Infosec, Incident Response Manager, Offensive security. Security Research 🇮🇪🇪🇺🇬🇧
Joined November 2018
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David Thompson retweeted
3 Jul 2024
So zero tolerance in a @defenceforces workplace, but sort-of tolerance in every other workplace?🤷♂️
I guess it’s only natural for other organisations to want to avoid external scrutiny.
The best way to improve standards is not to double them.
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David Thompson retweeted
3 Dec 2023
@LCreighton : Ireland needs a standalone intelligence agency to tackle modern threats
💯 agree, look at the difficulty in recruiting someone into the Deputy Garda Commissioner role with responsibility for intelligence. @GCraughwell businesspost.ie/analysis-opi…
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2 Nov 2022
Definitely the best technical write up of the OpenSSL vulnerability I've seen so far. Great work from the DataDog team
CVE-2022-3602
#openssl #spookyssl
securitylabs.datadoghq.com/a…
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12 Oct 2022
As someone from from the UK living in Ireland, I've never been so embarrassed by the lack of awareness of Anglo-Irish history in my life. What a stupid question. They were foolish and will redeem themselves but you will always be an ignorant moron
12 Oct 2022
The Ireland women's team apologise for singing a song referencing the IRA following their world cup qualification win against Scotland last night.
5 Sep 2022
TikTok breached, completely by the sounds of it
5 Sep 2022
Couldn't agree more. I'm not sure why this can be seen as an unpopular opinion at times. To pull systems apart, knowing how they work is an obvious advantage.
4 Sep 2022
I feel that I am better at red teaming because I was a SOC Analyst, I was tech support, I was help desk, I was a sys admin. More than any college degree or certification, or technical knowledge I have, empathy and knowing how things work has made me a better tester.
David Thompson retweeted
31 Jul 2022
Ex IBM manager: Pay, political neglect and public indifference all to blame for cyber failings (via @thejournal_ie) jrnl.ie/5827250
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David Thompson retweeted
28 Jun 2022
#RussianPNGwatch @burgessct
Bulgaria expels 70 Russian diplomatic staff over espionage concerns
reuters.com/world/europe/bul…
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22 Jun 2022
Not only are we not sending them what they need, we're buying their stolen property from the thieves
18 Jun 2022
I created a Buffer Overflow reference guide with scripts for people studying for their OSCP or eCPPTv2 exams
github.com/davethomp/buffero…
#oscp #ecpptv2
Trinity College said it could not comment on his time at the university due to GDPR regulations but some of his former classmates told RTÉ News they were surprised to hear they had been studying alongside a Russian spy rte.ie/news/ireland/2022/061…
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17 Jun 2022
Now let's be honest with ourselves here. Do you think he was here for 4 years just studying Political Science? That's a long time in country to do whatever the GRU directed him to
#FundTheDF
rte.ie/news/ireland/2022/061…
21 May 2022
Although Ireland aren't at high risk of any traditional military offensive, there are areas where we are completely exposed. A lack of adequate national cyber response being one.
thejournal.ie/irish-defence-…
1 May 2022
I'm guessing Met Eiréann would categorise this as an Orange warning for Donegal
1 May 2022
And another nuclear threat to the UK from Russian state TV's Dmitry Kiselyov:
He says his country's Poseidon nuclear underwater drone could cause a tsunami that would "plunge the British Isles into the depths of the sea" and turn them into a "radioactive desert" (with subs)
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David Thompson retweeted
10 Apr 2022
Anyone doing buisness with Spb Motors in Clane might want to know it's director is driving around in a Russian Jeep complete with 'Z' sign
#Ukraine️
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11 Mar 2022
Now why would Russia need such a large embassy? Underground complex, unlabelled server rooms, separate power supply? Sounds more like an intelligence outpost. Time to reduce their permitted staff numbers
@roryireland
@simoncoveney
@RobGilbey
rte.ie/news/primetime/2022/0…
9 Mar 2022
Sir, How many more reasons do we want? Is a citizen's assembly honestly enough? We will be the one's remembered for standing to the side while this happened. Passive support isn't enough #LethalAid
@simoncoveney
David Thompson retweeted
9 Mar 2022
"There's a fire! Call the fire brigade!"
"Typical! Calling for other people to put out the fire! Not volunteering yourself I see!"
"I'm not a professional firefighter"
"Fighter! Ha! The mask slips! You're a firemonger!"
"What?"
"We should negotiate with the fire!"
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9 Mar 2022
Ukrainian Farmers Association has more armour than the Irish Defence Forces 🤔
@RobGilbey
8 Mar 2022
After 12 days of stealing Putin's tanks, Ukrainian farmers are now unofficially the fifth-largest military in Europe
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8 Mar 2022
If you're morally against sending Javelins and lethal aid, I would think that you're morally obliged to take in women and children. I hope to see the same people standing with welcome signs in Dublin Airport