Paul Ritchie
@cornerpirate.bsky.social
A penetration tester living in Scotland.
I am also into video games, home recording music, guitars, sci-fi, the concept of Scotland getting an independence vote again, and nachos. I like nachos.
I am also into video games, home recording music, guitars, sci-fi, the concept of Scotland getting an independence vote again, and nachos. I like nachos.
Living what I call "the sickness". A pentest with basically a *. domain scope. Thousands of apps to find and test.
The work day has been so fun that I don't notice the sun going and it suddenly becomes midnight.
This is what we trained for! This is the secret sauce. This is the sickness.
The work day has been so fun that I don't notice the sun going and it suddenly becomes midnight.
This is what we trained for! This is the secret sauce. This is the sickness.
October 21, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Living what I call "the sickness". A pentest with basically a *. domain scope. Thousands of apps to find and test.
The work day has been so fun that I don't notice the sun going and it suddenly becomes midnight.
This is what we trained for! This is the secret sauce. This is the sickness.
The work day has been so fun that I don't notice the sun going and it suddenly becomes midnight.
This is what we trained for! This is the secret sauce. This is the sickness.
Seconded.
A staycation is spending your holiday in your own home and visiting places. A vacation is staying away from home even if it is in the same country. I will die on this hill.
October 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Seconded.
Fascinating tale of how Steve Guttenberg clearly social engineered his way into Paramount Pictures and eventually got himself hired.
He built himself an office and used it for THREE YEARS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a1y...
He built himself an office and used it for THREE YEARS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a1y...
WTF! Steve Guttenberg snuck onto the Paramount lot & created a fake office for 3 years!
YouTube video by The Sackhoff Show Clips
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September 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Fascinating tale of how Steve Guttenberg clearly social engineered his way into Paramount Pictures and eventually got himself hired.
He built himself an office and used it for THREE YEARS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a1y...
He built himself an office and used it for THREE YEARS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a1y...
My kid and I are replaying #hollowKnight ahead of possibly buying #Silksong soon.
They have blown me away with this epic gif they made!
They have blown me away with this epic gif they made!
September 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
My kid and I are replaying #hollowKnight ahead of possibly buying #Silksong soon.
They have blown me away with this epic gif they made!
They have blown me away with this epic gif they made!
I just assume that this fess is about me spamming everyone with part made songs a lot of the time.
My friend has recorded some songs. He's spent months working on them and recently sent me copies to critique. I've told him they are good and wished him good luck but honestly they are fucking awful.
June 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I just assume that this fess is about me spamming everyone with part made songs a lot of the time.
Now that MITRE is defunded I wonder how the next generation will brag about things they found now that the CVE project (the centralised vulnerability leaderboard) looks dead.
Sorry to anyone losing their jobs over this. We will enter vendor led split market for this and that is not good.
Sorry to anyone losing their jobs over this. We will enter vendor led split market for this and that is not good.
April 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Now that MITRE is defunded I wonder how the next generation will brag about things they found now that the CVE project (the centralised vulnerability leaderboard) looks dead.
Sorry to anyone losing their jobs over this. We will enter vendor led split market for this and that is not good.
Sorry to anyone losing their jobs over this. We will enter vendor led split market for this and that is not good.
Reposted by Paul Ritchie
People lament the loss of the "old internet" and whinge about crappy monolithic spaces, but when they look for alternatives, they all fuck off to near identical platforms. It's because they're addicted to follower counts and are too cowardly to admit it and find a smaller space.
April 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
People lament the loss of the "old internet" and whinge about crappy monolithic spaces, but when they look for alternatives, they all fuck off to near identical platforms. It's because they're addicted to follower counts and are too cowardly to admit it and find a smaller space.
Good morning.
Feel like the world is going to shit in some way?
Well this is not the thread to discuss any of that. I would like you to reply with photos of trees growing new leaves, or dogs.
Both just optimistically getting on with their days showing us how to roll.
Thanks.
Feel like the world is going to shit in some way?
Well this is not the thread to discuss any of that. I would like you to reply with photos of trees growing new leaves, or dogs.
Both just optimistically getting on with their days showing us how to roll.
Thanks.
April 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Good morning.
Feel like the world is going to shit in some way?
Well this is not the thread to discuss any of that. I would like you to reply with photos of trees growing new leaves, or dogs.
Both just optimistically getting on with their days showing us how to roll.
Thanks.
Feel like the world is going to shit in some way?
Well this is not the thread to discuss any of that. I would like you to reply with photos of trees growing new leaves, or dogs.
Both just optimistically getting on with their days showing us how to roll.
Thanks.
Thought experiment:
A tool called "timechains" which lets you RDP onto a server existing in the year 2010. It will run continuously with minimum down time for patching etc until it was retired in 2020.
What are you doing through your timechains server?
A tool called "timechains" which lets you RDP onto a server existing in the year 2010. It will run continuously with minimum down time for patching etc until it was retired in 2020.
What are you doing through your timechains server?
March 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Thought experiment:
A tool called "timechains" which lets you RDP onto a server existing in the year 2010. It will run continuously with minimum down time for patching etc until it was retired in 2020.
What are you doing through your timechains server?
A tool called "timechains" which lets you RDP onto a server existing in the year 2010. It will run continuously with minimum down time for patching etc until it was retired in 2020.
What are you doing through your timechains server?
What am I?
* Too weak and I might crack.
* Too strong and you might forget me.
* Too weak and I might crack.
* Too strong and you might forget me.
March 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
What am I?
* Too weak and I might crack.
* Too strong and you might forget me.
* Too weak and I might crack.
* Too strong and you might forget me.
Was just gifted a collection of tea cups like Picard used in TNG. I wouldn't have bought them but by science I love them!
March 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Was just gifted a collection of tea cups like Picard used in TNG. I wouldn't have bought them but by science I love them!
As penetration testers we cannot usually brazenly post about what our day is going to look like. Well today I will be picking up CRTO studying for the first time in a while.
Quite happy about a little time at the firing range.
Quite happy about a little time at the firing range.
March 4, 2025 at 8:26 AM
As penetration testers we cannot usually brazenly post about what our day is going to look like. Well today I will be picking up CRTO studying for the first time in a while.
Quite happy about a little time at the firing range.
Quite happy about a little time at the firing range.
Anyone else have a stress dream where they are tasked with fixing up COBOL powering banking infrastructure in the future as the last human to have ever seen COBOL before?
My exposure was once seeing it in a mirror.
My exposure was once seeing it in a mirror.
February 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Anyone else have a stress dream where they are tasked with fixing up COBOL powering banking infrastructure in the future as the last human to have ever seen COBOL before?
My exposure was once seeing it in a mirror.
My exposure was once seeing it in a mirror.
You really need this today, and every day.
Yippey-Yi, Yippey-Yi, Yippey-Yi, Yay!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axrl...
Yippey-Yi, Yippey-Yi, Yippey-Yi, Yay!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axrl...
Jonzun Crew - Space Cowboy (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Tommy Boy
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2025 at 11:46 AM
You really need this today, and every day.
Yippey-Yi, Yippey-Yi, Yippey-Yi, Yay!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axrl...
Yippey-Yi, Yippey-Yi, Yippey-Yi, Yay!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axrl...
Raring to go for 2025? This is the day many (including myself) return to work.
In every single way I needed that 2 weeks to sit and do nothing.
In every single way I needed that 2 weeks to sit and do nothing.
January 6, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Raring to go for 2025? This is the day many (including myself) return to work.
In every single way I needed that 2 weeks to sit and do nothing.
In every single way I needed that 2 weeks to sit and do nothing.
Customer called up to say "Probably the best pentest we have ever seen" regarding a report I delivered recently.
Nice to hear but I think it makes me the Carlsberg of pentesting.
Nice to hear but I think it makes me the Carlsberg of pentesting.
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December 16, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Customer called up to say "Probably the best pentest we have ever seen" regarding a report I delivered recently.
Nice to hear but I think it makes me the Carlsberg of pentesting.
Nice to hear but I think it makes me the Carlsberg of pentesting.
If we count home alone as the home tie, and home alone 2 as the away. Then we have to give it to Kevin as a 2-0 aggregate win over the wet bandits.
a man is standing in front of a soccer ball .
ALT: a man is standing in front of a soccer ball .
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December 14, 2024 at 7:10 PM
If we count home alone as the home tie, and home alone 2 as the away. Then we have to give it to Kevin as a 2-0 aggregate win over the wet bandits.
Reposted by Paul Ritchie
Traveling down to @bsideslondon.bsky.social today. I'll be giving a workshop on container and Kubernetes security with @smarticu5.bsky.social and @marionmccune.bsky.social tomorrow afternoon! Looking forward to catching up with folk down there.
December 13, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Traveling down to @bsideslondon.bsky.social today. I'll be giving a workshop on container and Kubernetes security with @smarticu5.bsky.social and @marionmccune.bsky.social tomorrow afternoon! Looking forward to catching up with folk down there.
Reposted by Paul Ritchie
For anyone who's attending @bsideslondon.bsky.social tomorrow, I'll be speaking at 10:00, and dragging some interesting sci-fi concepts into mundane reality when I discuss "Using the OWASP Top 10 to Save the Astronauts from HAL".
December 13, 2024 at 11:45 AM
For anyone who's attending @bsideslondon.bsky.social tomorrow, I'll be speaking at 10:00, and dragging some interesting sci-fi concepts into mundane reality when I discuss "Using the OWASP Top 10 to Save the Astronauts from HAL".
Today I have found that Microsoft has killed the ability to make a teams meeting in Outlook (classic). Motherfudgers this is why people hate you!
a person in a red jacket is laying on the ground in a pile of leaves with a message .
ALT: a person in a red jacket is laying on the ground in a pile of leaves with a message .
media.tenor.com
December 13, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Today I have found that Microsoft has killed the ability to make a teams meeting in Outlook (classic). Motherfudgers this is why people hate you!
By Grabthar's hammer... What a savings.
December 1, 2024 at 3:52 PM
By Grabthar's hammer... What a savings.
I spilled coffee EVERYWHERE.
The floor is Java!
The floor is Java!
November 26, 2024 at 7:07 PM
I spilled coffee EVERYWHERE.
The floor is Java!
The floor is Java!
I have cranked out a reasonable amount of exercise this weekend. Hoping for a good sleep to keep me ready for the week ahead.
If I sleep poorly then panic attacks can be a thing. Just a reminder that you need to keep at maintenance or something makes you lie down.
If I sleep poorly then panic attacks can be a thing. Just a reminder that you need to keep at maintenance or something makes you lie down.
November 24, 2024 at 11:37 PM
I have cranked out a reasonable amount of exercise this weekend. Hoping for a good sleep to keep me ready for the week ahead.
If I sleep poorly then panic attacks can be a thing. Just a reminder that you need to keep at maintenance or something makes you lie down.
If I sleep poorly then panic attacks can be a thing. Just a reminder that you need to keep at maintenance or something makes you lie down.
Feeding the algorithm:
I watched:
Brooklyn 99
Rick and Morty
Brahmastra: part one
Spaceman
In the long run
I played:
FM23
XCOM 2
Half life 2
I listened to:
The Hampden Roar
Wid Ye?
Belle & Sebastian
Metallica
I watched:
Brooklyn 99
Rick and Morty
Brahmastra: part one
Spaceman
In the long run
I played:
FM23
XCOM 2
Half life 2
I listened to:
The Hampden Roar
Wid Ye?
Belle & Sebastian
Metallica
November 24, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Feeding the algorithm:
I watched:
Brooklyn 99
Rick and Morty
Brahmastra: part one
Spaceman
In the long run
I played:
FM23
XCOM 2
Half life 2
I listened to:
The Hampden Roar
Wid Ye?
Belle & Sebastian
Metallica
I watched:
Brooklyn 99
Rick and Morty
Brahmastra: part one
Spaceman
In the long run
I played:
FM23
XCOM 2
Half life 2
I listened to:
The Hampden Roar
Wid Ye?
Belle & Sebastian
Metallica
The most wonderful time of the year. When it starts snowing a bit so I can enjoy all the names of Scotland's fleet of gritters.
ooooh yes... Every time it is a joy.
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
ooooh yes... Every time it is a joy.
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
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November 20, 2024 at 5:11 PM
The most wonderful time of the year. When it starts snowing a bit so I can enjoy all the names of Scotland's fleet of gritters.
ooooh yes... Every time it is a joy.
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
ooooh yes... Every time it is a joy.
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...