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freakyclown

1 year

After ten years of writing up notes, and another year working with @WileyTech the very first copies of How I Rob Banks have just arrived!!! I couldn’t have done this without the support and help of my wife @drjessicabarker Get you copy here:

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

1 month

TIL: that intel i3,i5, i7 and i9 processors are all the same, all made the same, on the same wafer. But depending on how many defects (therefore how many sections actually work) they just rename them. So your i3 processor is an i9 with many defects less for an i5 and less for i7

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

5 years

Honestly re-read that! @virginmedia store your password in plain text and don’t reset it but will POST it in the mail. Great job you utter idiots! #securitymeansnothingtoyou

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@_Freakyclown_

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@Sohcahtoa82 Never alluded that it was sinister just cool :)

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@_Freakyclown_

5 years

I finally get the password reset request actioned, phone representative tells me password will be posted to me.. ok weird but I accept. Today the post arrives and I shit you not it’s my old password!!!! (I remembered it on sight) So they store the password and just posted me it!!

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

1 month

@felixrentfree Whoops I had to truncate as it was too long guess I missed a word! Thankfully everyone understood still.

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@_Freakyclown_

5 years

Ok a thread: I have never signed into my @virginmedia account but I did set one up years ago but forgot all the details. I request a password reset. The person on the phone gives me “one last chance” to guess what email I used, I get it on the third try! #itgetsworse

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

1 year

My book How I Rob Banks is published today in the USA & soon elsewhere. 10 years in the writing, it's a collection of anecdotes & advice from my career so far as a physical pentester. Pick up a copy & I would love to see photos of it in the wild!

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

6 months

Today I have learnt something, resistors don’t work how I thought they did! What an incredible book and I’m only on page 16.

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

6 years

I don't even have to caption this. #Security

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

4 years

My wife just became a number 1 best selling author in cyber security on launch day!! How fricken amazing is that?!?

Jessica Barker MBE

@drjessicabarker

4 years

Confident Cyber Security has reached number 1 in Computer Security books on Amazon UK on day of publication! Thank you so much to everyone for their support, I’m overwhelmed and delighted 🤯💃🏼🥂

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

6 years

So your office is secure because you put a lock on the door. Let me introduce how criminals bypass locks. (It’s not lockpicking) Lower you expectations of what criminals do and do a reassessment of your threat model.

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

6 years

Can we stop saying 2FA is 'broken', yes its not perfect, yes its not what you use to protect some things. BUT to the general everyday public is better than NOT using 2FA. The general public need it, it raises the bar to criminals. Risk/Likely-hood/Impact #doyoueventhreatmodel

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

4 years

Just found the funniest thing I ever created. Enjoy!

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

5 years

Ok so is this a Unicode thing or a @Twitter feature or a bug that can be exploited? #cherryblossom if you like this tweet then you’ll see a flower appear over the like button, not even joking :/

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

5 years

Can we all just agree that the A in A.I. Stands for attempted?

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

4 months

This was our flipper zero back in the 90s! We haven’t made as much progress as people think, so I’m tempted to buy one and hack it to do others things! Surely there is a mod scene?

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

3 years

My wife Jess pointed out we were low on firewood, so I just bought some………………*wait for it*……………… logs4j 🥁

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

5 years

I love how Mr Robot used practical solution to this scene -

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

3 years

Finished building this last night!

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

6 years

Your new hacker alias is: the last food you ate + what you wanted to be when you grew up. Mine is "chips physicist" What is yours?

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

4 years

What is your favourite non cyber security YouTube channel? No matter how esoteric, but must be your favourite, not just trolling rt for a bigger reach to get more channels under this thread!

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

4 years

Just a few years ago my wife and I started @cygentaHQ . Last night we won our 5th award for our work, I am so unbelievably proud of both my wife and the whole team at Cygenta at how much we have grown, and how much impact we have had globally.

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

1 year

Signing a bunch of books for a client who bulk purchased some to give away at hacker summer camp! These all include a little surprise too!

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

7 months

Incredibly proud of my wife for doing so much to deserve this medal! Her work ethic is beyond anyone else I know and I am so honoured to be married to her.

Jessica Barker MBE

@drjessicabarker

7 months

I never could have imagined chatting to Prince William about cyber security as he pinned my MBE medal on me! 🙃🤯🤴🥳 I’ll share more pictures of today soon, but for now this video says it all!! 💜

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

4 years

Have an iPhone? text anyone else with a iPhone the words "Pew Pew" without quotes... thank me later :D

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

5 years

The drinking culture in infosec is childish and unhealthy. It’s time more people stood up like this to not only the drinking but to those that debase and othe behaviours that otherwise bring down the level of community. We are a mature industry now let’s grow up a little please.

Ian Coldwater 📦💥

@IanColdwater

5 years

I'm sorry, but I honestly think that saying "if you don't like drinking, you're in the wrong place!" is a shitty thing to say from stage at an infosec con even if you are at the afterparty To the sober folks and the ones in recovery: no, you're not. You belong here too

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

4 years

Heading to a public place for the first time in months, this mask my wife made me is appropriate right?

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

6 months

@Shadow0pz Open circuits

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

5 years

For those who were worried, I have great news! @drjessicabarker is out of surgery and doing great! Thanks to all those that sent messages of support or were even silently wishing her well! We love you all :)

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

4 years

It’s officially launched!! Told you great things were happening on Tuesday! :)

Darknet Diaries

@DarknetDiaries

4 years

Ep 66: freakyclown Wanna know what it's like to hack into banks for a living? Come listen to @_Freakyclown_ tell us stories of how he did it.

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

5 years

Ok this took me a moment lol

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

5 months

So it’s a $1600 dog with *checks notes* $1000 flame thrower… for just $9420? What is the other $6,820 for exactly?

Insider Paper

@TheInsiderPaper

5 months

NEW: Throwflame unveils robot dog Thermonator — with flamethrower attached — The Ohio-based firm have announced the $9,420 bot is available for purchase by the general public and government agencies for the first time.

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

4 years

After decades of breaking into banks, this is the first time wearing a mask lol

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

6 years

Whilst these may look photoshopped, they are not, @drjessicabarker is truly that beautiful (the scenery is stunning too)

Jessica Barker MBE

@drjessicabarker

6 years

Last week @__Freakyclown__ and I got married in the stunning Valley of Fire, surrounded by 40,000 acres of bright red Aztec sandstone. It was a truly amazing day!

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

3 years

Got my booster, or as I am calling it… my ‘sequel injection! #hacker4life #covid - -

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

4 years

As some people seem to hate on VIM (the best software ever) - lets jump on a bandwagon a bit.. How do you exit VIM? - Wrong answers only!

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

7 years

Genuinely a lovely surprise, it shows what an impact you can have on those learning. These girls saw me give a talk at their uni a year ago!

Jessica Barker MBE

@drjessicabarker

7 years

When you go for fish & chips with @__Freakyclown__ & he gets asked to sign his autograph. I think that's the first time I've seen him blush!

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

6 years

Improved version of @sarah_edo version of this.. to include my style 2/2

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

4 months

Next year my wife and I are NOT writing a book :)

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

4 years

What an amazing gift from ⁦ @JackRhysider ⁩ via ⁦ @DarknetDiaries ⁩ arranged in secret by my wonderful wife ⁦ @drjessicabarker ⁩ #oneofakind #darknetdiaries #tshirt

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

5 years

Dear company I pay money to for services... if you call me and ask for MY security details dont get snotty with me when I ask you to confirm who you are! Getting huffy because I don't inherently trust random phone callers doesn't help anyone.

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

2 years

Welp this is it… emigration in progress! So long England and thanks for all the fish! My next tweet will be from our new home! 🇬🇧✈️🇺🇸 🧢

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@_Freakyclown_

5 years

I win Christmas this year... sorry everyone else! My incredible wife got me a signed personal copy of Catch Me If You Can by Frank Abagnal! #SocialEngineeringGoals #CoupleGoals

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

1 year

Yet none of the “hip” pentester certs even touch on AS/400’s. Would you know what the Qinter subsystem is, or what to do to it?

MrBill // that UUDECODE life //

@SecureThisNow

1 year

I did a double take. Does it look like the aisles are labeled out of order? 4,3,5???

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

7 years

So it's official, I have resigned as Head of Cyber Research for Raytheon to focus on @RedactedFirm with @drjessicabarker .

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

1 year

For sale #AppleVisionPro pre-production dev kit. $2500

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

1 year

Thank you everyone that has bought copies of How I Rob Banks. It’s officially a best seller according to amazon and it’s number one in multiple departments in multiple countries!! I am floored ❤️

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

3 years

Retweet if you know this book I found.

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

5 years

Before this stuff with @virginmedia gets out of hand, please respect the social media staff are not given the same training as security professionals and are doing their best. They are not the problem, the backend technical management is! and its easy to jump on SM staff.

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

6 years

What the hell is wrong with people.

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

6 years

Does anyone else feel that all these new cookies "click ok to continue" terms will just lead the general public to get more complacent with just clicking the first thing that pops up without reading it?

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

6 years

To the hundreds of people that congratulated me and @drjessicabarker for our wedding the last few days, we would like to say thank you so very much for the kind words, its been overwhelming and whilst we would like to reply to all of you, we want you all to know we love you back.

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

2 years

Clearing out stuff for the big move to America. Who recognises these?

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

3 years

New tool I wrote this morning at 08:30, discovers new things at 09:45, leads to discovery of zero-day by 10:00, loads of verification and chatting with the client. Then contact made with vedor by lunch! Not bad for a small cyber security company like @CygentaHQ #Pentesting

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

5 years

People always ask me why I still use wired headphones... never accidentally play nsfw rap music out loud, never loose one side, cheaper when I break/wash them, stops people talking to me as they can see the wires.

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

5 years

I have many privileges in my job, but getting to wander around the science museum after it’s shut is up there!!

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

1 year

With everyone in awe of the OSINT that found the leaker of documents, and want to do something similar but it’s not your job, you can help to an amazing cause. Check out: All safe for work and legal.

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

7 years

This is pretty awesome, put scotch tape on semiconductors to reveal info easier.

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

3 years

Myself and his excellency Dr Mohamed Al Kuwait Head of cyber security for the UAE discussing cyber security. Another absolute honour to have met such a legendary figure! #Intersec2022

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

7 years

Sorry we can't be there at @dc441452 but tonight we celebrate @drjessicabarker winning #TechWomen50 award

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

1 year

When did platform numbers start at zero?

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

1 year

Happy to release to the world today. Our first public version of our @pdnuclei template for finding Blazor wasm json files. the .dll files listed in the .json can be downloaded and I have seen some contain sensitive information.

GitHub - freakyclown/Nuclei_templates: Public repo of Nuclei scanner templates.

Public repo of Nuclei scanner templates. Contribute to freakyclown/Nuclei_templates development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

5 years

Just a few years ago I had never been on a plane. As part of getting over my fears, my wife @drjessicabarker got me a fear of flying course with @British_Airways . This week I achieved Gold status. Great journeys start with taking small steps and giant leaps of faith in others.

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

2 years

This is pretty fascinating because you don't normally get to see this. This is an EC2 machine booting up. Boch Bios. QEMU hdd, cirrus-compatible VGA.

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

1 year

Yesterday I had an incredible day with my wife at Buckingham Palace for the Royal garden party.

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

2 years

Snake update!!! Successful captured my first snake!!

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

5 years

So proud of my wife for doing this at such short notice. She amazes me with her knowledge of random stuff like this. (also big up for my Esxi box in the background rebooting and out fabulous @NCSC award on the shelf!)

Cygenta

@CygentaHQ

5 years

Did you catch @drjessicabarker on @SkyNews this evening? She was responding to reports of Jeff Bezos being hacked, explaining a little about the spyware (Pegasus) which has been implicated

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@_Freakyclown_

5 years

Am I the only one that sees that companies are starting to brand their stuff as “unhackable” in order to get free pen tests from the top hackers as well as publicity for their VC funded snake oil product?

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@_Freakyclown_

1 year

Growing up I couldn’t have know my dreams of living in the USA would come true. I was 40 before I got on a plane due to fears, today I drove home from defcon to feed our cat! What an absolutely mind blowing life it’s been with @drjessicabarker giving me courage to live my dreams

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

5 years

oh wow... right that's it everyone we have solved security! Just tell the criminals its illegal! (also the main issue is not the posting, its the storing the password in a manner that can be read out in plain text)

Virgin Media ❤️

@virginmedia

5 years

@_Freakyclown_ Posting it to you is secure, as it's illegal to open someone else's mail. ^JGS

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@_Freakyclown_

4 years

Like if you know the song! Rt of you don’t!

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@_Freakyclown_

1 month

@felixrentfree Turns out I missed a , sorry for your loss.

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@_Freakyclown_

5 years

So maybe it was a little unfair against the rest of the competition but I utterly smashed the Red Team Offensive Village CTF at #RSA2020

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@_Freakyclown_

3 years

@_sn0ww That's a really interesting question, I really like the way you handled some of the responses to this thread, amazing work! Where do you work that you need to know that? You seem to find it easy to talk to strangers, I guess you come from a large family?

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@_Freakyclown_

5 years

No one spill any red paint or everyone will be marooned.

North West Motorway Police

@NWmwaypolice

5 years

J16 M6NB entry slip is covered in purple paint as the result of a spill from a vehicle

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@_Freakyclown_

6 years

I don't normally retweet adverts, but this is genius! (and horribly accurate)

CORSAIR

@CORSAIR

6 years

This is your RAM. And THIS is your RAM on Chrome.

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@_Freakyclown_

1 year

I hate css so so so much

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@_Freakyclown_

10 years

These are the 100 @Raspberry_Pi that me and @Portcullis are giving away to schools today! http://t.co/BWvxgrn3h7

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@_Freakyclown_

2 years

We @CygentaHQ have created and released a list of the top ten million live websites. Read all about it and get the download here Featuring @DeathsPirate @TomNomNom @dcuthbert @theXSSrat @NoobieDog @pry0cc @UK_Daniel_Card and @lkarlslund

10 million most popular websites

Our list of the top 10 million websites available for you to freely download

www.cygenta.co.uk

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

6 years

Not a single one in over six schools. None of them believed I would do anything. Now here I am a co-ceo of a successful company living a dream life! I strive harder to prove them all wrong. Live your life even when others tell you it’s impossible!

Nicholas Ferroni

@NicholasFerroni

6 years

Behind nearly every successful person stood a teacher who believed in them when they needed it the most.

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freakyclown

@_Freakyclown_

5 years

This sounds like it was over dubbed by a Yosemite Sam cartoon! Awesome :)

John Higgins

@blueicehiggins

5 years

What does a 9 inch ice core sound like when dropped down a 450 foot hole? Like this! Credit to @peter_neff for the idea and @Scripps_Polar , @sciencejenna , @GeosciencesPU , @US_IceDrilling , and @paleosurface for the execution!

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@_Freakyclown_

1 month

So the room guests would have unfettered access 24/7 to a gambling machine…. Can we get this in place for defcon to show how bad an idea this would be?

ChampChaz

@ChampChaz02

1 month

Sweet Baby Jesus 🎰🎰🎰

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@_Freakyclown_

4 years

For those who are missing the traditional British pub crawl. A suggestion from my mother: “just place a glass of beer or wine in different rooms of your house and move rooms every half hour. Refill as required. Pork scratchings optional.“ #COVID19 #CovidUK

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@_Freakyclown_

2 years

The downside with having shopping delivered is there isn’t much the driver can do to help when things are wrong. Like this bottle arrived with the lock on! The good news is, subverting security is my thing.

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@_Freakyclown_

4 years

I love conspiracy theories but in recent years they have been a bit crap. This one however is absolutely classic!

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@_Freakyclown_

5 years

New idea, an E-ink screen for the back of your laptop for displaying electronic stickers so you dont have to worry about loosing the cool ones when you buy a new laptop!

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@_Freakyclown_

5 years

So my wonderful wife ⁦ @drjessicabarker ⁩ brought me the single best Christmas jumper ever made! #theylive #consume

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@_Freakyclown_

1 year

Congratulations to my extraordinary wife @drjessicabarker !!! She has now become a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for her services to cybersecurity ❤️

Jessica Barker MBE

@drjessicabarker

1 year

Maybe it becoming official will help me believe it… I have been awarded an MBE for services to cyber security in the King’s first Birthday Honours List! Thank you to everyone who supports me - my husband, family, friends, team and community 💜

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@_Freakyclown_

7 years

Lol stay safe @MalwareTechBlog @2sec4u

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@_Freakyclown_

4 years

Getting into BugBounties or CTFs or even just Pentesting? Learn not to rely on tools all the time. I just found a Type-0 XSS that both Burp and Zap didn't pick up in their scans.

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@_Freakyclown_

4 years

I am so proud of how incredibly hard my wife worked on getting back to strength, its been a long hard 365 days for her but every day I am still impressed by how hard she pushes herself to get even stronger. 💗

Jessica Barker MBE

@drjessicabarker

4 years

This time last year I had my back op. In the 2yrs before, I couldn’t stand up straight w/out pain & a 5 min walk was agony. Now I’m 99% sciatica free, getting stronger every day! Today we had a nice 5k walk to celebrate. Thank you FC for always having my back, quite literally ❤️

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@_Freakyclown_

5 years

Why doesnt nasa carpet drop tens of thousands of miniature rovers on mars and let people subscribe for a fee to an ipv6 address to control them and crowd source mars exploration?

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@_Freakyclown_

1 year

Ex-patCon with ⁦ @drjessicabarker ⁩ and ⁦ @MalwareTechBlog ⁩

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@_Freakyclown_

6 years

wireshark, doo doo doo doo doo doo wireshark, doo doo doo doo doo doo

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@_Freakyclown_

2 years

Moved 1.4 Petabytes to a new location today. Transfer rate of 342.7 Gigabytes Per SECOND !!!

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@_Freakyclown_

6 years

Just remember the S.P.O.R.T acronym when things go wrong - Stop, Panic, Over-React, Tweet about it

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@_Freakyclown_

6 years

Note to all British people: what if I told you, that you you can have pancakes any day you like not just on special days. America has figured this out already, we are behind, please update your consumption schedule.

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@_Freakyclown_

4 years

Via reddit..

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