DΛVID COOK

Personal profile of a solicitor with a national cyber security practice. Tweets are my opinion and not that of my employer and certainly not advice. TNWRA

[WikiLeaks @wikileaks]

BREAKING: John McAfee, founder of antivirus computer software, found dead in Spanish prison cell

[DΛVID COOK @CyberSolicitor]

@ThatPodcastChap @robdykedotcom @Jabo_SCO @AppertaUK @richj914 Not sure what “not a criminal rep” means but I’ll leave it to @robdykedotcom

[DΛVID COOK @CyberSolicitor]

@hackerfantastic @evacide @edri @OpenRightsGroup @auerfeld @silkiecarlo Thanks - @evacide please do send me a DM and we can see what we can do.

[DΛVID COOK @CyberSolicitor]

@NetworkString @robdykedotcom @neil_neilzone @cyberleagle Hey there. Thanks for thinking of me. We’re going to go through it today.

[DΛVID COOK @CyberSolicitor]

@antisocial_eng @robdykedotcom Hi Rob. Send me an email and lets see where I can assist - follow me and I’ll give you the address over DM. Cheers!

[The Tor Project @torproject]

Privacy is a human right.

[DΛVID COOK @CyberSolicitor]

Very interesting and potentially dangerous privacy and data protection consequences.

[Myles Jackman - Obscenity Lawyer @MylesJackman]

Great article about WhatsApp's privacy risks which cites:

"The example of Facebook’s “people you may know” algorithm exposing sex workers’ real names to their clients – despite both parties taking care to set up fake identities"
https://t.co/FntKSgt9jD

[DΛVID COOK @CyberSolicitor]

Read our fantastic report into data breach penalties. I had minimal involvement with it’s drafting but know how much hard work went into it. @DLA_Piper

[IAPP Daily Dashboard @DailyDashboard]

Report: DPAs have administered 272.5M euros in fines since #GDPR went into effect https://t.co/6P8iTgM3rm

[DΛVID COOK @CyberSolicitor]

You think that’s a lot? On 22 May 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 BTC for two pizzas from Papa Johns. That’s now worth £117million per pizza! They weren’t even ham and pineapple!

[Dave Lee @DaveLeeBBG]

Can't stop thinking about the time @ruskin147 bought a pizza with 0.5 bitcoin. Today worth... almost $17k. Wowzers.

[DΛVID COOK @CyberSolicitor]

I can honestly say that nobody has had as much of an impact on my career as this man. Thank you, my friend. Enjoy your retirement.

[Lisa Jane Morton @lijamort]

After two decades of dedicated service we say farewell to Tom Young and wish him well in his retirement. Thank you Tom, you will be much missed.

[DΛVID COOK @CyberSolicitor]

Tricky one...

[GCHQ @GCHQ]

Complete our #Christmas bauble while in your Christmas bubble! 🎄

Call on the wise men and women in your household, the annual #GCHQChristmasPuzzle is here 🎉

Complete the sequences, plot your answers on the bauble and find the hidden message!
➡️ https://t.co/dsT9sTIn4L

[DΛVID COOK @CyberSolicitor]

@tim2040 I think you’re softening. Maybe it doesn’t include enough misguided references to the GDPR.

[DΛVID COOK @CyberSolicitor]

One for @tim2040

[gabsmashh @gabsmashh]

a classic.

[WH_Y @WH_Y]

Night all

This 👇

[DΛVID COOK @CyberSolicitor]

@drtune That was such an interesting read! I was a mere _consumer_ in those days but it was an exciting time to be an observer of a scene like that. XCopy was great!

[DΛVID COOK @CyberSolicitor]

This has always been the most popular password. The Computer Misuse Act 1990 was drafted after Prince Phillip’s user credentials for the Prestel system were stolen. That password was “1234”. I don’t think any amount of user awareness is ever going to change this! Weird!

[Jake Moore @JakeMooreUK]

Here we go again 🤦‍♂️ "123456" tops list of most common passwords for 2020 https://t.co/9MWKsFuBsm

[DΛVID COOK @CyberSolicitor]

New toy to play with...

[Kali Linux @kalilinux]

Really pleased to announce the release of Kali 2020.4 https://t.co/mf7DdhKPIu

Tons of changes! Including zsh as a default, partnerships with tool authors, login messages, AWS changes, packaging guidelines, updated Kernel and tools, NetHunter updates, WinKex upgrades and more!

[DΛVID COOK @CyberSolicitor]

@christiantoon Who is this spiv and what has he done with Mr Toon?

[DΛVID COOK @CyberSolicitor]

Here’s an easy puzzle to start your week.

[NCSC UK @NCSC]

Happy Birthday @GCHQ 🎈

[ICO - Information Commissioner's Office @ICOnews]

It’s not okay to use customer detail from test & trace schemes to make personal contact. Make sure you have procedures in place to handle the data safely and securely and only make the information available to those who need it:

https://t.co/vCHcD9LyYG (1/2)