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How does doxxing from online games work?

So recently, I was playing games online, Minecraft specifically and there was these two players having a heated argument. Give it a few minutes, and theres an address in the chat with someone's full name. How does that work?...

Alternatives to auto run for flash drive based malware?

Hello everyone! I’m currently working on a project for one of my college courses involving a flash drive based keylogger. I’ve gotten the keylogger working, but I am stuck on the next step. One of my goals is to...

I received and email with all of my saved passwords on my PC and a screenshot of the desktop. What to do next?

Hello! Dumb me installed a .exe mod for a game that contained a virus a while ago (2023). It wiped out most of my personal data on the PC and added the extension...

A quick post on Chen’s algorithm

submitted by /u/feross

How to Brick a Roku TV 101

submitted by /u/RoseSec_

WARNING: There is a website (spy.pet) that has been mass-scraping thousands of Discord servers, allowing people to spy on users without their permission. It shows what servers you’re in and messages you’ve sent there,...

spy.pet is essentially the follow up to what was dis.cool, which did actions to what were stated in the title. On the website, there is a tab to "request removal" that redirects you to a meme (https://spy.pet/remove) which practically...

PuTTY vulnerability vuln-p521-bias

submitted by /u/louis11

US Cybersecurity Agency Will Review Malware Samples Sent by the Public

https://www.extremetech.com/internet/us-cybersecurity-agency-will-review-malware-samples-sent-by-the-public submitted by /u/Ephoenix6

Customised CVE Notifier based on keywords

submitted by /u/shantanu14g

Customised CVE Notifier based on keywords

I coded this over the weekend. It's my first hands-on experience with Golang, and I had fun. This basically scrapes the RSS feed from vuldb.com and notifies on Slack when any CVEs matching the keywords are added. Keywords can...
The Register

Ransomware feared as IT ‘issues’ force Octapharma Plasma to close 150+ centers

Source blames BlackSuit infection – as separately ISP Frontier confirms cyberattack Octapharma Plasma has blamed IT "network issues" for the ongoing closure of its 150-plus centers across the US. It's feared a ransomware infection may be the root cause...
The Register

Crooks exploit OpenMetadata holes to mine crypto – and leave a sob story for victims

'I want to buy a car. That's all' Crooks are exploiting month-old OpenMetadata vulnerabilities in Kubernetes environments to mine cryptocurrency using victims' resources, according to Microsoft.…

LLMs keep leaping with Llama 3, Meta’s newest open-weights AI model

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Benj Edwards) On Thursday, Meta unveiled early versions of its Llama 3 open-weights AI model that can be used to power text composition, code generation,...
ZDNet

Brave search engine adds privacy-focused AI – no Google or Bing needed

Accessible in any browser, Brave's new 'Answer with AI' option provides an AI-generated summary - with sources - in response to your requests and searches.
Computerworld

Zoom launches Workplace, an AI-enabled collaboration space

Online meeting platform Zoom this week announced a new meeting collaboration space with AI-powered capabilities that include a previously released “assistant” that offers post-meeting summaries and the ability to compose chats and email drafts.  Available through Zoom’s desktop app, its new...