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andydav.bsky.social

@andydav.bsky.social
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Focused on platform stability, security, and automation | SaaS enthusiast | Exploring AI tools and their security implications| Advocate for ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials compliance | Opinions mine

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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The more time I spend in corporate circles the more I get worried by people who naturally believe everything AI tells them blog.andydavenport.co.uk/is-ai-psycho... #ai #aipsychosis #tech
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Is AI really coming to steal all our jobs? blog.andydavenport.co.uk/will-ai-resu... #ai #aibubble #tech
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
GitHub charging for what is still subsidised usage is an interesting concept. Wait till they actually charge the real price. #ai
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Definitely not going to pass the business continuity aspect of an ISO audit that's for sure
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I'm not anti AI but giving it this kind of power is scary! www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
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Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds — backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic's Claude goes rogue
PocketOS founder blames ‘Cursor running Anthropic's flagship Claude Opus 4.6’ plus Railway’s infrastructure for data disaster.
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Like every tool in human history it is being overused. We don't need AI in everything but because they need people to use it heavily to justify the cost it's getting into places it shouldn't medium.com/design-bootc...
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The Toaster Problem: When AI Needs Demand
I read a story recently (ok fine, I watched a reel) and it made me realise we might be repeating the toaster era… with AI.
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Doesn't matter how strong the password is, it's breakable. Multifactor Auth or passkey are even better
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
All this talk of everyone being out of a job forgets one thing. Capitalism needs people to be buying things, to buy things people need money, to get money people need a job. Not to mention that if the majority of us aren't working we might look up and realise how corrupt the top 1% are
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nicole froio @nicolefroio.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
AI CEOs: this technology will change the way we live, job markets will shrink in 6 months, most people will be jobless soon People: ok so we hate AI and we don't want to use it AI CEOs: why won't you use AI? why?? why why??
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Is there an AI bubble or not and if there is, is it getting ready to burst? The subscription charges for Chatgpt and Claude are dwarfed by the cost of the compute demands of those users. Power users burn through tokens that equate to more than 10 times their subscription. #ai #aibubble
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
That in their words would "take their feature requests, make code changes and deploy it automatically". Do people really think we are at the point where this could be achieved so easily with a complex existing codebase?
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Today I spoke with the co-onwers of a company that has spent 7 years developing an in house CRM and job management platform. They wanted to replace their internal developer resource with ai tooling #ai #vibecoding
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Selena Larson @selenalarson.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
The greatest trick the tech industry ever pulled was calling incorrect outputs “hallucinations.” No, it’s not hallucinating or inventing things. It’s code. And it’s wrong.
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
The last three months have been a bit of a whirlwind. I've worked for 3 different companies in four different roles. Feels good to be in a steady position again. Although now I'm on a startup and building something new
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
SaaS platforms used in your organisation are one of your weaknesses for #infosec. You need to make sure you're securing them properly. #cyberawareness #cybersecurity www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/saas-br...
infosecurity-magazine.com
SaaS Breaches Skyrocket 300% as Traditional Defenses Fall Short
Obsidian found that threat actors are focusing on SaaS applications to steal sensitive data, with most organizations' security measures not set up to deal with these attacks
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Have control of your data. The US based social media companies can influence your feed and fyp page. Added to this meta and X can sell your data to anyone and that is the real business these companies are in. Data is the new oil
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Similarly, I don't buy into this whole manipulation by the algorithm being a danger. Similar algorithms are used on the other social media platforms and are just as likely to be misused. What it's really about is control. Control of data, if your on meta, x, threads or an US company then the US gov
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
The upcoming tiktok ban is interesting. With my infosec hat on the amount of data collected/given to tiktok is quiet scarry. But being realistic it's no worse than the amount of data being given to any other social media app. In fact some of the others are worse #infosec #cyberawareness #tiktokban
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Of course they do. Cheaper, less effort and legal 🤣. Anyone who thinks the tiktok ban is genuinely for protecting their data safety is misguided. It's just a matter of making sure it's the US government has it instead
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Don't think anyone is saying China is better, more that there's not really much difference between them having it or the US government. The main reason the US gov want to ban tiktok is because of the money being paid to them be US based social media companies who give them your data.
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Careful if you apply for that. When AI takes over it will know who shared or applied for these kinds of roles and be able to take retribution 🤣
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
This combined with Microsoft rolling out Recall says a lot about how these big tech companies view things. They're so keen to get an edge on their competitors they will cut corners
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Its all so true for many people
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Learn how to set up a secure, cost-effective VPN at home using PiVPN. Perfect for privacy-conscious tech enthusiasts. 🥧 #Cyberawareness #cybersecurity medium.com/@davenport.a...
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
For all of its interesting uses AI does introduce some serious infosec challenges. There's the headline grabbing ones like deep fakes but there's also the small ones like misinformation. When it comes to AI you should always validate the output. www.bbc.com/news/article... #infosec #cyberawareness
bbc.com
Apple Intelligence falsely claimed Luke Littler had already won
An AI-generated notification says the teen has won the tournament before the final is even played.
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
This is giving me Futurama hypnotoad vibes...
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
I know a few people who already follow the job description
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
I had a conversation with someone not long ago about the link between ransomware and crypto and whether ransomware would exist without crypto. It's an interesting question. I'm certainly existed first but would it be as popular without it. #cybersecurity #cyverawareness
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Yet another misconfiguration in AWS exposing data. Although you have to question who thought it was a good idea to put a memory dump somewhere unencrypted jalopnik.com/brothel-visi... #infosec #informationsecurity #cyberawareness #cybersexurity
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Brothel Visits Exposed In Volkswagen Location Data Leak
Leaked data showed the location of about 800,000 electric vehicles.
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
I’m going to be doing the 100 Push-Ups a Day Challenge this January to help raise money for Cancer Research UK. Please show your support and help fund life-saving research by donating to my page. fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/andrews...
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Andrew's Giving Page
Thanks for visiting my fundraising page. I’m going to be doing the 100 Push-Ups a Day Challenge this January to help raise money for Cancer Research UK. Please show your support and help fund life-sav...
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
This time 25 years ago we were all worried the world was going to end. Thankfully the entire IT industry had worked tirelessly to patch and update all these systems and avoid a possible catastrophe. Some times you can fully mitigate a risk! #infosec #informationsecurity #informationsystems
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
I'm not even sure the majority of orga care where their stuff is running. They just rely on the "shared responsibility" model crap and they ignore it
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Supply chain management is going to be a big thing for the next few years as people try to figure this out
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
It's definitely interesting that they've straight away said it's Chinese state backed hackers.
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Could be quite a bad one. Going to be interesting to watch
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Just when you think there can't be time for any more major security incidents this year... www.bbc.com/news/article... #cybersecurity #infosec #informationsecurity
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US Treasury says it was hacked by China
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
I always wondered why it wasn't set so that things like this default to private. It's something AWS have changed now but it still leaves a lot of old buckets out there set insecurely just because none really knew what they were doing
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Sometimes it's the simple things that trip you up. Securing an S3 bucket in AWS is relatively trivial but it's something that can be easily missed. #cybersecurity #infosec #informationsecurity www.techradar.com/pro/security...
techradar.com
This widely-used instant loan app leaks nearly 30 million files of user data
Mumbai-based company was storing sensitive data in an unprotected S3 bucket
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv... It really has been a busy year. The Salt typhoon actions look like they spill over into next year and I suspect only become worse as we find out more. It really highlights that your supply chain security is just as important. #infosec #cybersecurity
techradar.com
The 5 worst cyberattacks of 2024
The hacks that rocked the world
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
People only ever remember your failures. Y2K was only a non-event because of the hard work of a lot of people to make sure things got patched. Much like how all the hard work of people in cyber security never gets celebrated. #infosec #cybersecurity
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Totally agree, I work for a SaaS platform and quite often both colleagues and customers get confused about who is the data controller in a particular situation. With more and more data being stored in hosted systems it's blurred the line significantly
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
The thing that concerns me with the snowflake one is that something so data rich should have enforced mfa from the start, not just after a number of breaches. It's a similar conversation I had with my employer for years and only got agreement on after we saw customer accounts compromised
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
I thought Santander did report their breach and notify the impacted users. The thing with the snowflake breach is that the reporting has to be done by the data controller which isn't snowflake.
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
It's been an eventful year for cyber incidents. It's good to look back over them and just seen if there's any lessons you can learn as a security professional techcrunch.com/2024/12/26/b... #InfoSec #CyberSecurity #informationSecurity
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These were the badly handled data breaches of 2024 | TechCrunch
Blaming victims, months of silence, and suing security researchers all featured in cybersecurity in 2024.
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
If they consider that an advanced attack I dread to think what they consider a basic one
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Still one of the best
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
My experiences with zscaler and S1 have been extremely positive. Can definitely see why they are ones to watg
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andydav.bsky.social @andydav.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Change the default password on any internet connection device.
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