Danny Palmer
@dannypalmer.bsky.social
Cybersecurity journalist and technology writer. Welsh. SE London. AuDHD.
Also likely to post about games, rugby, F1, wrestling, history & the cat.
I have a Simpsons reference for every occasion.
Also likely to post about games, rugby, F1, wrestling, history & the cat.
I have a Simpsons reference for every occasion.
Wife's Friday night: Out for the evening with friends in fancy Islington.
My Friday night:
My Friday night:
November 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Wife's Friday night: Out for the evening with friends in fancy Islington.
My Friday night:
My Friday night:
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romans 🤝 spiders
people think they're dangerous badasses but basically they spend most of their time hanging out in the bath
people think they're dangerous badasses but basically they spend most of their time hanging out in the bath
November 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
romans 🤝 spiders
people think they're dangerous badasses but basically they spend most of their time hanging out in the bath
people think they're dangerous badasses but basically they spend most of their time hanging out in the bath
Yvan eht nioj
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Yvan eht nioj
I've been struggling with productivity and balancing a bunch of different spinning plates this week.
The good news is today has actually has been quite good. The bad news is that it turns out setting out structure with timetables for the day like you're back in school actually works.
The good news is today has actually has been quite good. The bad news is that it turns out setting out structure with timetables for the day like you're back in school actually works.
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I've been struggling with productivity and balancing a bunch of different spinning plates this week.
The good news is today has actually has been quite good. The bad news is that it turns out setting out structure with timetables for the day like you're back in school actually works.
The good news is today has actually has been quite good. The bad news is that it turns out setting out structure with timetables for the day like you're back in school actually works.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
BBC 6 Music: Here's a new song from The Cribs.
Me:
Me:
November 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
BBC 6 Music: Here's a new song from The Cribs.
Me:
Me:
'Nellie The Elephant' playing on the radio was a bit of a mood killer one time...
Portishead’s Geoff Barrow: ‘I can’t think of any worse music to make love to than ours’
Portishead’s Geoff Barrow: ‘I can’t think of any worse music to make love to than ours’
As he moves into film production with the thriller Game, the musician – also known for Beak> – answers your questions on Myspace rappers, sex playlists and whether Portishead will ever make new music
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
'Nellie The Elephant' playing on the radio was a bit of a mood killer one time...
This is S-Tier work.
November 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is S-Tier work.
Filling out a form which requires me to to list everywhere I've lived in the past 7 years. Which turns out to be a 6 places.
Renting was fun, you guys. 🫠
Genuinely had forgotten some of these addresses too.
Renting was fun, you guys. 🫠
Genuinely had forgotten some of these addresses too.
November 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Filling out a form which requires me to to list everywhere I've lived in the past 7 years. Which turns out to be a 6 places.
Renting was fun, you guys. 🫠
Genuinely had forgotten some of these addresses too.
Renting was fun, you guys. 🫠
Genuinely had forgotten some of these addresses too.
I often think about how one of my first stories for ZDNet back in 2016 was about a ransomware attack against a County Council with a ransom demand of £500.
Almost a decade later and the financial - and real world - impact of ransomware has just got much worse.
Almost a decade later and the financial - and real world - impact of ransomware has just got much worse.
Extraordinary day and historic for the wrong reasons - a cyber attack featured in the GDP figures
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I often think about how one of my first stories for ZDNet back in 2016 was about a ransomware attack against a County Council with a ransom demand of £500.
Almost a decade later and the financial - and real world - impact of ransomware has just got much worse.
Almost a decade later and the financial - and real world - impact of ransomware has just got much worse.
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I recently joined Sysdig's What The Hack show in this episode examining Deepfake executive fraud, discussing why it has become such an issue and how to prevent it.
(Also, you can nose at the LEGO sets behind me.)
Thanks to @maliciarogue.bsky.social for having me!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UKq...
(Also, you can nose at the LEGO sets behind me.)
Thanks to @maliciarogue.bsky.social for having me!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UKq...
S2 E5: Deepfake Executive Fraud
YouTube video by What The Hack Show
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I recently joined Sysdig's What The Hack show in this episode examining Deepfake executive fraud, discussing why it has become such an issue and how to prevent it.
(Also, you can nose at the LEGO sets behind me.)
Thanks to @maliciarogue.bsky.social for having me!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UKq...
(Also, you can nose at the LEGO sets behind me.)
Thanks to @maliciarogue.bsky.social for having me!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UKq...
Woke up everyone in the house yelling at this as it happened on the TV. I was 8 years old. 🥲
#OnThisDay in ’94, in the season-ending #AusGP at Adelaide, Damon Hill was cynically nerfed out of the #F1 drivers’ world championship by Michael Schumacher. 😔
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Woke up everyone in the house yelling at this as it happened on the TV. I was 8 years old. 🥲
Me: Got an early start in order to be in central London for a cybersecurity conference first thing tomorrow morning, so got to get to bed and go to sleep at a reasonable time.
Also me:
Also me:
November 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Me: Got an early start in order to be in central London for a cybersecurity conference first thing tomorrow morning, so got to get to bed and go to sleep at a reasonable time.
Also me:
Also me:
I'm feeling bad and guilty about having not being very productive with actual work today. But on the other hand I've put out a couple of posts across social media which are gaining good traction and isn't that the real victory?
(No, it's completing commissions to get paid...)
(No, it's completing commissions to get paid...)
November 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I'm feeling bad and guilty about having not being very productive with actual work today. But on the other hand I've put out a couple of posts across social media which are gaining good traction and isn't that the real victory?
(No, it's completing commissions to get paid...)
(No, it's completing commissions to get paid...)
I recently joined Sysdig's What The Hack show in this episode examining Deepfake executive fraud, discussing why it has become such an issue and how to prevent it.
(Also, you can nose at the LEGO sets behind me.)
Thanks to @maliciarogue.bsky.social for having me!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UKq...
(Also, you can nose at the LEGO sets behind me.)
Thanks to @maliciarogue.bsky.social for having me!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UKq...
S2 E5: Deepfake Executive Fraud
YouTube video by What The Hack Show
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I recently joined Sysdig's What The Hack show in this episode examining Deepfake executive fraud, discussing why it has become such an issue and how to prevent it.
(Also, you can nose at the LEGO sets behind me.)
Thanks to @maliciarogue.bsky.social for having me!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UKq...
(Also, you can nose at the LEGO sets behind me.)
Thanks to @maliciarogue.bsky.social for having me!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UKq...
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I had to use a VPN to submit my PhD thesis to the university repository.
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I had to use a VPN to submit my PhD thesis to the university repository.
Once again, I am asking the powers that be to have a basic grasp of how the Internet and actual online safety works. It isn't VPNs which are putting people at risk...
Signed, a journalist who has been covering cybersecurity for well over a decade.
Signed, a journalist who has been covering cybersecurity for well over a decade.
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Once again, I am asking the powers that be to have a basic grasp of how the Internet and actual online safety works. It isn't VPNs which are putting people at risk...
Signed, a journalist who has been covering cybersecurity for well over a decade.
Signed, a journalist who has been covering cybersecurity for well over a decade.
It's only taken over a year for them to do so, but the cat has actually taken to using their cat bed.
November 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
It's only taken over a year for them to do so, but the cat has actually taken to using their cat bed.
it's a game very much based on early 00s teen/high school comedies and It looks so dumb. (So, 10/10, clearly.)
www.gamespot.com/articles/thi...
www.gamespot.com/articles/thi...
This New PC Game Lets Players Live Out Their Teen Comedy Dreams
American Pie and other early 2000s teen comedies inspired the upcoming game Agefield High: Rock the School.
www.gamespot.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
it's a game very much based on early 00s teen/high school comedies and It looks so dumb. (So, 10/10, clearly.)
www.gamespot.com/articles/thi...
www.gamespot.com/articles/thi...
What do you mean Fallout: New Vegas came out 15 years ago? etc 🥲
Fallout mod lets you explore post-apocalyptic California boingboing.net/2025/11/11/a...
Fallout mod lets you explore post-apocalyptic California
The world of Fallout: New Vegas is still getting bigger 15 years after release. Fancy a Californian vacation?
boingboing.net
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
What do you mean Fallout: New Vegas came out 15 years ago? etc 🥲
I, a journalist/writer type, get social media ads suggesting I apply to join the intelligence services on an alarmingly regular basis.
But anyone who has met me would likely agree that I'm too hapless and weird to be a spy. (Or AM I?👀)
But anyone who has met me would likely agree that I'm too hapless and weird to be a spy. (Or AM I?👀)
Tbh It would be really embarrassing to have a whole infamous spy agency and then be defeated in military operations by a reporter. Zero offense or Bellingcat.
Russian state media are today alleging that a Bellingcat reporter was involved in an attempt to hijack a Russian fighter plane.
We would like to make clear that Bellingcat had absolutely no involvement in the alleged activities and the accusations towards us are entirely false.
We would like to make clear that Bellingcat had absolutely no involvement in the alleged activities and the accusations towards us are entirely false.
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I, a journalist/writer type, get social media ads suggesting I apply to join the intelligence services on an alarmingly regular basis.
But anyone who has met me would likely agree that I'm too hapless and weird to be a spy. (Or AM I?👀)
But anyone who has met me would likely agree that I'm too hapless and weird to be a spy. (Or AM I?👀)
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I have another Reddit AMA scheduled! Tell your youts! www.reddit.com/r/SecurityCare...
Reddit - The heart of the internet
www.reddit.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I have another Reddit AMA scheduled! Tell your youts! www.reddit.com/r/SecurityCare...
Clearly the answer as it always is for these sorts of things is that Bond should regenerate into David Tennant.
November 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Clearly the answer as it always is for these sorts of things is that Bond should regenerate into David Tennant.