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Sam Thom

@blackfell-infosec.bsky.social

Mediocre hardware & control systems hacker at PTP. Owner of dusty and neglected mountaineering gear. Unfinisher of projects. He/Him. Greggs sponsor me πŸ₯§πŸ₯Ÿ

34 Followers  |  41 Following  |  31 Posts  |  Joined: 15.11.2024  |  1.9439

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Start hacking Bluetooth Low Energy today! (part 2)Β  | Pen Test Partners TL;DRΒ Β  We made it beep for free (ish)Β  In part one we started hacking Bluetooth and made a little Β£2 key-finder beep using only Android and Linux. If you haven’t read that post, I would recommend it ...

Want to learn more #BLE hacking?

In this post I work through using Sniffle and Nordic devices to make a #bluetooth device go beep.

This is a really great foundational BLE hacking toolkit and you shouldn't be paying more than Β£40 for the lot!

www.pentestpartners.com/security-blo...

27.08.2025 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cyber security career simulator. Experience the same feelings as the professionals:
- 1 finger scoop tiger balm in eye
- Chew tablets till your mouth goes numb
- Massage gun against temple for 15 mins
Almost as good as the real thing?

26.08.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Start hacking Bluetooth Low Energy today! (part 1) | Pen Test Partners TL;DR Before you start First off, before we start Β Bluetooth hacking can be confusing, there are lots of references to tools that are a bit outdated, scripts that don’t run, and more. The actual Bluet...

I wrote a thing to help people learn about #hacking #bluetooth, specifically #bluetoothlowenergy devices. I hope it gives someone a nice intro to the area! www.pentestpartners.com/security-blo...

26.08.2025 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fuck I bought a car thinking its value would be in having the last model year with buttons. You can't do this to me don't reverse your mistake.

09.03.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 371    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 4

Looking at this from Mike Kehoe, the only driver is hate-filled obsession with language.

If they require agencies to operated under a framework that ensures fairness and equal opportunity, they cant avoid DEI initiatives. DEI allows you to select on merit, nothing else.

19.02.2025 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly!

19.02.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Meaningless terms used to divide people now IMO

17.02.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Microsoft is too real for this

08.01.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing 🀩

05.01.2025 10:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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So Windows is fully cooked now? Online installs only? πŸ˜‚

22.12.2024 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you wanna be on the good list, season your sandwiches

21.12.2024 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hey folks, ahead of the holidays this year, get your loved one my latest course on #Udemy, only $4.99
Free preview via youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

20.12.2024 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I went through my meme folder today and there was fuck all to diss my colleagues with sadly.

20.12.2024 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's 2024 and Nessus still has the audacity to declare it screenshotted RDP but that you don't get to see the pics...

17.12.2024 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Christmas list slowly ticking down...

11.12.2024 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No wonder people hate security, MS Authenticator on an iPhone:
- Get notification
- Unlock with biometrics
- Find app/notification & click
- Unlock app with biometrics
- Read number off PC, type into box, press yes
- Biometrics *again*


Barely fits in a tweet.

11.12.2024 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Can someone please talk me out of tiling my office floor in 'hacker blue and luminous green grout'??

07.12.2024 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NCSC Annual Review 2024 Looking back at the National Cyber Security Centre's eighth year and its key developments and highlights, between 1 September 2023 and 31 August 2024.

Great stuff from NCSC as usual


https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/ncsc-annual-review-2024


EXCEPT! The 92% reduction in insurance claims for Cyber Essentials (TM) certified orgs is a CORRELATION, not a cause.


Reader beware

03.12.2024 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sneakers? πŸ˜‚

30.11.2024 08:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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You don’t love to hear that…

27.11.2024 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Ooooh surface, for when you like hacking but also being a swanky gentleman πŸ˜‚

Very gentlemanly of you to leave all the hashes alone too

26.11.2024 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh no it's a monitor? πŸ˜… I am an expert I swears it

26.11.2024 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Holy shit, Nethunter actually running? Get this man some kind of certification for Android fuckery

26.11.2024 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Could this be the year of the #Linux desktop? πŸ˜‚

26.11.2024 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh no! Send help! Guiness can pierced so now I have to take one for the team...

26.11.2024 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

McAffee can get in the sea. That is all.

26.11.2024 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just in case any of you were enjoying that #fridayfeeling I've come to ruin the collective joy with pics of my reheated chippie and pickled egg.

22.11.2024 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just in case any of you were enjoying that #fridayfeeling I've come to ruin the collective joy with pics of my reheated chippie and pickled egg.

22.11.2024 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is this a hot take?

Age limits for social media have no benefit and only make things worse.

Now we have social networks with large numbers of 10,11,12yo kids claiming to be older than they are so they can do the cool things. What could go wrong there?

20.11.2024 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

CVSS has some issues IMO, one of which is vulns for bypassing an XSS filter (where you also still need to then find an XSS) being scored a perfect 10.0 πŸ™ƒhttps://linuxpatch.com/cve/CVE-2024-47875

20.11.2024 09:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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