David
@tia568b.bsky.social
Infosec geek, all views expressed are my own, all anecdotes fiction and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental. Chaotic good. He/him
Drink water, kidney stones suck.
July 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Drink water, kidney stones suck.
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We finally have a website (not just a page on steelcon.info).
stickerstalluk.github.io (oh, and this new BlueSky account)
stickerstalluk.github.io (oh, and this new BlueSky account)
UKStickerStall
stickerstalluk.github.io
July 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
We finally have a website (not just a page on steelcon.info).
stickerstalluk.github.io (oh, and this new BlueSky account)
stickerstalluk.github.io (oh, and this new BlueSky account)
Listening to a podcast about enshitification only for it to be interrupted with an advertisement for another podcast. 😤
July 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Listening to a podcast about enshitification only for it to be interrupted with an advertisement for another podcast. 😤
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Bellingcat has followed up its 2023 article on testing LLMs on geolocation with a new review of LLM's geolocation skills, with dramatically improved results www.bellingcat.com/resources/ho...
Have LLMs Finally Mastered Geolocation? - bellingcat
We tasked LLMs from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Mistral and xAI to geolocate our unpublished holiday snaps. Here's how they did.
www.bellingcat.com
June 6, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Bellingcat has followed up its 2023 article on testing LLMs on geolocation with a new review of LLM's geolocation skills, with dramatically improved results www.bellingcat.com/resources/ho...
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Family day out - Hack Glasgow
April 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Family day out - Hack Glasgow
There’s a special place in hell for people that eat fish in an open plan office.
April 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
There’s a special place in hell for people that eat fish in an open plan office.
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What's that, you have a talk or workshop you would like to submit to Sheffield's best security conference happening between July 11 and 13 2025? Well, you are in luck, our CFP has just opened, throw your details in here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
If you have any questions, let us know.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
If you have any questions, let us know.
SteelCon Call For Papers 2025
Same as every year, we are looking for cool talks and workshops to amaze and entertain our delightful audience. We are interested in topics related to security and hacking in some way however they don...
docs.google.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM
What's that, you have a talk or workshop you would like to submit to Sheffield's best security conference happening between July 11 and 13 2025? Well, you are in luck, our CFP has just opened, throw your details in here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
If you have any questions, let us know.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
If you have any questions, let us know.
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Call for Crew
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
It can be a hard but fun day. A really good way to network and improve your CV if just getting started or to give back if you've been around for a while.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
It can be a hard but fun day. A really good way to network and improve your CV if just getting started or to give back if you've been around for a while.
2025 Call For Crew
While the management do all they can before the event to get it ready, it is the crew of volunteers on the day who help to make sure that it goes smoothly and everyone has a good time.
We have a vari...
docs.google.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Call for Crew
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
It can be a hard but fun day. A really good way to network and improve your CV if just getting started or to give back if you've been around for a while.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
It can be a hard but fun day. A really good way to network and improve your CV if just getting started or to give back if you've been around for a while.
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Need to read this some days
March 4, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Need to read this some days
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I mean it's not quite there but @phat-hobbit.bsky.social some of the AI photo editors are making things a bit crazy!
February 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I mean it's not quite there but @phat-hobbit.bsky.social some of the AI photo editors are making things a bit crazy!
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Hacking is NOT a crime
February 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Hacking is NOT a crime
We live in interesting times.
February 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We live in interesting times.
Just had a vendor email me from $VendorsDomain2.com after I blocked $VendorsDomain.com , apparently “a simple yes or no will work”, how about GTFO?
February 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Just had a vendor email me from $VendorsDomain2.com after I blocked $VendorsDomain.com , apparently “a simple yes or no will work”, how about GTFO?
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Oh man, I have so many stories about that "startup". The founder Marshall Webb spent a year harassing me because I posted a research paper on the Mirai botnet (he considered himself to be the sole authority). It later turned out his knowledge came from him personally hosting their infrastructure 1/5
A teen DOGE staffer recently given access to government systems worked at a startup known for hiring convicted hackers. Someone using a Telegram handle associated with him also solicited a cyberattack-for-hire service in 2022. All raising questions about his vetting. www.wired.com/story/edward...
DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers
Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.
www.wired.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Oh man, I have so many stories about that "startup". The founder Marshall Webb spent a year harassing me because I posted a research paper on the Mirai botnet (he considered himself to be the sole authority). It later turned out his knowledge came from him personally hosting their infrastructure 1/5
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It's not all about Cyber. But what can you do if not Cyber? How about learning about the Mushroom Lifecycle and what would be required to clone them. @tia568b.bsky.social can help you with that here:
youtu.be/5lgnwrOeMv4
#bsides #bsidesncl #InfosecCommunity
youtu.be/5lgnwrOeMv4
#bsides #bsidesncl #InfosecCommunity
February 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It's not all about Cyber. But what can you do if not Cyber? How about learning about the Mushroom Lifecycle and what would be required to clone them. @tia568b.bsky.social can help you with that here:
youtu.be/5lgnwrOeMv4
#bsides #bsidesncl #InfosecCommunity
youtu.be/5lgnwrOeMv4
#bsides #bsidesncl #InfosecCommunity
3 hours 24 mins sleep and about to do the 2 hour drive to the office in the pitch black rain so I can join Teams meetings with people on different continents in an open plan hell hole.
Who’s hiring as this is a ridiculous way to pay my bills!
Who’s hiring as this is a ridiculous way to pay my bills!
February 4, 2025 at 6:06 AM
3 hours 24 mins sleep and about to do the 2 hour drive to the office in the pitch black rain so I can join Teams meetings with people on different continents in an open plan hell hole.
Who’s hiring as this is a ridiculous way to pay my bills!
Who’s hiring as this is a ridiculous way to pay my bills!
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Most open source researchers rely on search engines to do reverse image searches. However, there are also niche tools like RootAbout: It lets you upload a picture and checks it against Internet Archive collections. @anisashabir.bsky.social tested it: bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more...
bcattools
bellingcat.gitbook.io
January 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Most open source researchers rely on search engines to do reverse image searches. However, there are also niche tools like RootAbout: It lets you upload a picture and checks it against Internet Archive collections. @anisashabir.bsky.social tested it: bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more...
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What the co-creator of DOGECOIN tweeted about crypto: “I believe that crypto is an inherently right-wing, hyper-capitalistic technology built to amplify the wealth of its proponents through a combination of tax avoidance, diminished regulatory oversight and artificially enforced scarcity…
January 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
What the co-creator of DOGECOIN tweeted about crypto: “I believe that crypto is an inherently right-wing, hyper-capitalistic technology built to amplify the wealth of its proponents through a combination of tax avoidance, diminished regulatory oversight and artificially enforced scarcity…
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Poor Jeff Bezos… he’s going to have to wank over a corpse to get more attention than that!
January 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Poor Jeff Bezos… he’s going to have to wank over a corpse to get more attention than that!
Bravenet guestbooks were peak social media.
January 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Bravenet guestbooks were peak social media.
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The internet had the potential to make humans so much smarter and interconnected. Instead, it's dumbing us down and siloing us off. A real tragedy.
January 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The internet had the potential to make humans so much smarter and interconnected. Instead, it's dumbing us down and siloing us off. A real tragedy.
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Somewhere there's an alternate universe where humankind has united to manage the precious dwindling resources needed to survive, find solutions to climate change and generally have a nice time, instead fighting over being slightly richer than each other.
Trump threatens a global trade war. Europe must unleash a radical alternative | Gabriel Zucman
Trump threatens a global trade war. Europe must unleash a radical alternative | Gabriel Zucman
Unlike tariffs, a new form of protectionism could target climate-wrecking, untaxed corporations and their billionaire owners
* Gabriel Zucman is a French economist
How should Europe respond before Donald Trump’s policies destabilise the global…
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Somewhere there's an alternate universe where humankind has united to manage the precious dwindling resources needed to survive, find solutions to climate change and generally have a nice time, instead fighting over being slightly richer than each other.