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June 19, 2022

June 19, 2022

Amazing work, as we have come to expect, from Kim Zetter.

Zero Day
What It Means that the U.S. Is Conducting Offensive Cyber Operations Against Russia
When General Paul Nakasone, commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency, told a reporter this month that the U.S. had engage…
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10 months ago · 4 likes · Kim Zetter

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Excellent history video on the war experience of McBride, a WW1 machine gunner and sniper. He wrote “A Rifleman went to War” which is a great book.

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While we’re on YouTube, here is a great deep dive on keygens and music.

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The Chinese have a write up on an Indian APT group.


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安天披露印度“暗象”组织针对我国及南亚国家的网络窃密活动。

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eve6 ha @Eve6
i’m a bitch i’m a lover i’m a child i’m a mother i’m a sinner i’m a saint and i lost all my apes
2:10 AM ∙ Jun 18, 2022
12,999Likes938Retweets

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Alex Wild @Myrmecos
This is amazing. ‘20% of moths produce anti-bat sounds,’ https://t.co/O5uIJcWpyU
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Dr. Akito Kawahara @Dr_Akito
New paper published today in @PNASNews led by @Barberlab shows - lots of toxic/edible #moths produce #ultrasound at #bats. Likely many nocturnal moth acoustic mimicry rings! Collaborative work of 10+ yrs! https://t.co/QlBn3np10Z @BoiseState @FloridaMuseum @UF #McGuireCenter https://t.co/qrbzkvlb0W
11:44 PM ∙ Jun 17, 2022
267Likes66Retweets

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What was a GRU doing in Ireland? NYT

The use of a fake Brazilian identity may be connected to Ireland’s non-visa requirement for Brazilian citizens who wish to study in Ireland.

https://archive.ph/2022.06.16-215348/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/irish-security-services-helped-to-stop-russian-spy-infiltrating-the-international-criminal-court-0p03d9j70

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Olga Khmil, one of Molfar’s intelligence analysts, says Russia is now using group channels in messaging apps like Telegram to aim its artillery better. Russians pretending to be Ukrainians on these channels feign fear of shelling in order to elicit information about infrastructure that has and has not been hit. On May 24th the sbu revealed an even more devious approach to such espionage. The agency said it had discovered that Russian intelligence was using smartphone games to induce unwitting youngsters to snap and upload geotagged photos of critical infrastructure, military and civilian. In exchange, players receive virtual prizes of no value outside the video-game world.


The modern cannons that may make the difference in Ukraine

Who will pound harder?

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sunny @thePiggsBoson
A brief history of Physics
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2:43 PM ∙ Jun 7, 2022
73,168Likes12,598Retweets

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Kelly Vaughn @kvlly
Software engineering, a haiku:

fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fu-oh hey it works wait, no - fuck fuck fuck

11:59 PM ∙ Jun 18, 2022
2,151Likes358Retweets

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Flash @Flash43191300
⚡️Poster on the streets of Poland. Photo from subscribers.
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7:31 AM ∙ Jun 19, 2022
575Likes155Retweets

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Dreadnought Holiday @TheDreadShips
Despite being the most British fighting vehicle ever developed, the mock Tudor AT-AT was not a success.
The Old Wellington Pub in Manchester, a half timbered building, left high and dry on brick and concrete pillars as the surrounding area is redeveloped
9:45 AM ∙ Jun 19, 2022
3,077Likes516Retweets

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Secure messenger protocols.

https://blog.quarkslab.com/secure-messaging-apps-and-group-protocols-part-1.html https://blog.quarkslab.com/secure-messaging-apps-and-group-protocols-part-2.html

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Very cool exploit.


HackerOne

Hey PlayStation! Below are 5 vulnerabilities chained together that allows an attacker to gain JIT capabilities and execute arbitrary payloads. The provided payload triggers a buffer overflow that causes a kernel panic. Please consider each of the vulnerabilities individually. AFAIK, this is the first exploit chain that is being submitted to you :) ## Vulnerabilities ### [MEDIUM] [PS4] [PS5]...

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Kevin Collier @kevincollier
This morning, Ukraine's IT Army seemed to successfully delay Putin's speech by an hour and a half with a DDoS attack. About 20 minutes ago, the IT Army posted headlines from Russian news reports about it for its followers: "You did a very good job today!" nbcnews.com/news/world/put…
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2:56 PM ∙ Jun 17, 2022
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Sorrow-scopes @Sorrowscopes
Pisces: You are not the main character, you are the sound of screaming no one ever identifies in a horror movie.
3:33 PM ∙ Jun 19, 2022
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