James Matthews

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[James Matthews @farad4y_]

@SeanWrightSec I know sorry, just couldn’t resist 😝

[James Matthews @farad4y_]

@dhlexpressuk Terrible service. Took a day off work waiting for a parcel that wasn’t delivered. Driver took it to the back gate and never even knocked on the front door. No calling card and no customer service.

[Cybergibbons 🚲🚲🚲 @cybergibbons]

Jamie has gone missing from Thetford. He's a friend of my sister and he doesn't normally go out of contact like this.

Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts should contact Norfolk and Suffolk Police with ref 128.

https://t.co/427KxCQeeD

[Sarah Armstrong-Smith @SarahASmith75]

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[James Matthews @farad4y_]

@HackingLZ Holy sh*t.. 😱 someone was a bit trigger happy with the valve timing then….

[James Matthews @farad4y_]

@UK_Daniel_Card Congrats buddy! 😎👍

[ippsec @ippsec]

I get asked a lot about avoiding burnout, which is an incredibly tough question to answer because I think a lot of other issues get attributed to burnout. It seems people think a lack of motivation to start something == burn out, which isn't always the case. For me, it's more about the discipline to start something I don't want to. Once I start the task, I have plenty of motivation to keep working but starting is the hard thing.

A non-tech parallel is playing sports growing up. There were countless times when I did not want to wake up at 5 am to go to practice before school started. Heck, even on game day I remember not wanting to go out. However, I knew no matter once I was out the motivation would come to finish practice/game because I enjoyed it. The discipline (and peer pressure) to get to where I needed to be, carried me to the point where motivation could take over.

In tech, especially post-covid there's very little peer pressure to start on tasks. It can be tough to start coding, recording, or the toughest hitting to "go live" button to stream. Especially, when there's so much instant gratification out there (Discord, Twitter, Video Games, etc). The bar for instant gratification is constantly being moved which makes it tougher, for example, we don't even have to spend a few seconds to unlock our phone anymore. It's crazy but those few seconds typing in a pass-code sometimes sway people away from doing things.

So if you think you are "burned out" because you aren't producing the results you think you should. Try these three things first:

1. Establish some type of routine/ritual you do before you work. The best thing you can probably do is some type of low-impact aerobic exercise (bike, rower, elliptical) for 20-30 minutes. This will help your health, wake you up, and give you time to think before starting any activity. However, if this doesn't work for you it can be as simple as taking a vitamin or something and saying once I take this I am going to start a task.

2. At the end of your "productive" day (ex: quitting time). Take 10-15 minutes to write down your wins for the day, I prefer physically writing them down because you spend more time on the positives. Don't write down anything negative, spend this time on positivity. Not only will it help you become a more positive person but also lets you privately know what you can accomplish. There are plenty of times when I realize I didn't flip a page a single time in the week and catch myself before my discipline to start things slips.

3. Put your phone on DND Mode. If you require notifications from someone allow them, but mute everything else. Even work emails. For me, it is very easy to be focused on something, to have my phone go off and I don't know if it's important or not so I look at it. 9 times out of 10 it's not important but then I look at other things and my productivity is killed. The 5 seconds it took me to see the notification ends up easily costing me 15-30 minutes and that's if I even return to the task.

Hopefully, this helps someone out there.

[James Matthews @farad4y_]

@JohnCena Your perspective becomes your reality

[James Matthews @farad4y_]

@UK_Daniel_Card Define “whole life” 🧐😜

[James Matthews @farad4y_]

@cybergibbons @TheKenMunroShow You had me at “fundamentally fucked” 🤣 great thread!

[Cybergibbons 🚲🚲🚲 @cybergibbons]

After the #FlipperZero threads, there's been a few people questioning the ethics and legality of these devices, particularly with respect to NFC cloning.

I think explaining some of the history of NFC security - particularly Mifare Classic - attacks might help.

[James Matthews @farad4y_]

@hackthebox_eu Can you fix my printer?

[James Matthews @farad4y_]

@UK_Daniel_Card You almost had me.. 🫣

[James Matthews @farad4y_]

@UK_Daniel_Card Love the narration.. made my day 😂😂

[JS0N Haddix @Jhaddix]

🥽 The Anti-Recon Recon Thread 🥽

Recon is important, but some people hate it. I get it.

When you're in the zone & ready to pounce on a target, you just want to start hacking.

Want the best of both worlds? Quick/complete recon, WITH great coverage?

(a long thread)

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[James Matthews @farad4y_]

@NahamSec Breaking into Information Security: Learning the Ropes 101 by Andy Gill (@ZephrFish) https://t.co/ppEROnOeMF