A few years ago there was a person who got a scholarship for their contributions to open source software.
This person spent a majority of their time changing indentations and correcting typos. The university never reviewed the contributions.
We still think about it sometimes.
x2 fun multiplied!
Bonus points is when someone heavily borrows from your code, or copy pastas, but markets it heavily on LinkedIn and gets nominated for an award and wins it.
It's about doing it for the love of the game — not the money, fame, and anime.
Anyway, we've got a large update coming soon. It's gonna be another big one, so hold onto your horses, or whatever they say.
Читать полностью…Trying to use a different tool**.
Apologies — currently posting from Walgreens restroom.
Edit: we're being told EvilSocket didn't define the vulnerability as a 9.9, someone else did (RedHat) and they went with it. No idea if that's true, we don't know whats real anymore because everyone is yappin.
We're going back to bed
Today in internet stuff
- Sanctions against more TAs
- KIAs can get hacked somehow
- Linux RCE discussions everywhere
- More botnet tracking from people
We didn't read any of it
There's some noise in the infosec vulnerability and blue team space about an alleged 9.9 CVE score impacting all GNU/Linux systems.
Due to lack of details, some users have expressed criticism on the severity of the exploit — with the infamous Heartbleed being a 7.5 CVE. Some expressed concern that the exploit is overhyped, or acting as marketing material for the researcher.
Others have noted that they believe the exploit is real and possess a genuine score of 9.9 but question the impact of effecting all GNU/Linux systems.
From what we've seen, nobody knows anything and everyone is just yappin. We'll see what happens when the details are released.
We have a large quantity of malware samples and papers to add. These will all be pushed in bulk in a very large update coming soon-ish.
Until that times comes (finishing collecting the stuff) we're just gonna play Crab Champions
Have a nice day
The source code to Winamp was not leaked online. It was a scheduled release in hopes of furthering collaboration with others.
May 16th, 2024 they announced it would go open source on September 24th, 2024.
https://about.winamp.com/press/article/winamp-open-source-code
Ultra AV, the product Kaspersky installed on end-users machines, domain was created July 16th, 2024. It is 70 days old.
https://ultrasecureav.com/
Kaspersky antivirus has reportedly begun silently installing a new antivirus product called "Ultra AV" on United States-based users machines.
tl;dr
We aren't surprised, we're surprised it took this long. Pavel Durov is a citizen of France, a NATO country.
Читать полностью…Today X shared they will be changing the way blocking accounts works. If you're blocked, you can still see the block person and/or companies public posts. However, you can't engage with them and they can't engage with you.
We don't understand it, but whatever, what do we know?
Hacking is boring.
Wanna know what's fun? Browsing MSDN documentation at 2 o'clock in the morning, looking for APIs to potentially abuse in malware. It'll also probably never go in the wild and it'll go unappreciated for several months or even years.
That's where the fun is
> see cups vulnerability trending on xitter
> *click*
> nothing but arguing and name calling
> *scroll*
> printers not working on linux memes
> *scroll*
This is misinformation.
This is actually Kitten Tempest. A financially motivated Threat Actor being monitored by Microsoft Threat Intelligence.
Hello,
We're aware of a long standing issue where trying to extract vx-underground files with the default MacOS tooling fails.
We don't remember why, but it does.
Our proposed solution is introducing your device to thermite, or trying to a different tool.
Thanks,
Summary of the Linux RCE 9.9 CVE
The vulnerability write up and disclosure is confusing. Initially the write up was scheduled for release in October. However, the write up and proof-of-concept was leaked onto Breached (???) which then resulted in the researcher / author to do an official write up (maybe?).
- Self described as 9.9, not officially declared 9.9
- Attacks CUPS
We haven't looked at it because we don't do exploit stuff and also Linux is for nerds
When we said users, we meant nerds on social media. Currently posting from the restroom at Apple Bees.
Читать полностью…Some controversy today as YouTube tech reviewer Marques Brownlee 'Panels' app is getting pretty substantial backlash.
tl;dr Marques Brownlee app, 'Panels', offers high-definition wallpapers from Digital Artists for $49.99/year. People criticized the app for an array of reasons, beside the idea of paying $49.99/year for wallpapers on your cell phone, the app requests tracking information, and contains ads.
Unsurprisingly, and as is tradition, internet nerds quickly began inspecting the app under the metaphorical microscope. Security researcher @I_Am_Jakoby discovered the apps API is wildly insecure. He wrote a simple script which programmatically scrapes every high-definition wallpaper.
Attached image is the script he shared. If you want to experiment with it, just OCR it or something.
After what feels like an eternity, we have finally identified, repaired, and re-deployed our corrupted batch of malware samples from the MalwareIngestion feed for June, 2024.
It's over 600,000 malware samples. Download them.
https://vx-underground.org/Samples/MalwareIngestion
We used to receive emails and DMs asking for the password.
It has evolved. We now receive emails and DMs on how to become a hacker.
We're a library. Do you go to your local library and ask the librarian how to read?
Also, we almost exclusively cover malware. Wrong library pal
we're not The New York Times or The AP.
we're just a bunch of internet degenerates trying to make it ok sorry
In light of the recent arrest of Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram, Telegram has made it crystal clear they will now fully cooperate with law enforcement agencies in seemingly any capacity.
Читать полностью…Polish nerds seeing this right before their Monday starts: "Nasz rząd nadal ich używa"
Читать полностью…We're taking the day off.
Some updates on what's cookin':
- Improvements to VXDB
- MalwareIngestion daily dumps are coming back
- More malware families
- More malware papers
- New stuff for Black Mass Volume III.
- Probably more memes, depends on mood
See ya Monday ♥️