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Looking for a fun & cyberpunk-y way to flex your scripting muscles? Check out Bitburner—a distopian, relaxing hacking sim where you...

Looking for a fun & cyberpunk-y way to flex your scripting muscles? Check out Bitburner—a distopian, relaxing hacking sim where you write scripts to hack, automate, & grow your empire. https://danielyxie.github.io/bitburner/ #Infosec #HackingGames

A 35 year old Chinese man was arrested in Bangkok, driving around populated areas with a "SMS blaster" (fake base station) with a...

A 35 year old Chinese man was arrested in Bangkok, driving around populated areas with a "SMS blaster" (fake base station) with a 3km radius coverage sending ~1,000,000 phishing SMS messages per hour." Phone users within range received a message stating: “Your 9,268 points are about to expire! Hurry up and redeem your gift now”. This was followed by a URL for phishing website."

This is the arrest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LELn9cpMvs4

1. Nice music!
2. Nice setup!
3. Why so many LEDs tho? This ain't a Tuktuk!
4. I like the CYBER Police Jackets!

Last week, I found myself stranded at an airport for 24 hours thanks to the world's longest yet least effective security checks, which...

Last week, I found myself stranded at an airport for 24 hours thanks to the world's longest yet least effective security checks, which caused me to miss my connecting flight. While I'm sure there's a brilliant lesson or metaphor hidden in this ordeal, I seem to be missing the boarding call on that one.

New stickers to put on people's devices ⚠️​

New stickers to put on people's devices ⚠️​

I wrote about my perception of what risks AI brings to society in 2024. And it's not all about cybersecurity ;)...

I wrote about my perception of what risks AI brings to society in 2024. And it's not all about cybersecurity ;)
https://blog.held.codes/the-most-significant-ai-related-risks-in-2024-f3f672c46980

#artificialintelligence #cybersecurity #risk #cybersecuritynews #ai #scam #deepfakes

I find it very disconcerting that some German privacy concepts like https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Privacy or...

I find it very disconcerting that some German privacy concepts
like https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Privacy or https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gl%C3%A4serner_Mensch_%28Datenschutz%29 don't even exist in the English language. Not even as synonyms.

https://www.404media.co/google-telus-pays-50-to-scan-childrens-eyelid-shape-and-skin-tone/Yeah, nah. Come on people.

https://www.404media.co/google-telus-pays-50-to-scan-childrens-eyelid-shape-and-skin-tone/

Yeah, nah. Come on people.

New year's resolutions:"Bugfixes and improvements"

New year's resolutions:
"Bugfixes and improvements"

Graphic Novel freaks: What is your favorite hacker graphic novel or other genre of graphic novel? Looking for great new stuff to read. Story...

Graphic Novel freaks: What is your favorite hacker graphic novel or other genre of graphic novel? Looking for great new stuff to read. Story > Artwork #graphicnovel #hackingstories #novels #bookrecommendations #recommendations

@jerry what is your favorite way of being supported. Out of all your given options? (Patreon, Ko-Fi, Liberapay, PayPal) asking for a friend...

@jerry what is your favorite way of being supported. Out of all your given options? (Patreon, Ko-Fi, Liberapay, PayPal) asking for a friend - that friend is me

Looks like the folks at Doodle's security team need to work on a sunday. #doodle

Looks like the folks at Doodle's security team need to work on a sunday. #doodle

I wrote about why companies are not having a holistic view on their bug bounty programs. Original Title "Why Your Bug Bounty Payouts...

I wrote about why companies are not having a holistic view on their bug bounty programs. Original Title "Why Your Bug Bounty Payouts Are a Drop in the Darknet Ocean".
https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/why-bug-bounty-payouts-are-worth-far-more-than-their-cost/

https://download.fastinter.net/

https://download.fastinter.net/

Nice, Signal tests usernames to keep phone numbers private!...

Nice, Signal tests usernames to keep phone numbers private! https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/signal-tests-usernames-that-keep-your-phone-number-private/

Non-paywalled:https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2Fstory%2Fgoogle-antitrust-lawsuit-search-results%2F

Non-paywalled:
https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2Fstory%2Fgoogle-antitrust-lawsuit-search-results%2F

This story is a must-read.According to this testimony, Google purposely altered search QUERIES, you know, the stuff YOU type in the search...

This story is a must-read.
According to this testimony, Google purposely altered search QUERIES, you know, the stuff YOU type in the search bar, in order to deceitfully promote advertisements.

https://www.wired.com/story/google-antitrust-lawsuit-search-results/

Another reason why you should keep your electronic keys in an faraday box.

Another reason why you should keep your electronic keys in an faraday box.

"This marks the first time that an autonomous mobile robots has achieved world champion level performance in a real world competitive...

"This marks the first time that an autonomous mobile robots has achieved world champion level performance in a real world competitive sport."
Can't wait until this is going to be weaponized...

https://hackaday.com/2023/09/28/autonomous-racing-drones-are-starting-to-beat-human-pilots/

Two things are certain in IT-life:1. It's always DNS2. When in doubt, social engineer:...

Two things are certain in IT-life:
1. It's always DNS
2. When in doubt, social engineer: https://sec.okta.com/articles/2023/08/cross-tenant-impersonation-prevention-and-detection

https://www.404media.co/Awesome new in-depth journalism project by great people like @josephcox.

https://www.404media.co/
Awesome new in-depth journalism project by great people like @josephcox.