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Nick Hawkins

@nickawk

Security & Compliance @tray

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Joined May 2011
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EFF
@EFF16 May 2018
For now, we recommend you disable PGP integration in email clients to combat the #efail flaw. If you have old emails you need to access, we have instructions for safely saving, and then decrypting those emails via the command line. eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/pr…
Pretty Good Procedures for Protecting Your Email

Pretty Good Procedures for Protecting Your Email

UPDATE: Enigmail and GPG Tools have been patched for EFAIL. For more up-to-date information, please see EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense guides.A group of researchers recently released a paper that

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Scott Helme
@Scott_Helme11 Feb 2018
Ummm, so yeah, this is *bad*. I just had @phat_hobbit point out that @ICOnews has a cryptominer installed on their site... 😮
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Noah Dinkin@imnoah2 Dec 2017
Hi @Starbucks @StarbucksAr did you know that your in-store wifi provider in Buenos Aires forces a 10 second delay when you first connect to the wifi so it can mine bitcoin using a customer's laptop? Feels a little off-brand.. cc @GMFlickinger
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x0rz@x0rz17 Oct 2017
Writing to /dev/null
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Woah google.com/maps/space/
Google Maps

Google Maps

Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.

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THE GLASS ROOM is coming to London, we will be at 69 – 71 CHARING CROSS ROAD 25TH OCTOBER - 12TH NOVEMBER theglassroom.org
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Wi-fi security flaw 'puts devices at risk of hacks' bbc.in/2wZ40WN
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Whoop whoop - @nickawk is singed up to #Drinkabout - who else from the old crowd is coming? bit.ly/2yjCAhV
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Mel Tajon@MelTajon2 Sep 2017
Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Facial Recognition Test:
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JA@brijwaasi21 Aug 2017
Hmmm, are you @elonmusk?
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What I have been preaching with @nickawk for literally years and across continents. wired.co.uk/article/wired-se… #cybersecurity
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Troy Hunt
@troyhunt10 Aug 2017
Don't Take Security Advice From SEO Experts or Psychics troyhunt.com/dont-take-secur…
Don't Take Security Advice from SEO Experts or Psychics

Don't Take Security Advice from SEO Experts or Psychics

As best I understand it, one of the most effective SEO things you can do is to repeat all the important words on your site down the bottom of the page. To save it from looking weird, you make the...

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Mark Warner
@MarkWarner1 Aug 2017
Introduced a bill today creating #Cybersecurity standards for federal #IoT purchases. It's time to raise the bar for federal #IoTSecurity
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Very proud to be showcasing at the #BITCAWARDS the brilliant work that the @Digitaleagles are doing to keep communities safe online 👨🏻‍💻👩🏼‍💻
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AV-TEST@avtestorg14 May 2017
So far, we've registered 333 variants of the #WannaCrypt ransomware. We're still seeing new samples, so the malware is still alive. #Wanacry
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Freeformers@freeformers26 Apr 2017
Selling aggregated data about users to apps they were unsubscribing from. Not good. ow.ly/VGzW30b7uhx
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Oh dear, that's some unfortunate timing #unitedAIRLINES
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Signal crypto is not compromised. Still strongly recommended. If your device is hacked, no encryption can help you. #Vault7
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When you realize the web devs didn't enforce a minimum password length.
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