Chris P aKa Ghostie
@therealchrisp.com
I'm no expert, I've just had a lot of practice.
Red Team Lead.
My SE101 blog is not abandoned, just not had much time https://blog.ghostie.org/
Used to be Ghostie_ on the other place.
Red Team Lead.
My SE101 blog is not abandoned, just not had much time https://blog.ghostie.org/
Used to be Ghostie_ on the other place.
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Chris P aKa Ghostie
@therealchrisp.com
· Nov 10
Chris Pritchard - The Basics of Social Engineering - DEF CON 27 Social Engineering Village
YouTube video by DEFCONConference
www.youtube.com
In 2019, I was lucky enough to speak at the SE Village at @defcon.bsky.social the talk was SE 101, the basics of Social Engineering:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCRT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCRT...
#StormClaudia Storm Claudia has arrived. Disappointingly not a single fringe nor traitor in sight?!
November 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
#StormClaudia Storm Claudia has arrived. Disappointingly not a single fringe nor traitor in sight?!
This is a strangely satisfying watch
clearing storm drains like we did back in the old country
November 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This is a strangely satisfying watch
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“Providing tech services to supercharge ICE operations while blocking tools that support accountability of ICE officers is entirely backwards." - @kateruane.bsky.social www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
“Providing tech services to supercharge ICE operations while blocking tools that support accountability of ICE officers is entirely backwards." - @kateruane.bsky.social www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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Tradecraft Engineering with Aspect-Oriented Programming
@rastamouse.me pretty much predicted what was coming in his last blog post. attach (Win32 APIs), redirect (local funcs), capability right-sized IAT hooks, and PICO function exports.
Yes, attach can incept its PIC.
aff-wg.org/2025/11/10/t...
@rastamouse.me pretty much predicted what was coming in his last blog post. attach (Win32 APIs), redirect (local funcs), capability right-sized IAT hooks, and PICO function exports.
Yes, attach can incept its PIC.
aff-wg.org/2025/11/10/t...
Tradecraft Engineering with Aspect-Oriented Programming
It’s 2025 and apparently, I’m still a Java programmer. One of the things I never liked about Java’s culture, going back many years ago, was the tendency to hype frameworks that seemed to over-engin…
aff-wg.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Tradecraft Engineering with Aspect-Oriented Programming
@rastamouse.me pretty much predicted what was coming in his last blog post. attach (Win32 APIs), redirect (local funcs), capability right-sized IAT hooks, and PICO function exports.
Yes, attach can incept its PIC.
aff-wg.org/2025/11/10/t...
@rastamouse.me pretty much predicted what was coming in his last blog post. attach (Win32 APIs), redirect (local funcs), capability right-sized IAT hooks, and PICO function exports.
Yes, attach can incept its PIC.
aff-wg.org/2025/11/10/t...
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Yep. And to think that so many people think this man is some sort of hero is such a sign of our twisted times.
November 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Yep. And to think that so many people think this man is some sort of hero is such a sign of our twisted times.
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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The #BSidesLDN2025 Schedule is up!
Looking like there may be one or two things to do on the 13th December.
cfp.bsides.london/bsides-londo...
Looking like there may be one or two things to do on the 13th December.
cfp.bsides.london/bsides-londo...
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The #BSidesLDN2025 Schedule is up!
Looking like there may be one or two things to do on the 13th December.
cfp.bsides.london/bsides-londo...
Looking like there may be one or two things to do on the 13th December.
cfp.bsides.london/bsides-londo...
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As new projects, blog posts, and other efforts around TCG show up, I'm listing them here:
tradecraftgarden.org/references.h...
I've put together a Friends of the Tradecraft Garden list on BlueSky too:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Thank you for building, exploring, & teaching w/ this young project 🪴
tradecraftgarden.org/references.h...
I've put together a Friends of the Tradecraft Garden list on BlueSky too:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Thank you for building, exploring, & teaching w/ this young project 🪴
October 30, 2025 at 4:24 AM
As new projects, blog posts, and other efforts around TCG show up, I'm listing them here:
tradecraftgarden.org/references.h...
I've put together a Friends of the Tradecraft Garden list on BlueSky too:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Thank you for building, exploring, & teaching w/ this young project 🪴
tradecraftgarden.org/references.h...
I've put together a Friends of the Tradecraft Garden list on BlueSky too:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Thank you for building, exploring, & teaching w/ this young project 🪴
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New, by me at this.weekinsecurity.com: If you're not using ad blockers, you should be!
In this deep-dive blog, I explain why ad blockers are critical for your online security and privacy, what threats ad blockers can help defend against, and we'll explore at some of the best ad blockers out there.
In this deep-dive blog, I explain why ad blockers are critical for your online security and privacy, what threats ad blockers can help defend against, and we'll explore at some of the best ad blockers out there.
Why ad blockers are a top security and privacy defense for everyone
Ad blockers can help defend against some of the top hacks, scams, and surveillance today. Here are some of the best ad blockers that you can use.
this.weekinsecurity.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
New, by me at this.weekinsecurity.com: If you're not using ad blockers, you should be!
In this deep-dive blog, I explain why ad blockers are critical for your online security and privacy, what threats ad blockers can help defend against, and we'll explore at some of the best ad blockers out there.
In this deep-dive blog, I explain why ad blockers are critical for your online security and privacy, what threats ad blockers can help defend against, and we'll explore at some of the best ad blockers out there.
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1/Stop everything and read/watch/bookmark this massive investigation between @motherjones.com @lighthousereports.com Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Paper Trail Media a vast global surveillance empire used to target politicians, journalists, tech CEOs, and... Jared Leto.
ow.ly/2LUF50Xb7KE
ow.ly/2LUF50Xb7KE
The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you
We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.
ow.ly
October 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
1/Stop everything and read/watch/bookmark this massive investigation between @motherjones.com @lighthousereports.com Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Paper Trail Media a vast global surveillance empire used to target politicians, journalists, tech CEOs, and... Jared Leto.
ow.ly/2LUF50Xb7KE
ow.ly/2LUF50Xb7KE
Crazy though I wish I could say I was surprised
Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: www.wired.com/story/satell... 🧵👇
Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data
With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...
www.wired.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Crazy though I wish I could say I was surprised
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Our 'Call' teams are continuing to review all of the submissions for #BSidesLDN2025.
Not long now before you'll find out whether you'll be leaving your own mark on London in December
Don't be disheartened if your presentation is not chosen, we sadly can't chose all the proposals
Not long now before you'll find out whether you'll be leaving your own mark on London in December
Don't be disheartened if your presentation is not chosen, we sadly can't chose all the proposals
October 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Our 'Call' teams are continuing to review all of the submissions for #BSidesLDN2025.
Not long now before you'll find out whether you'll be leaving your own mark on London in December
Don't be disheartened if your presentation is not chosen, we sadly can't chose all the proposals
Not long now before you'll find out whether you'll be leaving your own mark on London in December
Don't be disheartened if your presentation is not chosen, we sadly can't chose all the proposals
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Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild
October 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
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Discord confirms that government IDs used for age-verification were compromised in a hack with a vendor.
Who could have predicted?
Oh, right.
Who could have predicted?
Oh, right.
Discord users suffer the first high-profile age-verification hack – and it's unlikely to be the last
Critics of age verification laws warned this was inevitable
www.tomsguide.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Discord confirms that government IDs used for age-verification were compromised in a hack with a vendor.
Who could have predicted?
Oh, right.
Who could have predicted?
Oh, right.
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Nigel Farage's attendance record as an MEP was 748 out of 751, yet he turned up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian disinformation. Now one of his MEPs has admitted taking bribes to spread Russian propaganda. Why is this not all over the media?
September 28, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Nigel Farage's attendance record as an MEP was 748 out of 751, yet he turned up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian disinformation. Now one of his MEPs has admitted taking bribes to spread Russian propaganda. Why is this not all over the media?
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BBC continues its laundry job on the far right. Yeah, he's a violent racist but he loves his mum. It's just like the coronation really. Look at the photo- a patriotic street party.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Britishness and free speech - why we travelled 200 miles to Robinson's London rally
More than 700 people who were on the march and counter-protest, contacted the BBC to express their views.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
BBC continues its laundry job on the far right. Yeah, he's a violent racist but he loves his mum. It's just like the coronation really. Look at the photo- a patriotic street party.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A good read here:
New by me:
A look into UK orgs outsourcing critical business and cyber functions to low cost providers and the fall out. I'll probably get in trouble for writing this one.
doublepulsar.com/the-elephant...
A look into UK orgs outsourcing critical business and cyber functions to low cost providers and the fall out. I'll probably get in trouble for writing this one.
doublepulsar.com/the-elephant...
The Elephant in The Biz: outsourcing of critical IT and cybersecurity functions risks UK economic…
Recently, there’s been three major UK ransomware and/or extortion incidents at three big UK companies — Co-op Group, Marks and Spencer and…
doublepulsar.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:24 AM
A good read here:
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If you're in London, Will Burgess (x.com/joehowwolf) is speaking at Beacon %25 on "Linkers and Loaders: Experiments with Crystal Palace" this Thursday.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beacon-25-...
beac0n.org
From his X: "If you enjoy filthy PIC tradecraft it may be of interest!"
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beacon-25-...
beac0n.org
From his X: "If you enjoy filthy PIC tradecraft it may be of interest!"
Beacon %25
The fourth year of Beacon: London's home of hackers, hunters and EDR dodgers.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
If you're in London, Will Burgess (x.com/joehowwolf) is speaking at Beacon %25 on "Linkers and Loaders: Experiments with Crystal Palace" this Thursday.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beacon-25-...
beac0n.org
From his X: "If you enjoy filthy PIC tradecraft it may be of interest!"
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beacon-25-...
beac0n.org
From his X: "If you enjoy filthy PIC tradecraft it may be of interest!"
Someone else condemning this as a war crime and still nothing in the UK press.
Gaza City residents told to ‘leave now’, while UN human rights chief condemns Israel for ‘war crime upon war crime’.
Netanyahu threatens Gaza residents as UN slams Israel over ‘mass killing’
Gaza City residents told to ‘leave now’, while UN human rights chief condemns Israel for ‘war crime upon war crime’.
bit.ly
September 9, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Someone else condemning this as a war crime and still nothing in the UK press.
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Reporting a new Banksy mural which attacks the legal system for criminalizing protests against genocide, the BBC adds "the graffiti has been covered up and guarded". Thanks Dad.
September 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Reporting a new Banksy mural which attacks the legal system for criminalizing protests against genocide, the BBC adds "the graffiti has been covered up and guarded". Thanks Dad.
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Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
September 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
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Congressman Jamie Raskin hands Nigel Farage his a*** on a plate
Anyone in the UK care to plagiarize?
Anyone in the UK care to plagiarize?
September 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Congressman Jamie Raskin hands Nigel Farage his a*** on a plate
Anyone in the UK care to plagiarize?
Anyone in the UK care to plagiarize?
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Any of my Northern friends (or at least are in the North in the next 5 days) heading to BSides Bristol ?
I have a MASSIVE (but hopefully simple) favour to ask.
I have a MASSIVE (but hopefully simple) favour to ask.
August 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Any of my Northern friends (or at least are in the North in the next 5 days) heading to BSides Bristol ?
I have a MASSIVE (but hopefully simple) favour to ask.
I have a MASSIVE (but hopefully simple) favour to ask.