November 13, 2022

New Perun!

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Russia wants its GRU illegal back (from Brazil) — fascinating new details here https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/rlP7Je/russland-hevder-avsloert-agent-er-heroinsmugler-ber-om-aa-faa-ham-utlevert

https://infosec.exchange/@ridt/109331454835463274

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Triton, a library for writing binary analysis tools. Looks pretty cool.

https://github.com/jonathansalwan/Triton

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Do not rug on me: Zero-dimensional Scam Detection

https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.07220

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Ben McKenzie @ben_mckenzie

You’re never gonna believe this, but someone appears to be committing crimes in broad daylight in crypto

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pwning.eth @PwningEth

the slides app.ardrive.io/#/file/7c5e0ae… youtube.com/watch?v=TTLIEJ…

pwning.eth @PwningEth

Giving the talk now at #POC2022 ! The slides and video will be published soon🤪 https://t.co/X9dyH1zMrh

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Alberto Acerbi @acerbialberto

...and, as we show here, given that reliable information is much more diffuse than misinformation, small negative effects (less trust to reliable news) have a much stronger impact than positive effects (less trust to misinformation).

misinforeview.hks.harvard.eduResearch note: Fighting misinformation or fighting for information? | HKS Misinformation ReviewA wealth of interventions have been devised to reduce belief in fake news or the tendency to share such news. By contrast, interventions aimed at increasing trust in reliable news sources have received less attention. In this article, we show that, given the very limited prevalence of misinformation…

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PsyArXiv-bot @PsyArXivBot

The Curse Worse Than the Disease? How the Media's Attention to Misinformation Decreases Trust

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Ken Shirriff @kenshirriff

The Bendix Central Air Digital Computer (CADC) was introduced in 1955. It was a critical component of fighter planes, using tiny gears to compute parameters such as airspeed and altitude. It contained 46 synchros, 511 gears, 820 ball bearings, and a total of 2,781 major parts. 🧵

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Clare O'Neil MP @ClareONeilMP

I have a message for all cybercriminals: Australia is fighting back. #Insiders

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Electrospaces @electrospaces

Promo video of the #NSA's Cybersecurity Directorate (which has a Transformer-like logo):

youtube.comJoin the Mission to Prevent and Eradicate CyberthreatsWe Must Unify to Protect the Nation. Join the Mission to Prevent and Eradicate Cyberthreats. NSA’s Cybersecurity Directorate.

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raptor@infosec.exchange @0xdea

Look out! Divergent representations are everywhere! // by @trailofbits

blog.trailofbits.comLook out! Divergent representations are everywhere!By Andreas Kellas Trail of Bits recently published a blog post about a signed integer overflow in certain versions of SQLite that can enable arbitrary code execution and result in a denial of servi…

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Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi @brokep

When I was in my early 30s I was on the interpol most wanted list, so a bit surprised I didn't end up on the cover of Forbes.

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The exploitation in this CTF challenge is really neat. Well, I guess the vulnerability is clever and the exploitation method matches it.

Not going to include the whole thing, it’s long.

Have a go first, if you’re curious. Goal is to have the pythons script print “congrats”

https://infosec.exchange/@gynvael/109336077886282688

Solution path here:

https://infosec.exchange/@gynvael/109336072668662762

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