Roachy

I think at best he’s “semi technical” - historically I’d have tend to someone of that aptitude as a “skilled user”. Commented on Saskia’s LI post though regarding the consultation process. Seems that guidance was offered but not listened to 🤷‍♂️

Something about stopped clocks twice a day. Really infuriating that I actually agree with anything Reform say.

The trouble is, now, the horse has bolted. The genie is out of the lamp and we’re slightly buggered.

UK Withdrawal from the Internet in 2025. On 24 April 2025, the protection of children codes of practice were laid in Parliament and Ofcom published guidance on how providers should carry out risk assessments for assessing the risk of harm to...

Woke up grumpy on Sunday morning about this. Deepfaked the Prime Minister and moved to Brazil in a single morning while drinking my first cup of coffee

grokconsulting.co.uk/uk-withdrawa...

Solid plan. 10/10 ;-)

July's event is now posted.

Presentation 1:
Daniel Raines: My hacking adventures as a software dev

Presentation 2:
TBC

19:00 for 19:30, downstairs bar, The Greene Man, 383 Euston Road
Closest stations: Great Portland Street, Warren Street, Regents Park, Euston.

dc4420.org

Privacy Engineering in a Post AI World AI tools are pretty much everywhere these days, and barely a day goes by without some trivial app throwing up a banner to celebrate that it's now been infused with AI. Some of these are genuinely usef...

Wrote a thing.

grokconsulting.co.uk/privacy-engi...

July 2025 Meetup - Harvey Baxter and Georgia Williams For our July meetup we've got a couple of great speakers lined up. DC151 regulars will know Harvey and Georgia. Harvey will be delivering a deep dive into the Ceph filesystem with his talk "“A Primer...

Suffering from mild disbelief that it's already July and time to announce our next meetup. 2 great speakers this month (9th July). All details in the link:

dc151.org/july-2025-me...

It’s a good way to start the day while I slurp the first brew. I warm up with Wordle and then move on to Quordle 😂

www.merriam-webster.com/games/quordl...

Wordle - A daily word game Guess the hidden word in 6 tries. A new puzzle is available each day.

www.nytimes.com/games/wordle...

Pretty sure you’ll get the answer to today’s puzzle 🐕

I think there’s a very strong chance 😂

Have you got any old tech lying around that is too good to throw out but too much effort to sell on?

If you bring it along to our bring and buy stall then you can make room on your shelf for some cool new stuff while also making some cash for charity.

A win for everyone.

Guardian headline saying, "‘It’s terrifying’: WhatsApp AI helper mistakenly shares user’s number Chatbot tries to change subject after serving up unrelated user’s mobile to man asking for rail firm helpline"

'Meredith,' some guys ask, 'why won't you shove AI into Signal?'

Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️

Australia’s claim that Israel has a right to defend itself against Iran is inconsistent with our rules-based order | Ben Saul While Australia rightly urges de-escalation, it also fails to condemn Israel’s attack on Iran

This is a very good, succinct piece by Ben Saul.

"International law is only law if we demand that our allies, not only our adversaries, obey it. If we apply it selectively, we cannot expect others to respect it, or to respect us."

This is incredible

Reminder that we're back as usual tomorrow (Weds 11th June)

Indeed. That was the problem. I have a…..few

PSA: label your Yubikeys kids 🤨

Seven Essential Strategies to Prevent and Detect Business Email Compromise While sophisticated Business Email Compromise attacks require advanced defences, implementing these seven fundamental strategies will dramatically improve your organisation's resilience against the va...

Sharing's caring. Make me poorer by following these tips:

grokconsulting.co.uk/seven-essent...

June 2025 Meetup - Anicet Fopa Tchoffo For our June meetup we're all really excited that Anicet will be presenting again after his debut talk with us in January 2024 . This time his presentation will be "Deploying Operational Honeypots for...

Update for this months #DC151.

We're really happy to have Anicet Fopa Tchoffo, CISSP joining us to present his talk: "Deploying Operational Honeypots for High-Fidelity Threat Detection and Intelligence"

Wednesday 11th June at the usual place and time.

dc151.org/june-2025-me...

Hey @dc4420 & any other Hackers in the area I’ll be at
56/59 Strand, London WC2N 5LR, United Kingdom at 18:00ish for an hour or so having pizza come say hi! I’ll have hugs & stickers! 😊 #HackerAdventures #HackerMeetUp

I notice that at times a laptop will change the colour temperature from ~6500K to nearer 5000K making the image look more yellowish.
Is this some standard OS feature somewhere, and does anybody know how to turn it off?

Nothing changes then? 😉

Could be replaced with this. I’m sure Elon would love it.

"But what if you didn't have to do the fun and rewarding stuff?!" - AI fetishists for some reason

DC151 Independence Manifesto: Our Path Forward Who We Are We are a community of security enthusiasts, hackers, and professionals formerly operating as a DefCon Group. For 7+ years, we have been dedicated to fostering knowledge sharing, skill deve...

Important Announcement 📣

#defcongroups

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Legal Aid Agency data breach An update following a cyber-attack on the Legal Aid Agency’s online digital services.

Oh my god "We believe the group has accessed and downloaded a significant amount of personal data from those who applied for legal aid through our digital service since 2010."

www.gov.uk/government/n...

The old running paradox. Training for a marathon == really good for you. Actually doing the marathon, not so much. Get well soon buddy

PSA: If you choose to submit a novel research talk to one of the top security conferences in the world, maybe check your proposal text all the way through so "Claude may make mistakes. Please check your answers." isn't the final line.

Bank scammers using genuine push notifications to trick their victims You receive a call on your phone. The polite call centre worker on the line asks for you by name, and gives the name of your bank. They say they're calling from your bank's fraud department. "Yeah, r...

The scammer is on the phone to you.
Their accomplice is on the phone to your bank, pretending to be you.
Your bank sends you the notification.
You accept, and scammers proceed to drain your account.

Full write up: shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05...

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