Ryan Tomcik

DE/TH @GoogleCloud @Mandiant Threat Defense | Google in the streets, Mandiant in the tweets | Thruntito ergo sum

[Ryan Tomcik @heferyzan]

Curious how threat actors use digital analytics and advertising tools to increase the effectiveness and duration of their campaigns?

Check out our latest, trade-craft focused blog where we mint the sizzlin' new term: malnalytics!

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[Ryan Tomcik @heferyzan]

@AmericanAir I understand the waiting game when things are hectic and busy. The baggage agents were literally telling us incorrect information. It felt like they were just trying to wait out the situation to eventually resolve itself rather than get proactively involved in solving the issue.

[Ryan Tomcik @heferyzan]

Flight @AmericanAir 5582 has been a total disaster, now compounded by the fact that our baggage has still not come out an hour and fifteen minutes after landing. We've been told multiple times it's on the belt, it's on 7, it's on 8, there's a shift change, etc etc. Nightmare!

[Ryan Tomcik @heferyzan]

@AmericanAir The bags are still back at the gate based on someone's airtag despite the baggage office saying they will be out momentarily on 10. Literally just words not based on reality.

[Ryan Tomcik @heferyzan]

@AmericanAir Literally a dozen of us twiddling our thumbs for over an hour being told different things

[Ryan Tomcik @heferyzan]

@AmericanAir @AmericanAir you need to get your DCA baggage crew in order. No one knows what's going on.

[Ryan Tomcik @heferyzan]

@ImposeCost The number of my age peers who have had an Achilles tear is higher than I'm comfortable with, especially when it happens during seemingly innocuous activity. That's why I work them baby cows every time I'm in the gym.

[Ryan Tomcik @heferyzan]

@Es_Sa_da @viktorikolibri Stimmt. Meine Interpretation davon ist: "Hoffentlich wird der Krieg innerhalb von 10 Jahren vorbei sein und am Ende bleibt die Ukraine frei."

[Ryan Tomcik @heferyzan]

@ItsReallyNick Turns out you can solve all your security problems with "deny ip any any"

[vx-underground @vxunderground]

There is this strange phenomena where people new to cybersecurity go way overboard trying to look cool and badass to give the facade of being really technical.

I'll tell you something right now. You probably won't like to hear it, but it is important.

Nobody cares about:
- Your certificates
- The conferences you've attended
- Your vendor swag
- What OS you're using
- How many LED's your computer has

Here is what your peers admire the most:
- If you're polite
- If you're willing to admit if you're wrong
- If you're easy to get along with

If you're just a chill nerd who is nice, easy going, willing to admit when you're wrong, you will go further than the big mean nerd with the galaxy brain

[John Hultquist @JohnHultquist]

Huge props to Mandiant Threat Defense who were instrumental in unravelling this thing. More details in our blog: 2/x https://t.co/DrQKOFk9sD

[Ryan Tomcik @heferyzan]

An RSVP is really just a CAPTCHA challenge that proves you're a functioning adult.

[Ryan Tomcik @heferyzan]

I'm all for age verification by online platforms if it means I can restrict Battle Field 6 match-making to just geriatric millennials who have two or more kids and a mortgage.

[Ryan Tomcik @heferyzan]

@ItsReallyNick @BetMGM A night of swinging emotions, for sure...

[Ryan Tomcik @heferyzan]

@onfvp @mattdinniman @Pierce_Brown God damnit, Donut! That's awesome!

[Nick Carr @ItsReallyNick]

“This significant breakthrough followed credible and actionable intelligence received from Microsoft” 😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️

[Ryan Tomcik @heferyzan]

@chrissanders88 One that has stuck with me was, "You have a network with one workstation, one web server, and one domain controller. Assuming compromise and without any other context, which system(s) would you investigate first and why?"

[Ryan Tomcik @heferyzan]

@ItsReallyNick Time flies! I recently just passed my former streak of 7 years set while at Booz. For some reason the last 7 years have felt a hell of a lot longer than that first stretch.

[Ryan Tomcik @heferyzan]

@ToddAtLarge_ Trussed and roasted chicken is better than turkey, prove me otherwise.

[Ryan Tomcik @heferyzan]

Es gibt so viele lustige "Komposita" in der deutschen Sprache: neugierig, Nacktschnecke, Handschuh, Schildkröte, usw. Gestern hat mein Sohn mich gefragt (auf Englisch), "Dad, how do you say booger in German?"

Und so wurde das Wort "Nasenschatz" geboren 😀

[Ryan Tomcik @heferyzan]

An afternoon high temp of 46°? Looks like I'm about to enter my Hot Tea Era 🫖