Scott McGready 🐿🏴
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Maker, breaker, fixer, faker | Hacker, writer, keynote speaker | Mediocre engineer | As seen on TV | Musician | Co-Founder @damngoodsec | Anti-leafblower 🐿
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Can we just take a moment to remember that one company I worked for backed up their stuff on tapes religiously- all tapes sent to a warehouse nightly. Years later someone tested a tape... turns out nothing had been written... ever.
We had a (paid) warehouse full of empty tapes
|￣￣￣￣￣￣|
| backup + |
| encrypt all |
| the things |
|＿＿＿＿＿＿|
(\__/) ||
(•ㅅ•) ||
/ づ
|￣￣￣￣￣￣|
| also test all |
| ur backups |
| so u don't |
| lose all ur |
| things |
|＿＿＿＿＿＿|
(\__/) ||
(•ㅅ•) ||
/ づ
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Dude it’s hack the planet not hack the plant.
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Serious question- is there one tool you use in your job you think “fuck yeah, this is awesome”?
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I don’t know why but people on slack, teams, etc at work who ping you with just a “hello” message and wait (or worse say nothing when you reply) need to get in the bin.
What is your problem?
How can I help you?
What do you need?
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Once again for those at the back:
FIRING LOGS INTO YOUR SIEM WITH NO DETECTIONS OR UNDERSTANDING IS NOT SECURITY MONITORING
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Feeling quite aware about cybersecurity now.
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Just seen a talk given by someone who's well known in the industry. It gives bad, dangerous, and plain wrong advice. Calling them out though will get me yeeted into the sun for daring to disagree, but allowing that "advice" to spread is *super* dangerous.
How do we solve this?
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Wife got into cyber last year. Means I get to outsource all the home server / networking jobs to her as “teachable moments”.
I’m drinking a beer watching a server being built and it’s BLISS.
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So according to some trolls/incels the only way to get ahead in infosec is to “get your titties out”. Welp, this must mean I’m CEO of Microsoft now, right?
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I expect fully to be asked questions with 12 of these in my car tomorrow...
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Hey you. Yes you. You're not an impostor. You belong. You're awesome. Keep doing awesome stuff, even when it feels like you're not quite as awesome. You are.
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Scottish twitter, brace yersels
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Me reacting to Amanda holden’s “I don’t do foreign” comment to my European mates:
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@sehurlburt
@SwiftOnSecurity
@richgel999
Adding in my horror story:
“Why do you lock your laptop when you leave your desk? Even to make a coffee or something mundane? I’d recommend you stop that... it looks suspicious”
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@NadineDorriesMP
"polluting my timeline"- sorry, didn't realised you'd outlawed difference of opinion.
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Until 2019 I was the National Protect Lead with
@UKCSCV
. I left after finding out about practices that I personally, and professionally, wasn’t happy about.
This was easily the hardest thing I’ve ever written but the easiest choice to make
#whistleblowing
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Vendors: don’t behave like this guy. 11 hours between first message and a “well clearly you’re not an expert” backhanded insult is not a good way to sell your product.
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A story of self isolation in three pictures.
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Guys, can we stop trying to come up with new terms for phishing/social engineering? Pharming, Twishing, Vishing, Smishing, Fashing... all it does is distract from the end goal of protecting the consumer and not confusing them. I call this "mishing"...
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Next time someone tells me there’s awesome stuff you can do with AI I’m sending them these
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@RayRedacted
@hacks4pancakes
^ this. Apple have a different (proprietary, go figure) standard to regular mic/audio jacks. For the most part the audio will work, but the mic portion won’t.
Also, interestingly, some apple tech will ignore anything but it’s own standard when plugged in...
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Bit disappointed with
@CybSafe
at
@IntCyberExpo
- went to their stand to grab some swag and maybe have a chat. Left feeling disappointed.
Swag isn’t for “other people” or only people with fancy job titles. Don’t judge people on how they look. Ever.
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@NerdPyle
@SwiftOnSecurity
I was always told- to get management excited about disaster recovery, Burn down the building across the road.
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Leaving your computer unlocked is the IT equivalent of leaving your car running, with the keys in it, door open, on a busy street.
Leaving it? Lock it.
Windows key + L (windows)
Ctrl + Cmd + Q (Mac)
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The cat is confused how I can be in two places at once
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@NadineDorriesMP
as an MP, it is part of your job to be heckled. It's your role. You are our voice, not the govt mouthpiece.
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Douchebags like this have zero place in our industry. Zero. Don’t even defend them “oh they’re getting better!”, they’re angry little incels who get joy out of tormenting anyone that’s not a White dude in infosec.
Go forth my brethren and yeet this prick into the sun.
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I’m curious to know why my partner got a different letter to me from
@willie_rennie
. Same address, totally different content.
Theirs? Anti Brexit (which is good)
Mine? Anti SNP 🤔 (which is confusing. Electing MEPs can’t stop a motion for Indyref).
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Woke up, checked calendar, saw “interview @ bbc / be the discount
@JakeMooreUK
you always had to be”, fired up to the studio to find out… interview is on Thursday. Not Tuesday.
I’m 2 days early. But hey, at least I look pretty*. Send more coffee please.
*citation needed
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I’m slightly sad, but no less proud, to say that my infosec family is more supportive than my actual family is ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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@jessysaurusrex
10 years of daily backups and paying storage space, secure transportation, and the initial time spent configuring the “backups” wild.
Lucky it was spotted when it was and not after a catastrophe!
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6hrs ago we left
@BSidesLeeds
to get back to Scotland. Massive thanks to all the speakers, crew, organisers, sponsors, and attendees. You all rock.
Except the three pictured in the car who constantly asked “are we there yet” and “y tho”
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@MisutaaUrufu
@jessysaurusrex
Recovery test would take time away from employees dealing with other problems... it snowballed until all the employees were replaced and everyone assumed it worked fine. Assumption.
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Next time a vendor says “discreet packaging” I’m calling BS.
Many thanks to
@neilslorance
for the design <3.
Hey
@ach_fooey
, I can’t wait to marry you!
#weddingGiftExchange
#yesItIsRidiculous
#itAlsoHasLightguns
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If you're running an event/conference/etc - don't share a big photo of the big bar tab as a way to say "hey we did it".
Share a few pictures of the day, congratulate speakers, and show why your event is special. Spending someone else's money to have a long receipt isn't special.
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Pretty disappointed to see a sponsor (who was also keynoting) at a conference just pack up and leave after they’d done their bit.
I’ve spoken about this before being super arrogant but it still bugs me. Especially since people wanted to speak to them at lunch time.
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I just submitted a picture of a dinosaur to our mortgage provider instead of my P60. How’s your day going?
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If you live in Shawlands, you might have seen Eddie before, picking up litter. For nothing. Nearly every day.
#hero
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Back. Not going to kick of 2021 with negativity but let's all try and be a bit kinder to one another, remember the human, and try to strive for positivity over pitchforks.
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Felt cute, might send myself a cease and desist later, idk
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Honeymoon? completed it mate.
Rome (& Vatican) —> Naples —> Taormina —> Cefalú —> Palermo.
Drove over 600km, ate hunners of pizza, drank loads of wine, popped loads of champagne, and visited the pope.
Ft
@ach_fooey
(obviously). 🤘🔥❤️
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Always said this. SSO should be free/part of your basic plan. Security should *not* be a feature, and a premium one at that.
Enterprise customers might be able to swallow that bill… but SMEs can’t.
Vendors that charge a premium for SSO / AD integration on top of the already hefty price of their offering. GTFO.
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Spent loads of money on a cat bed. These two new additions to the family prefer the
@exabeam
beach towel. 🔥.
Spyro (tabby), Tomba (ginger/idiot) - meet the internet.
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Literally a week from now I get to marry my partner in crime, hug my best pal, and dance with the person who beats me at Galaga.
They're not 3 separate people. It's just one amazing person. And I get to do it surrounded by some of the best pals I've ever had. Cannae wait
#pints
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Three weeks tomorrow I get to marry my best friend in the whole world. Tonight we’re out at a gig (of someone who may be appearing) having fun, chatting shit, listening to good tunes, and drinking all the pints.
Everyone keeps asking if I’m nervous. I’m not. I’m just excited.
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Presenting
@TheBeerFarmers
final Infosec Happy Hour GTA style, now with
@frootware
,
@davewj
, and
@UK_Daniel_Card
who I had on hidden layers (promise!) 😬.
Absolutely loving seeing people use these as there avatars!
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Honestly, fuck right off with this rhetoric.
Today, Meta has chosen to rollout end-to-end-encryption on Facebook Messenger, which means they will no longer be able to keep children safe on their platform.
Today, our role in protecting children from sexual abuse just got harder.
Full statement here:
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What a great day for me. Been asked to speak on the main stage of an international conference (details soon). Super excited and properly taken aback. This is awesome.
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@mikeghacks
There was one Captcha I spotted that was:
- stored on github
- each image was named the solution
Yet fairly popular. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Proof (finally) that me and
@TheHairyJ
are *not* the same people
Please note, I am taller
Please do not note I was standing in my tip toes
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If anyone has positions available for SOC analysts and Security Engineers, hit me up - I have a bunch of awesome folks that need a good home/fresh start/chance.
I can vouch for each of them personally to be good humans, passionate and talented, that care.
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This is why we have shadow IT in large organisations. There’s a divisive culture in these orgs between:
- help desk
- policy
- the users
Nobody cares to actually solve your problem and everyone gets annoyed and either just does the thing anyway or quits
This little VGA to HDMI adapter represents so much of what disappoints me working in the NHS.
A thread:
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Never thought this would explode as much as it did.
#infosechappyhour
keeps me sane during lockdown. Major props to
@SeanWrightSec
for setting it up and
@AppSecBloke
for trying to herd a bunch of (drunk) cats every Friday. We’ve all made new friends for life. Actually, family* ❤️
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This was the exact moment yesterday I realised I had left the back door unlocked, live on TV.
(Still, happy being the version of
@JakeMooreUK
)
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FWIW It doesn't matter *who* it is or specifically *what* it's about. This is more a conversation about what to do about misinformation spreading within the tech community (that often fights against it).
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Every time I install MS Office on a Mac I feel slightly dirty
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The fantastic
@LisaForteUK
giving me the secret signal to STFU
@BSidesLeeds
. And rightly so. I was talking bollocks
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I dunno where this dude is going or what he’s planning on doing, but I wanna go with him.
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Do you ever just think “what the actual fuck”?
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My
@Steel_Con
talk is live here if anyone wants to go and nosey. It’s about dumb shit criminals have done. Thanks again for those of you who came to my talk ❤️
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Proof that
@JakeMooreUK
isn’t actually me in a wig. Also, I’m taller than all these lads. Especially
@TomQuinn8
.
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Took my parents and
@ach_fooey
to Amsterdam for a few days. Best 7.99 (per person) I ever spent was picking the plane seats.
£31.96 it cost me to prove to my wife (and parents) that I’m indeed an asshole.
I might be an asshole, but I’m an asshole with 3 seats.
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I asked this yesterday but got no reply so pitching it to everyone-
Yes QR code phishing is a valid risk, but does anyone have any actual stats on how widely this is used by attackers? Looking for facts, not speculation.
Ok
#infosec
crew, what are we using/doing against QR phishing? Would love to hear some insights.
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@UnLaoisD
Disagree. Server with malware? Physical, kinetic response.
I have an incident response solution too that works 100% of the time. See below:
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@maldr0id
I… well… never really considered grep as a tool. Even though I use it a fuckload. Guess that’s the mark of a great tool. It does thing well, simply, and without issue. So much so you forget it’s a tool.
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I'm quite annoyed that someone can make a false statement about me, not back it up with proof, people get the wrong idea, then to top it off block me so I have no recourse, and the original poster can happily sit playing video games meanwhile I'm getting a crap load of hate.
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@RuthDavidsonMSP
@theSNP
Brexit is against the wishes of the country, why aren't you challenging that???
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@ClothoMoirai
@MisutaaUrufu
@jessysaurusrex
"Everything fails, and everything is hackable - plan for disaster recovery instead of disaster mitigation." became my motto after a year or so of hearing similar stories.
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Despite fighting with StreamLabs earlier (props to
@DatedRhyme
for the help!) it looks like I'm not getting out of this. I'll be giving some basic OSINT tips this Thursday at 8:00pm BST over at .
Come join if you're around!
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@MalwareTechBlog
Try going into the flat 1 floor above you that’s THE EXACT SAME layout, carpets, internal doors and your neighbour leaves their flat door unlocked…
Crawling into bed was fun….
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Only took 18 months but nice to see Twitter finally dealing with trolls and bullies spreading slander and hate.
I reported this tweet (and others) in Dec 2020/Jan 2021. 18 months isn’t good enough for a result, but it’s welcome.
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Call yesterday from a radio station (not the usual one) asking if I was free for an interview at 11am. Asked what the topic was. “Impact of the corona virus and the WHO statements”...
Turns out they searched “virus” in their db of commentators, and got a bit too excited.
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Can you imagine telling your pals “I’m gonna be on the telly! Filming tomorrow” one day and then BEGGING them the next not to watch it.
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To the scrote that vandalised the bus stop near the pub I’m in with *horrendous* graffiti (swastikas et al):
You don’t speak for me.
You don’t speak for my country.
You are the only person not welcome here.
You are the outcast.
You have a smol pee pee.
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Can someone seriously justify to me why 20 people can go to a place of worship but I can't have more than 5 people (including myself) at my own fucking wedding?
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My twitter feed is just full of good vibes, good news, and good people. More of this please!
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