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August 3, 2023

August 3, 2023

August 3, 2023

Good write up on us, thank you @josephmenn!https://t.co/OKSJydhCJN

— Veilid Ⓥ (@VeilidNetwork) August 2, 2023

This might be the best ad I've ever seen - I mean, you go from having no interest to considering signing up in about 10 seconds. pic.twitter.com/RZkHVMHyNf

— Rob Manuel 🍳 (@robmanuel) August 1, 2023

How I discovered the underground world of credit card network exploitation


New Isosceles blog: https://t.co/EsmkzTUDHU -- "An Introduction to Exploit Reliability" is a short, high-level overview of exploit reliability from a defensive point-of-view. What is exploit reliability? What can defenders do to make writing a reliable exploit harder?

— Ben Hawkes (@benhawkes) August 2, 2023

good summary about the floaty rock drama so far

“if you’re not following LK99, you’re missing out on the most fun thing happening or the internet now. Feels like the old internet.”

https://t.co/ETlt031ObZ pic.twitter.com/Sko7FDzeI7

— Danielle Fong 🙋🏻‍♀️ (@DanielleFong) August 1, 2023

Brazil is sending Russian spy Sergey Cherkasov, who attempted to infiltrate the ICC, back to Russia, based on an extradition request from Russia Bellingcat revealed was based on fabricated claims of Cherkasov's involvement in a drug ring.https://t.co/zKI3FSB2oP

— Eliot Higgins (@EliotHiggins) August 2, 2023

Ngl this stuff worries me https://t.co/l6QepPxvvO pic.twitter.com/GhTaQpoeq4

— Florian Roth (@cyb3rops) August 2, 2023

Barcelona Police arrested a Tajik ISIS suspect coming in on a flight from Mexico https://t.co/4wTzbyEUrL suspect had reportedly joined ISIS in 2014, been active in recruiting others from FSU, including Uzbeks who died in Syria

— Raffaello Pantucci (@raffpantucci) August 2, 2023

This whole thread is great, if you want to understand the state of authentication today. https://t.co/bwx8KXbdFW

— apenwarr (@apenwarr) August 2, 2023

Lololol

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4fee0915e649bd0cea56dece6d96f8f4643df33c


I’ve had kenough https://t.co/P4H4HcvPOU pic.twitter.com/Woj7zBLYp9

— John (@Big_Bad_W0lf_) August 3, 2023

🗡️ Abusing Amazon VPC CNI plugin for Kubernetes

Learn how an attacker can leverage the VPC CNI plugin for EKS to expose and exploit services in other VPCs

By @BerneCampbell#cloudsecurity #kuberneteshttps://t.co/Kv86x4QfY0

— Clint Gibler (@clintgibler) August 2, 2023

Influential hacktivist group Cult of the Dead Cow will headline Def Con next week, releasing a framework and distributed network for apps that fully encrypt files, messages and even social networking. GIFT LINK: https://t.co/MqKdw4qhKY

— Joseph Menn (@josephmenn) August 2, 2023

“Living well is the best revenge.”

Alexa, what is the second best revenge?

— Jason, ex Inferis (@benedictsred) August 2, 2023

https://twitter.com/switch_d/status/1686785763923443716

https://t.co/T7FzExFbVY

— Dr. Dan Lomas (@Sandbagger_01) August 2, 2023

pic.twitter.com/sLkwULjVex

— internet hall of fame (@InternetH0F) August 3, 2023

UK National Risk Register. (!!) 89 identified threats. Major transparency, this is not a classified document! Risks? Plenty! Drones, disruption of Russian energy supplies, threats to underwater cables, cyberattacks etc. Risk of cold temperatures>heatwave? https://t.co/FEiDcNQaQT pic.twitter.com/iNRExFpMnb

— Lukasz Olejnik (@LukaszOlejnik@Mastodon.Social) (@lukOlejnik) August 3, 2023

Check out this new @RecordedFuture report on #BlueCharlie (Callisto, Star Blizzard, COLDRIVER, etc.).

“…we have observed BlueCharlie engage in several TTP shifts…these shifts demonstrate that these threat actors are aware of industry reporting…” https://t.co/LYA8lZB5LP

— Alexander Leslie (@aejleslie) August 2, 2023

This story about what happened when PayPal first tried to switch to an x-of-y encryption key scheme is Peak Computer https://t.co/UQltMGNG0Y

— badidea 🪐 (@0xabad1dea) August 2, 2023

Amazing ancient Egyptian artistry!

About 3,400 years ago, the artisan who carved this horse-shaped whip handle, beautifully captured a sense of speed and graceful elegance.

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, c. 1390–1352 BC.
📷 my own#Archaeology pic.twitter.com/7aTITZStR7

— Alison Fisk (@AlisonFisk) August 2, 2023

pic.twitter.com/XHCUStxacH

— shirts that go hard (@shirtsthtgohard) August 3, 2023

Super conductors and the cure for cancer in the same week. Maybe the future dystopia isn’t all bad?

https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/new-mode-cancer-treatment

“How can it be as useful for us to be enslaved to you as it is for you to rule us?”

Καὶ πῶς χρήσιμον ἂν ξυμβαίη ἡμῖν δουλεῦσαι, ὥσπερ καὶ ὑμῖν ἄρξαι; #Thucydides

— sententiae antiquae (@sentantiq) August 2, 2023


https://cofense.com/blog/google-amp-the-newest-of-evasive-phishing-tactic/
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