Tom Copes Personal Websitehttps://tomcope.com/https://tomcope.com/blog/2026-03-26-cert-manager-threat-model/https://tomcope.com/blog/2026-03-26-cert-manager-threat-model/Collaboration with the cert-manager project team to produce their first threat model!Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/rant/2026-02-12-github-ai/https://tomcope.com/rant/2026-02-12-github-ai/An odd interaction with GitHub AIThu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/event/2026-01-15-epsom-college/https://tomcope.com/event/2026-01-15-epsom-college/Epsom College AI Debate Networking Evening and PanelThu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/event/2025-12-13-bsides-london/https://tomcope.com/event/2025-12-13-bsides-london/Visiting BSides London again! For 2025Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/talk/2025-12-03-woking-college/https://tomcope.com/talk/2025-12-03-woking-college/I presented a talk at Woking College giving advice to students about their career, my person journey and how to kick start a career in Cyber SecurityWed, 03 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/event/2025-11-14-bsides-basingstoke-mini-meet-nov-2025/https://tomcope.com/event/2025-11-14-bsides-basingstoke-mini-meet-nov-2025/'How Polygraphs work' talk at BSides BasingstokeFri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/exploit/2025-08-10-codegate-exploit/https://tomcope.com/exploit/2025-08-10-codegate-exploit/A walkthrough of a CORS issue I found in the CodeGate AI Security Product.Sun, 10 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/talk/2025-08-07-defcon33/https://tomcope.com/talk/2025-08-07-defcon33/My First time visiting DEFCON! and Presenting my talk on Domain Fronting at the Malware Village!Thu, 07 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/talk/2025-06-25-bsides-basingstoke-2025/https://tomcope.com/talk/2025-06-25-bsides-basingstoke-2025/Presenting 'IAM Very Confused' at BSides Basingstoke 2025Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/life/2025-05-09-digital-detox/https://tomcope.com/life/2025-05-09-digital-detox/Some advise from my digital detox adventuresFri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/event/2025-05-03-bsides-birmingham/https://tomcope.com/event/2025-05-03-bsides-birmingham/The first ever BSides Birmingham!Sat, 03 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/event/2025-04-29-dc4420/https://tomcope.com/event/2025-04-29-dc4420/My first ever visit to DC4420 after its long hiatus!Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/event/2025-04-23-microsoft-reactor-ai-security/https://tomcope.com/event/2025-04-23-microsoft-reactor-ai-security/Learning about the sharp edges of building AI powered systemsWed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/event/2025-04-11-bsides-basingstoke-mini-meet/https://tomcope.com/event/2025-04-11-bsides-basingstoke-mini-meet/Hanging out with Cyber Security PeepsFri, 11 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/event/2025-04-02-kube-con-2025/https://tomcope.com/event/2025-04-02-kube-con-2025/Let's learn more about K8s, opensource and have a crack at the CTF!Wed, 02 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/event/2025-02-13-google-mandiant/https://tomcope.com/event/2025-02-13-google-mandiant/War Stories from Mandiant Redteam engagementsThu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/event/2024-12-14-bsides-london-2024/https://tomcope.com/event/2024-12-14-bsides-london-2024/Back to BSides London for 2024!Sat, 14 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/ctf/2024-10-18-surrey-cluster-ctf/https://tomcope.com/ctf/2024-10-18-surrey-cluster-ctf/I competed in the Surrey Cyber Security Cluster CTF!Fri, 18 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/talk/2024-10-12-glasgow-hackathon-and-ctf/https://tomcope.com/talk/2024-10-12-glasgow-hackathon-and-ctf/I built and ran a CTF workshop of the Glasgow Uni Hackathon and CTF WeekendSat, 12 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/event/2024-09-18-44con-2024/https://tomcope.com/event/2024-09-18-44con-2024/I visited 44Con 2024 to stay up today on the latest Cyber Security News!Wed, 18 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/talk/2024-07-19-bsides-basingtoke-presentation/https://tomcope.com/talk/2024-07-19-bsides-basingtoke-presentation/I presented at BSides Basingstoke a talk on Trusted Computing and Backdooring Linux full disk encryptionFri, 19 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/event/2024-03-18-microsoft-ai-security/https://tomcope.com/event/2024-03-18-microsoft-ai-security/I attended the Microsoft Future of Cyber Summit - 'Security in the age of AI' event.Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/talk/2024-02-03-imperial-hackathon/https://tomcope.com/talk/2024-02-03-imperial-hackathon/I attended the London Imperial College Hackathon 2024 promoting a career in Cyber SecuritySat, 03 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/talk/2024-01-19-bsides-basingstoke-mini-meet/https://tomcope.com/talk/2024-01-19-bsides-basingstoke-mini-meet/I presented at the January BSides Basingstoke Mini Meet "A Phish too Far - Experiences in Targeted Phishing Incident Response"Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/event/2023-12-09-bsides-london/https://tomcope.com/event/2023-12-09-bsides-london/I visited BSides London to stay up to date on the latest Cyber Security News!Sat, 09 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/talk/2023-10-12-southampton-university/https://tomcope.com/talk/2023-10-12-southampton-university/I presented at Southampton University a talk on "A Phish too far"Thu, 12 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/talk/2023-02-13-spark-presentation/https://tomcope.com/talk/2023-02-13-spark-presentation/I presented at a local school about the benefits of a career in cybersecurity.Mon, 13 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/talk/2023-01-07-cambridge-presentation/https://tomcope.com/talk/2023-01-07-cambridge-presentation/I presented at Cambridge University a talk on "That's expensively weird - a deep dive into cloud incident response"Sat, 07 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/blog/2022-12-15-data-protection-fireside-chat/https://tomcope.com/blog/2022-12-15-data-protection-fireside-chat/A Christmas themed fireside chat video reviewing the Data protection space in 2022 and predictions for 2023.Thu, 15 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/blog/2022-12-02-iso-27001-2022/https://tomcope.com/blog/2022-12-02-iso-27001-2022/My thoughts on Data Protection within the new ISO 27001 2022 standardFri, 02 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/blog/2022-12-01-quoted/https://tomcope.com/blog/2022-12-01-quoted/Living document of places I've been quoted when asked to comment on Cyber-security NewsThu, 01 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/talk/2022-11-21-cranford-careers-fair/https://tomcope.com/talk/2022-11-21-cranford-careers-fair/I represented Qush at a Careers fair to help students get a understanding of working in Cyber SecurityMon, 21 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/talk/2022-07-15-bsides-basingtoke-presentation/https://tomcope.com/talk/2022-07-15-bsides-basingtoke-presentation/I presented to BSides Basingstoke a talk on the process of ethical hackingFri, 15 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/talk/2022-05-21-new-castle-uni-presentation/https://tomcope.com/talk/2022-05-21-new-castle-uni-presentation/Presentation I gave at Newcastle University about the importance of ethical hacking and own personal security research experiencesSat, 21 May 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/exploit/2021-07-19-ibm-hmc-exploit-cve-2021-29707/https://tomcope.com/exploit/2021-07-19-ibm-hmc-exploit-cve-2021-29707/A walkthrough of CVE-2021-29707 - IBM HMC local restricted shell user to rootMon, 19 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/fix/2021-01-28-ibm-x-series-boot-hanging/https://tomcope.com/fix/2021-01-28-ibm-x-series-boot-hanging/How to fix a stuck server boot screen for an IBM System x3650 M4 server after upgrading the RAID CardThu, 28 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/exploit/2020-10-21-ibm-datapower-exploit-cve-2020-5014/https://tomcope.com/exploit/2020-10-21-ibm-datapower-exploit-cve-2020-5014/A walkthrough of CVE-2020-5014 - SSRF leading to RCE Exploit I discovered in IBM DatapowerWed, 21 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/post/2020-07-17-debugging-valorant/https://tomcope.com/post/2020-07-17-debugging-valorant/Debugging Valorants Error 21 using Windows SystoolsFri, 17 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/event/2020-06-13-nahamcon-ctf/https://tomcope.com/event/2020-06-13-nahamcon-ctf/NahamCon CTF 2020 WriteupSat, 13 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/tutorial/2020-02-20-docker-setuid-setguid/https://tomcope.com/tutorial/2020-02-20-docker-setuid-setguid/A tutorial on how Docker handles setuid & setgid bitsThu, 20 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/story/2019-12-05-zip-encryption/https://tomcope.com/story/2019-12-05-zip-encryption/Breaking into zip files with a know plain text attack.Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/story/2019-11-15-quick-and-dirty-reverse-engineering/https://tomcope.com/story/2019-11-15-quick-and-dirty-reverse-engineering/Dumping process memory for quick reverse engineering winsFri, 15 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://tomcope.com/event/2019-06-09-oxford-foundry-ctf/https://tomcope.com/event/2019-06-09-oxford-foundry-ctf/My experience participating in the Oxford Foundry CTF event hosted by the Oxford Competitive Computer Society, where I ranked third. I share solutions to my favorite challenges including Pipes, ehlo, and Corruption.Sun, 09 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT