Taz Wake

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Taz Wake@tazwake· May 8

If anyone is interested and has the ability to report this to Wise, it looks like some scammers are trying a BEC-style fraud using a Wise-hosted bank account. Details are: Name: Harrington & Shannon Ltd Account number: 97085898 Sort code: 23-08-01 Swift/BIC: TRWIGB2LXXX

Email from a scammer asking for payment to:

Name: Harrington & Shannon Ltd
Account number: 97085898
Sort code: 23-08-01
Swift/BIC: TRWIGB2LXXX
Bank name and address: Wise Payments Limited, 1st Floor, Worship Square, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE, United Kingdom

Taz Wake@tazwake· May 8

So, PC might need to change its constitution. But I agree they aren't pushing for a referendum. PC aren't the problem, though. The voters are expressing nationalist ideals, just in three different flavours. Why would centre-left Welsh nationalists want to be run by RW English nationalists?

Plaid Cymru's constitution listing their first aim as to "secure independence for Wales in Europe".

Taz Wake@tazwake· May 8

I dont this actually surprises anyone, but it is pretty clear that the future of the "United" Kingdom isn't great. All the regions are voting for nationalist parties. Even Reform's own statements suggest they shouldn't run a Union of nations. Well done Brexit, the Tories, UKIP. You broke the UK.

BBC Headline which reads:

Labour admits defeat in Wales as SNP claims victory in Scotland and Reform surges in English council seats

This will be the first time Labour has lost control of the Welsh parliament since 1999, while the SNP says it expects to remain the biggest party in the Scottish parliament.

Taz Wake@tazwake· Dec 18

Now, I am actually a fan of Qatar Airways as an airline, but their constant, misleading, promises are annoying. They constantly offer deals like this (20% off) to Privilege Club (their Frequent Flyer scheme) members. The important part is "Up To". The best saving I've ever had has been 1.2%.

Screenshot reads:

[REDACTED], the festive season is all about giving… but we think you deserve a little receiving too.

That’s why as a Privilege Club member you can enjoy an exclusive up to 20% off with code DECPC25.

This offer is ending soon though, and we don't want you to miss out - now’s the moment to book and make your holiday season brighter.

*Terms and conditions apply.

Taz Wake@tazwake· Nov 28

Headlines like this crack me up. It's always been an AI IDE.

Headline on clickbait blog post reads:

"Cursor 2.0 IDE Is Now Supercharged With AI and I’m Impressed"

Cursor has always been an AI IDE..

Taz Wake@tazwake· Nov 7

I get that charities need to cut costs, but in reality, offering roles like this is why they will ultimately pay more: dealing with problems and paying ransoms. I assume this is for the Motability Trust. Pretty sure their CEO earns about £750k because they need to pay that to get someone good....

Taz Wake@tazwake· Sep 12

Are you feeling left out? Is your little effort to anger people failing?

The original poster has made 4 posts in 9 months on Bluesky. They are just argumentative and insulting replies to other people. Two are shown here.

Taz Wake@tazwake· Aug 26

It has been a while since I've done this, because I very rarely check this email, but it #cybersecurity #jobs salaries/day rates are down. Everything about this job advert has red flags. - 7 years experience (arbritrary number) - £500 per day INSIDE IR35 (low pay) - "Hybrid" meaning 4 days on site.

Screenshot of an email recruiting for a job for a Senior Cyber Security manager offering £500 per day, inside IR35, for a job to be on-site in Reading 4 days a week. This is less than the role would have got OUTSIDE IR35 5 years ago and about 50% less than it got 10 years ago.

Taz Wake@tazwake· Aug 11

NGL, I am fascinated by some spam mail. Like does it *ever* work? (Clearly it must, occasionally) And what goes through spammers heads when they send this mountain of "do you want a website" garbage?

Screenshot of an email from a Hotmail.com account trying to offer a business to business type service.

The first sentence of the email reads:

"you want a professional website.i ,ll make a professional website for you"

With missing punctuation, the phrase "I'll" using a comma for some unknown reason and no capital letter at the start of the first sentence.

It looks like someone has copy/pasted the main body and tried to add their own first sentence, with comical results.

Taz Wake@tazwake· Aug 2

I step away from the Internet for a week, and this happens... No more DMs for me then.

Age assurance message saying I need to prove I'm an adult before I can access direct messages again.

Not something I'm interested in doing tbh.

Taz Wake@tazwake· Jun 26

This is interesting. As far as I can tell, the derailment was not a criminal act. For some reason, either The Independent or Google has gone with pictures of a light brown skinned person in handcuffs.

Screenshot of Google notification about a news item. In the news, a train derailed. The picture associated with the article shows a person in handcuffs with police officers. The person has light brown skin.

Taz Wake@tazwake· Jun 21

It's pretty wild how bad Google search has become. I am old enough to remember when this was a usable search engine. Now it is just a collection of "poisoned" links and random images. It's also hilarious that ISACA have paid for the CISSP keywords.

Taz Wake@tazwake· May 20

This is a bad take and he should be ashamed for such weird ass ragebait attempts. I've masked the details because I have no desire to drive traffic to them.

LinkedIn rage bait post from a "headhunter" who says:

I've started reporting everyone who uses the argument "WFH is great because I get to see my kids" to social services.

I also report them to their employer.

If you're working from home whilst your kids are there you're either neglecting your work or you're neglecting your kids.

Taz Wake@tazwake· Apr 23

This is a comical example of relying on badly scanned marketing data passed to AI to generate slop-like content. If this isn't an outright scam, it will be close enough that it should be avoided.

Taz Wake@tazwake· Mar 31

I am at a loss for words about some of the (ahem) "News" headlines today. Just remember, 34% of the UK population has less than £1k in total savings. 40% cant afford to save on a regular basis, and nearly 60% have less than 3 months of emergency funds. But yeah, "saving too much".

Screenshot of CITY AM's webpage with the headline "Why are we saving so much?"

Median savings in the UK are around £9k. 16% of the population have ZERO savings.

34% of the UK population has under £1k savings.

40% of the population is unable to put any money away month to month.

65% have less than 3 months of emergency money.

People aren't saving too much. They aren't spending because they have no money.

Taz Wake@tazwake· Mar 31

Just a reminder, despite what some people are claiming, political viewpoints have shifted MASSIVELY right-wing. In the 1980s, Thatcher ran a right-wing government. Today, it would be argued as Center-Left. However you describe it, it screwed over the future for the UK, but we seem to want worse.

Screenshot of what appears to be a letter to a newspaper where some describes their political views in 1962 - which were right wing at the time - having shifted to being seen as hard left today.

Taz Wake@tazwake· Mar 28

I didn't reply in the wrong thread. You can scroll up on Bluesky and see the context of any conversation.

Taz Wake@tazwake· Mar 26

When you dig in, it gets worse... No account of mine was compromised. This is a data leak (with a few suspects, to be sure), but there is NO password to change. No amount of password managers will save me here. This is just FUD. VPN providers are notorious for this, though, so ... (shrug?)

Additional detail saying this is the leak of a database which contained my email, alternative email and employment data.

There is no account for me to change the password on. There is nothing I can do to minimise this impact other than maybe change job?

The fact an email address is in a data breach is largely irrelevant.

Taz Wake@tazwake· Mar 26

I have a VPN on my laptop, not because I think it's needed to protect my general web activity, but because it has other uses. One thing it sucks at is notifications about "password breaches". Like today, I logged on and got an alert saying their Dark Web monitoring has found something urgent!

Notification from VPN provider saying "your personal data may be exposed" in a dark web data leak and that I should change the password associated with the account urgently.

It makes no reference to *what* account though.

Taz Wake@tazwake· Mar 16

So, I get it's not the *worst* thing in this tweet, however, I cant help but think the use of language here is wild. This is how Trump talks. Not normal humans.

A screenshot of a tweet by Marco Rubio which reads:

We have sent 2 dangerous top MS-13 leaders plus 21 of its most wanted back to face justice in El Salvador. Also, as promised by
@POTUS, we sent over 250 alien enemy members of Tren de Aragua which El Salvador has agreed to hold in their very good jails at a fair price that will also save our taxpayer dollars. President @nayibbukele
is not only the strongest security leader in our region, he’s also a great friend of the U.S. Thank you!

Taz Wake@tazwake· Mar 14

Sunset in Mold, Wales.

Sunset showing a deep red sky over houses as street lights come on.

Taz Wake@tazwake· Mar 14

Turns out Amazon cant do maths... (and despite what people often assume, its cheaper to buy 2x 10kg than 1x 20kg)

Screen shot of a product on Amazon. The product is £31.99 for a 10kg bag.

Amazon then displays this as being £31,990.00 per KG rather than £3.19 per KG.

Taz Wake@tazwake· Mar 11

Another day, another weird job advert. This is for a SOC lead and the bit that gets me is how badly "specialist recruiters" fare when it comes to certifications. CGIH is a typo. If you need the knowledge of a GCFA this is not replaceable by the CISM knowledge. This means you dont need any of it.

Screenshot of part of a job advert sent by a recruiter.

The highlighted area reads:
"Certifications such as CGIH, CISM, GCIH, or GCFA are highly desirable."

CGIH isn't a real cert and is just a typo for the GCIH they mention later on. GCIH and GCFA cover different topics and knowledge. CISM is basically a non-technical security project manager certification which is not even slightly similar to the others.

Either you need the certs for the role or you dont. If you need GCFA, the other two are NOT replacements. If you need CISM, the other two are NOT replacements. If you need GCIH, the other two are NOT replacements.

Taz Wake@tazwake· Mar 9

Hotel view for the night.

View from the O2 Arena in London, looking out over the Thames, towards the skyscrapers of Canary Wharf.

Taz Wake@tazwake· Mar 8

Cynically, I'd say this is prepping the ground for how they dismantle protests in the future. As each measure goes into place, being able to protest the crazy government will get harder. But, I am sure I am wrong and they just have the best interests of Law and Order in mind.

Taz Wake@tazwake· Feb 26

I love Wikipedia, but it is a good example of the problem with humanity. Just because we can let anyone do something, doesn't mean we should.

Screenshot from Wikipedia article for Michelle Trachtenberg, who died today. The screenshot highlights an element where a juvenile, or just stupid, editor had put "ROT IN PISS" on the summary block.

Taz Wake@tazwake· Feb 26

I love DuckDuckGo, but I cant help but feel it is turning into a Google-lite platform with sponsored ads at the top and AI-generated summaries next. I get that this can be modified with question structure (see second image) but, I JUST WANT RESULTS.

Screenshot of a search for "what is mitochondria" on DuckDuckGo using the DuckDuckGo browser.

The first hit is an advert. Then there is some AI generated content.

A screenshot for a search for "mitochondria" on DuckDuckGo, using the DuckDuckGo browser.

This time there are no adverts and the first result is the summary from Wikipedia, followed by links.

Taz Wake@tazwake· Feb 26

It is always nice when I get an email to a mailbox that only receives phishing emails. It is also interesting that this fake address is the most commonly used one, and has the wrong postcode for Ledbury Road, London... I haven't bothered checking the phone number, I assume its just a boiler room.

Screenshot of a phishing email pretending to be from Ebay but coming from a Gmail account with a random name.

The email pretends to be an invoice for an Apple Watch purchase which will be shipped to a fake address (62 Ledbury Road, London D31 2AQ) and gives a phone number to call if there are any issues.

There is a false sense of urgency because the email pretends the watch will be delivered today or tomorrow, so they want you to rush to cancel it before they take the money from your Paypal account.

The phone number probably leads to a boiler room where they will try to socially engineer you into accessing your accounts and then they will try to either get you to give them money, or give them access.

Taz Wake@tazwake· Feb 25

The advisory talked about issues with a "few" of the live response components. Right now, getting it to run AV scans is challenging.

Screenshot from a MS advisory reporting issues with MDE saying users may experience delays with automated investigations, specifically:

Collecting investigation packages
Running AV scans
Restricting software execution
Isolating devices.

Taz Wake@tazwake· Feb 13

This is a pretty weird email I got today. The answer is clearly "yes" but there isn't even a way to reply to it... The sender address is info=northwestcybersecurity.co.uk@hubspotfree.hs-send.com but replies hit a "domain not found" response... Pretty entertaining really.