Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @thezdi
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
233
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-21
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-30
Tweets covering
9 days
Average age of authors' accounts
8 years
Summarization
The tweets cover various topics related to the Pwn2Own event in Vancouver, including participants winning awards and exploiting vulnerabilities in Ubuntu and industrial systems. There are also comments on reporting times for exploits, discussions about Tesla cars, and mentions of Trend Micro's involvement in AI and cybersecurity. Followers are encouraged to stay updated on the event via the ZDI blog.
Topic Modeling
- Pwn2Own event
- Security vulnerabilities
- Tesla Model S vs Model 3
- ChatGPT and AI
- Cyber risk in AI
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express a mix of positive and negative emotions. There is excitement and gratitude expressed for participating in Pwn2Own and winning awards. However, there is also frustration and sarcasm towards the reporting of exploit completion time and the type of Tesla model used in the competition. Additionally, there is a concern expressed about the reliability of AI weapons for cyber risk. Overall, the emotions in these tweets are varied and reflect a range of experiences and attitudes towards cybersecurity competitions and trends.
Trend Analysis
- Pwn2Own event and exploits
- Discussion of reporting metrics and meaning of exploit success
- Recognition of winning teams and individuals
- Use of ChatGPT in the hacking event
- Trending topic on cybersecurity and AI
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
69
Percentage of total tweets
29%
Number of Original tweets
24
Percentage of total tweets
10%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
233
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
138
Percentage of total tweets
59%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
5
Percentage of total tweets
2%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
74
Percentage of total tweets
31%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
Source | Count |
---|---|
Twitter Web App | 80 |
Twitter for iPhone | 69 |
Twitter for Android | 55 |
Trend Micro | 13 |
Sprinklr | 4 |
What devices were used to tweet

Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
Jhaddix | Jason Haddix | Security Researcher and CISO @buddobot Father, hacker, educator, gamer, & nerd. exCitrix, exRedspin, exFortify, exHP, exBugcrowd, exUbisoft. | 124,400 |
TrendMicro | Trend Micro | We're a global leader in cybersecurity that helps make the world safe for exchanging digital information. | 114,468 |
UK_Daniel_Card | mRr3b00t | 真理的揭露者 Quis custodiet ipsos custodes fella in cyberspace #nafo undercover #fella #meme #farm #appreciator #cyber #specialist 🇬🇧🇺🇦 | 63,954 |
securityaffairs | Pierluigi Paganini - Security Affairs | Founder of Security Affairs, CYBHORUS, and Cybaze. Member Ad-Hoc Working Group on Cyber Threat Landscapes, Ethical Hacker, Security Evangelist, Security Analyst | 35,403 |
FuzzySec | b33f | 🇺🇦✊ | 意志 / Antiquarian @ IBM Adversary Services / Ex-TORE ⚔️🦅 / Undocumented / I rewrite pointers and read memory / Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis | 28,877 |
daveaitel | Dave Aitel | Cyber Security Researcher | Policy Analyst | Partner at https://t.co/OpZchMm8Sz | @dave_aitel@mastodon.social | 28,443 |
skocherhan | Serhii Kocherhan | 👨💻 | 24,346 |
Laughing_Mantis | Greg Linares (Mantis) | Infosec. Computer Goth. Musician. Autistic. Art @MalwareArt. 3 x Pwnie Nominee. Blue & Red team. VXer. Chronic Illness Fighter. I love Smite & Synths | 23,927 |
wdormann | Will Dormann | I play with vulnerabilities and exploits. @wdormann@infosec.exchange | 20,657 |
DigitalGuardian | Digital Guardian | Provider of data protection solutions and services that have secured businesses around the world since 2003. A key part of @FortraOfficial. | 17,975 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
skocherhan | Serhii Kocherhan | 👨💻 | 26,830 |
DigitalGuardian | Digital Guardian | Provider of data protection solutions and services that have secured businesses around the world since 2003. A key part of @FortraOfficial. | 13,977 |
AmazingChevVolt | Thomas J Thias / Clean Energy Retort™ 517-749-0532 | New's, Information & Opinion / Interactive On Surging Global #ElectricFueledVehicle, #RenewableEnergy, #EnergyStorage, #Sustainability, #AI & #IoT Industry's | 7,837 |
Jhaddix | Jason Haddix | Security Researcher and CISO @buddobot Father, hacker, educator, gamer, & nerd. exCitrix, exRedspin, exFortify, exHP, exBugcrowd, exUbisoft. | 7,134 |
UK_Daniel_Card | mRr3b00t | 真理的揭露者 Quis custodiet ipsos custodes fella in cyberspace #nafo undercover #fella #meme #farm #appreciator #cyber #specialist 🇬🇧🇺🇦 | 6,062 |
NW52231773 | NW | - | 5,000 |
securityaffairs | Pierluigi Paganini - Security Affairs | Founder of Security Affairs, CYBHORUS, and Cybaze. Member Ad-Hoc Working Group on Cyber Threat Landscapes, Ethical Hacker, Security Evangelist, Security Analyst | 4,217 |
128bitcoins | David Asem | 🦧 🦍 #NERD #Ai #BTC @AGREinc @defcon #Bitcoin Maxi Fuck You Money #2ADVcoin | 4,174 |
TrendMicro | Trend Micro | We're a global leader in cybersecurity that helps make the world safe for exchanging digital information. | 4,105 |
darkfloyd1014 | Mr. Anthony 安東尼 | VXCON chair @vxresearch. Blackhat Asia / HITB/ IEEE Syscon Reviewer. DEFCON speaker/fan. Love animals | 3,590 |
Most active users
Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
---|---|---|
AmazingChevVolt | New's, Information & Opinion / Interactive On Surging Global #ElectricFueledVehicle, #RenewableEnergy, #EnergyStorage, #Sustainability, #AI & #IoT Industry's | 9 |
5G_Security_ | 5G and Network Security. I write about Private 5G from business side. | 5 |
Diefunction | Rayan Althobaiti, @SynackRedTeam Researcher, Cybersecurity engineer at Technology Control Company, @hackthebox_eu Member. RAYAN@LINUX.COM | 4 |
wh0cares1337 | Dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum. I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am. | 4 |
abdhariri | Opinions expressed here are my own. | 4 |
TrendMicro | We're a global leader in cybersecurity that helps make the world safe for exchanging digital information. | 4 |
maurotedesco68 | - | 3 |
HackSysTeam | Vulnerability Research, Kernel Exploitation, Reverse Engineering, Exploit Development, Program Analysis, Malware Research, Web, Machine Learning | 3 |
grpc22 | Soy un man descomplicado, amante de la buena música (ROOOOCK), la tecnología, videojuegos, mi profesión y mi familia. | 3 |
wdormann | I play with vulnerabilities and exploits. @wdormann@infosec.exchange | 3 |
Tweets per day

Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
ID | Text | Retweet count |
---|---|---|
1639334164892913665 | I just pwned the latest Ubuntu at Pwn2Own despite the unexpected release yesterday! This is my first in-person Pwn2Own event! And I'm so grateful to @thezdi for this amazing event! https://t.co/2VfYcBIv9n | 26 |
1638790200993398785 | Two security researchers from @Claroty used ChatGPT to help them win @thezdi’s hack-a-thon by having the AI bot write code to exploit vulnerabilities in industrial systems. | via @WSJ https://t.co/lo2GIqaKXR https://t.co/zAHhZ5zbaR | 17 |
1639016101173395456 | The team at @Synacktiv just earned the first-ever Tier 2 award at #Pwn2Own! Follow @thezdi for details. https://t.co/PATJRuUAr5 | 7 |
1638745514530201600 | @thezdi @testanull @starlabs_sg Can we stop playing this game with reporting how many seconds it took? An exploit took 30 seconds to complete? Fine. How many seconds did it take to develop it from start to finish? | 7 |
1640568675718537217 | "Today’s #ChatGPT is too unpredictable to be a reliable weapon on its own, but that won’t always be the case," says Dustin Childs, CISSP from Trend Micro's @thezdi. Read more in this recent @WSJ article on #cyberrisk in #AI. https://t.co/tbHB9YwiV1 | 3 |
1639348601175547905 | The final day of #Pwn2Own Vancouver is on! Follow @thezdi and stay tuned for live updates on the ZDI blog. #P2OVancouver https://t.co/cohFyd6qfV | 2 |
1639476563501776896 | @thezdi @starlabs_sg congrats waiting for release | 1 |
1638881374513012738 | @thezdi @testanull @starlabs_sg Successful? ✅ <nth> attempt? ✅ <n> seconds? ❌ Reporting how many seconds it took for the EXPLOIT ITSELF to successfully run is meaningless. Readers unfamiliar w/ the industry will think: <foo> sat down and decided to target <thing>, and <n> seconds later they were in. Don't. | 1 |
1638652160802975744 | @thezdi @Synacktiv W | 1 |
1638953617431339044 | @thezdi @abdhariri @HaboobSa 🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦 | 1 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
ID | Text | Like count |
---|---|---|
1639334164892913665 | I just pwned the latest Ubuntu at Pwn2Own despite the unexpected release yesterday! This is my first in-person Pwn2Own event! And I'm so grateful to @thezdi for this amazing event! https://t.co/2VfYcBIv9n | 443 |
1638745514530201600 | @thezdi @testanull @starlabs_sg Can we stop playing this game with reporting how many seconds it took? An exploit took 30 seconds to complete? Fine. How many seconds did it take to develop it from start to finish? | 73 |
1638897112489263104 | @thezdi @passthebeano @Synacktiv That’s a Model S, not a Model 3 so I guess this whole thing is a con? | 34 |
1639016101173395456 | The team at @Synacktiv just earned the first-ever Tier 2 award at #Pwn2Own! Follow @thezdi for details. https://t.co/PATJRuUAr5 | 31 |
1638790200993398785 | Two security researchers from @Claroty used ChatGPT to help them win @thezdi’s hack-a-thon by having the AI bot write code to exploit vulnerabilities in industrial systems. | via @WSJ https://t.co/lo2GIqaKXR https://t.co/zAHhZ5zbaR | 24 |
1638861799968890880 | @thezdi @Synacktiv This is Model S on that photo, not Model 3. | 21 |
1639069134817226753 | @thezdi @Synacktiv lol obviously that was not the vehicle they won | 20 |
1638881374513012738 | @thezdi @testanull @starlabs_sg Successful? ✅ <nth> attempt? ✅ <n> seconds? ❌ Reporting how many seconds it took for the EXPLOIT ITSELF to successfully run is meaningless. Readers unfamiliar w/ the industry will think: <foo> sat down and decided to target <thing>, and <n> seconds later they were in. Don't. | 13 |
1638994252880576513 | @JDHall @thezdi @passthebeano @Synacktiv What kind of reasoning is that? | 10 |
1639087985122590726 | @thezdi @Synacktiv The power of croissants | 9 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets

Top 10 Hashtags used
Hashtag | Count |
---|---|
#pwn2own | 66 |
#p2ovancouver | 36 |
#tesla | 10 |
#cybersecurity | 3 |
#adobe | 3 |
#chatgpt | 3 |
#hacking | 3 |
#security | 2 |
#cyberrisk | 2 |
#ai | 2 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets

Top 10 mentions
Mention | Count |
---|---|
@thezdi | 233 |
@synacktiv | 76 |
@abdhariri | 38 |
@starlabs_sg | 31 |
@testanull | 22 |
@haboobsa | 20 |
@ky1ebot | 18 |
@masthoon | 16 |
@trendmicro | 12 |
@wsj | 11 |
Top 10 mentions

Wordcloud of Tweets

Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
50
Emojis used in tweets
Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
---|---|---|
👏🏻 | 23 | clapping_hands_light_skin_tone |
🇸🇦 | 21 | Saudi_Arabia |
👏 | 14 | clapping_hands |
🔥 | 10 | fire |
😂 | 8 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
👀 | 6 | eyes |
👏🏼 | 3 | clapping_hands_medium-light_skin_tone |
🎉 | 2 | party_popper |
🏆 | 2 | trophy |
🤣 | 2 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
Emojis groups
Emoji Group | Count |
---|---|
People & Body | 56 |
Flags | 22 |
Smileys & Emotion | 17 |
Travel & Places | 10 |
Activities | 5 |
Symbols | 4 |
Animals & Nature | 2 |
Food & Drink | 1 |