality. If we want to progress we need to make sure there are entry routes for people from all backgrounds including people at the start of their careers with limited resources but also career changers. Diversity is good!

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1 year

Does anyone else think it's weird how many people talk about "being technical" as if it's a binary thing? People aren't split into those who are technical and those who aren't, it's a spectrum and there should be opportunities for people to progress along that spectrum.

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Tom Quinn

@TomQuinn8

2 years

Disassembled and made sure I understood every single instruction before solving this one. Learned a lot! I just pwned Simple Encryptor in Hack The Box! #hackthebox #htb #cybersecurity

Owned Simple Encryptor from Hack The Box!

I have just owned challenge Simple Encryptor from Hack The Box

www.hackthebox.com

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@TomQuinn8

2 years

Just deployed my first honeypot to get some visibility into live attacks/scanning activity.

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@TomQuinn8

3 years

Well @BsidesLivrpool was absolutely amazing as expected. Awesome to catch up with @GlennPegden @SidPvn @LargeCardinal @TimmehWimmy @stuart_smiles and @Coffee_Fueled (sorry if I missed anyone!) I'm even home at a respectable time!

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2 years

It seems like only yesterday I was super excited because I was close to 500 followers and here I am rapidly approaching a thousand! Should really post some better quality content 😂

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@TomQuinn8

3 years

@emilyhewertson Obviously you've got to define 'rich' but I certainly don't consider someone earning £80k to be rich, they'll definitely have more disposable income than a lot of people but it's far, far away from multiple foreign holidays a year, business or first class travel level.

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2 years

@RegGBlinker

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@TomQuinn8

2 years

Well that's my first talk over and done with! I really enjoyed it thank you @Digit4lOverdose for letting me speak and all the people who encouraged/inspired me to speak: @safesecs @Coffee_Fueled @RegGBlinker @Eliza_MayAustin @AtomicNicos @thegaryhawkins @GlennPegden

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Tom Quinn

@TomQuinn8

7 months

Met someone the other day, they said they thought they recognised me, the person I was with helpfully piped up with "You probably know him from @Steel_Con he was the one in the purple dress" Turns out that was exactly where they knew me from 😂 Thanks again @digininja !

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@TomQuinn8

11 months

New laptop sticker and it's a good one! @BSidesLeeds #SecurityBSides