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Rob Rothwell

@rothwell.bsky.social
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ICS/OT security nerd in Scotland. Breaking computers in new ways since the age of 7. Often grumpy about the state of the world.

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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
What kind of bullshit is this? It's a clock FFS. It should just work
Screenshot of the Windows 11 Clock app stating "Clock needs an update. We are getting the update ready for you"
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Well this has definitely cheered me up this morning x.com/LizWebsterSB... #ReformScum
x.com
Liz Webster on X: "🧵 How Farage’s latest scandal could unfold 👇 ⭐ 1. If the evidence is as strong as it looks, a Clacton by-election becomes a real possibility. Election law is strict. The candidate and the agent are personally liable. If undeclared spending is proven and if the scale is" / X
🧵 How Farage’s latest scandal could unfold 👇 ⭐ 1. If the evidence is as strong as it looks, a Clacton by-election becomes a real possibility. Election law is strict. The candidate and the agent are personally liable. If undeclared spending is proven and if the scale is
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
I'm sure there's a nerdy joke here, but I can't find it 🤪
A photo of hotel room 404
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Ok now this is getting to be unacceptable impacts from cyber incidents. They've got the beer!! Noooooo www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Japanese brewing giant Asahi hit by cyber-attack
The brewer says the attack hit shipping and customer service operations, but its European business is not affected.
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Garbage in, garbage out!
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Best to keep kids off social media as long as you can IMO, but if not, this is probably a good thing about.fb.com/news/2025/09...
about.fb.com
Hundreds of Millions of Teens Are Now in Teen Accounts, Plus We’re Adding More Support for Schools and Teachers
We’re further expanding Teen Accounts and helping educators report safety concerns for quicker review.
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
About bloody time! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Starmer announces formal UK recognition of Palestinian state
Canada and Australia also announced the move on Sunday, with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu accusing leaders of giving a
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Listen up people, @pancakescon.com is on right now!! Head to pancakescon.com/2025-confere... to join the fun. #cyber #infosec #conference #pancakes
pancakescon.com
2025 Conference Information
PancakesCon 6 stream links are as follows, and ComfyCon will be cross-streamed for the 8 hours prior to the conference on Track 1: Recordings of talks are available on our YouTube, starting approxi…
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Cynthia Brumfield @metacurity.com · 19/09/2025
This is awesome.
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Dave Lee @davelee.me · 19/09/2025
Dutch late night TV has its take
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PancakesCon Infosec Conference @pancakescon.com · 18/09/2025
PancakesCon & @comfyconau.bsky.social are THIS SUNDAY, September 21st. Here are some final notes on how to make the most of virtual conferences and where to find useful information! pancakescon.com/2025/09/17/f...
pancakescon.com
Final Pre-Conference Notes for 2025
PancakesCon is this coming Sunday, the 21st of September (running into the 22nd for some of us!). It will start at 6AM Central US Time (Chicago), for a very good reason. No, I have not become a mor…
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I'm delighted to be speaking at @pancakescon.com this weekend! Tune in before 1420 UK/ 0820 US for "Getting OT Cyber Done 200 Miles from Shore / The Role of Charity Trustees"
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
When on earth is the international community going to do something FFS www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world's leading experts say
The world's leading association of genocide scholars cited several actions by Israel, including attacks on the healthcare sector and the killing of children.
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
PSA/Rant: Micro$oft is retiring SharePoint alerts in the next couple of months. You can replicate a couple of bits of functionality in Power(Stuff) but not all of it #ffs The retirement notice: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/... Another post from M$ learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answer...
learn.microsoft.com
Sharepoint Manage Alerts Retiring- Power Automate Template Alternative - Microsoft Q&A
Hello, I receive a notice that MS intends to retire its Manage Alerts feature in SharePoint, and is suggesting we use Power Automate as an alternative. This news is disappointing to head as it will a...
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Currently re-reading Brave New World. Don't think it was intended as a template for the world, but it sometimes feels like it was treated as one. Wouldn't mind some soma though.
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
UK police being cunty on behalf of the Israeli cunt lords
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Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
theguardian.com
‘Humanitarian city’ would be concentration camp for Palestinians, says former Israeli PM
Ehud Olmert says forcing people into camp would be ethnic cleansing, and anger at Israel is not all down to antisemitism
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Israel wants to build their very own ghettos. Where have we seen that before I wonder? apnews.com/article/isra...
apnews.com
Israel outlines plans to pack Gaza's population into a closed border zone. Here's a closer look
Israeli media reports that the country’s defense minister has outlined plans to pack hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into a closed zone of the Gaza Strip along the border with Egypt.
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Apparently running is good for me 🥵
Photo of Rob bright red and dripping with sweat. Standing outside on a nice day
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
I've got my CFP submission into @pancakescon.com PancakesCon 6 for the first time ever. Waiting eagerly until the results next month
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Really useful writeup on RDP forensics. I've spent a bunch of time trying to figure this out in the past and it's not particularly obvious in many case. thelocalh0st.github.io/posts/rdp/
thelocalh0st.github.io
Dissecting RDP Activity
A minimal, responsive technical writing.
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
@cybersafetyguy.com makes some good points
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Needs to work on stakeholder management. Prepare the ground before making the ask.
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Israel really are looking like a bunch of genocidal cunts www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Last hospital in North Gaza governorate evacuated after Israeli order
Al-Awda, the last functioning hospital in the North Gaza governorate, is out of service after the Israeli military ordered its evacuation.
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Gorgeous day for the Scottish Cup victory parade in Aberdeen!
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
The machines are nearing sentience, just like The Matrix predicted www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
AI system resorts to blackmail if told it will be removed
In a fictional scenario, the model was willing to expose that the engineer seeking to replace it was having an affair.
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
A nice illustration of why supply chain security is so important! www.reuters.com/sustainabili... #cybersecurity #icssecurity #otsecurity
reuters.com
Ghost in the machine? Rogue communication devices found in Chinese inverters
U.S. energy officials are reassessing the risk posed by Chinese-made devices that play a critical role in renewable energy infrastructure after unexplained communication equipment was found inside some of them, two people familiar with the matter said.
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Bryan Adams can still put on a good show!
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Drone powered boxing gloves at a gig. Wheres my RF jammer when I need it 🤪
A large silver boxing gloves flying across the crowd at an indoor gig
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
This is the only good use for Copilot in MS Word that I've found
Screenshot of the Copilot sidebar from MS Word. The first and only prompt is "how do i disable copilot in MS Word". Copilot then responds with instructions on how to do so.
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Israel are looking a lot like the cunts here www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Red Cross chief says Gaza is 'hell on earth' as Israeli assault continues
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
A thought provoking commentary on a very hard hitting drama. Worth a read. happyfamilies.com.au/articles/rev...
happyfamilies.com.au
Raising Boys: What 'Adolescence' (Netflix) Reveals - Happy Families
The Netflix show 'Adolescence' exposes the crisis facing boys today, exploring masculinity, social media's impact, and what parents must do to help.
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I love seeing stories like this! www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/cyberfi... #infosec #internationalwomensday
ncsc.gov.uk
CyberFirst Girls triumph in national cyber competition at iconic Jodrell Bank
Teams from across the UK have been crowned CyberFirst Girls Competition champions.
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Scaremongering bullshit #infosec headline! www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/half-or... "50% of global orgs were hit by an OT security incident in the last year" Actually: 26.7% had one. Out of 180 respondents worldwide. Hardly a representative sample. Surely both OPSWAT and SANS can do better
infosecurity-magazine.com
Over Half of Organizations Report Serious OT Security Incidents
New SANS Institute research finds that 50% of global organizations were hit by an OT security incident in the past year
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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 10/03/2025
Umm, this is big COVID vaccine news. Nobody tell RFK Jr. Original thread at link below. THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]
Abstract
The ongoing emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) variants of concern that reduce the effectiveness of antibody therapeutics necessitates development of next-generation antibody modalities that are resilient to viral evolution. Here, we characterized amino-terminal domain (NTD) - and receptor binding domain (RBD)-specific monoclonal antibodies previously
isolated from COVID-19 convalescent donors for their activity against emergent
SARS-CoV-2 VOCs.
Among these, NTD-specific antibody C1596
displayed the greatest breadth of binding to VOCs, with cryo-electron microscopy structural analysis revealing recognition of a distinct NTD epitope outside of the site i antigenic supersite. Given C1596's
favorable binding profile, we designed a series of bispecific antibodies (bsAbs), termed CoV2-biRNs, that featured both NTD & RBD specificities.
Two of the C1596-inclusive bsAbs, CoV2-biRN5 and CoV2-biRN7, retained potent in vitro neutralization activity against all Omicron variants tested, including XBB.1.5, BA.2.86, and JN.1, contrasting the diminished potency of parental antibodies delivered as monotherapies or as a cocktail. Furthermore, prophylactic delivery of CoV2-biRN5 reduced viral load within the lungs of K18-hACE2 mice after challenge with SARS-CoV-2 XBB.1.5. In conclusion, NTD-RBD bsAbs offer promising potential for the design of resilient, next-generation antibody therapeutics against SARS-CoV-2 VOCs.Diagram showing NTD Antibody + RBD Antibody leading to a combination labeled CoV2-biRNMore realistic diagram rather than the previous geometric one, showing NTD and RBD before and after the new approach has attached itself.
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... If this is true, the Israeli government is quite obviously a bunch of cunts
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Somehow I don't think this is a good thing www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #infosec
theguardian.com
Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats
Recent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: ‘Putin is on the inside now’
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Given the current trend for big companies to brown nose Trump by dropping anything lgbtq+ or DEI related, it's refreshing to walk into the lego shop and see this front and centre #EveryoneIsAwesome
Photo of lego set 40516 showing mini figures in the lgbtq+ rainbow
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
How about the government fucks off! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
UK government demands access to Apple users' encrypted data
The Home Office served the notice to the tech giant under the Investigatory Powers Act.
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
I like this advice from Interpol - using "Pig Butchering" is a degrading label for victims of a rather nasty type of fraud www.wired.com/story/interp...
wired.com
Stop Calling Online Scams ‘Pig Butchering,’ Interpol Warns
Experts say the catchall term for online fraud furthers harm against victims and could dissuade people from reporting attempts to bilk them out of their money.
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Quite pleased I persuaded a charity to not buy Tesla Powerwall this week at a trustee meeting It wasn't hard tbh, but feels worthwhile
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
This is odd. It would cost me *more* to drop some features to the "lower cost" version
Microsoft Family 365 subscription options page:
Currently on M365 Family (with AI) for £73.49/year.
The "lower cost without AI" option M365 Family Classic is mor expensive at £79.99/year
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Well this is a good start to the day! I'll get FTTP probably in the next couple of years.
An email from Openreach saying that my house has been added to Fibre to the Premises installation plans. No date yet.

The email has a header picture of a teen boy with cool hair celebrating
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
UK Government has a consultation on the thorny issues of banning ransomware payments and/or introducing a mandatory reporting regime. Give your thoughts at www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/your-sa... #ransomware #consultation #uk #infosec #cybersecurity
ncsc.gov.uk
New proposals to counter ransomware: Have your say
Help shape the proposals aimed at striking a significant blow to the ransomware criminal business model in the UK.
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
ooh i've been blocked for the first time on here. thanks bsky.app/profile/list...
bsky.app
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
UK Government is running a consultation on how copyright law should be amended to allow AI developers to train their models on your work www.gov.uk/government/c... It's well worth responding to if you want to stay in control of your work!
gov.uk
Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
For Maths fans, 2025 is a square. 45² = 45 x 45 = 2025 Also, 9² x 5² = 2025 40² + 20² + 5² = 2025 My favourite? 1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025 #Mathematics #teaching #education
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
I may get into trouble for this one
Before & after pic of a bottle of chocolate wine & two chocolate oranges, then wrapped up to look like a large dildo
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Rob Rothwell @rothwell.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Definitely a compliment for Recorded Futures! therecord.media/recorded-fut...?
therecord.media
Moscow lists Recorded Future as 'undesirable' organization
Russia's Prosecutor General's Office declared Record Future "undesirable," a designation prohibits Russians from working with the cybersecurity company.
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