How "rugged" pagers exploded in Lebannon?
An invisible detonator and wafer-thin plastic explosives turned batteries into bombs
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The History of the Barcode
TD Bank, one of the largest financial institutions in the U.S., has agreed to pay a record $3 billion penalty, the largest ever under the Bank Secrecy Act, after pleading guilty to felony charges.
Read MoreSomeone Got GTA: Vice City Running On An Internet Router
Doom isn’t the only game getting ported to devices that were never intended to run a video game. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Rockstar Games’ massively popular open-world crime game released in 2002, is also getting in on the fun. Thanks to a skilled tinkerer, the classic game is now playable on a router with a few modifications
Read More[Tutorial] Malware and cryptography 31: CAST-128 payload encryption. Simple C example.
This post is the result of my own research on using CAST-128 block cipher on malware development. As usual, exploring various crypto algorithms, I decided to check what would happen if we apply this to encrypt/decrypt the payload.
Read MoreYouTube Is Rolling Out a Bunch of New (and Free) Features
Sometimes it pays to be a paid subscriber, as when YouTube releases a batch of new features for those who subscribe to Premium—leaving out those of us who use the platform for free. But today, we're all benefitting: The company's latest roundup of new features and changes applies to all YouTube users, both free and Premium, including one feature that was previous available exclusively to paid subs
Read MoreStonefly: The Ongoing Wave of Extortion Attacks Targeting U.S. Entities
Stonefly’s custom malware Backdoor.Preft (aka Dtrack, Valefor) was deployed. This tool is exclusively associated with the group. In addition to this, several Stonefly indicators of compromise recently documented by Microsoft were found on the compromised networks.
Read MoreThe Web of Scammers: A Saga of Romanian Digital Scam Artists
This tale begins in Romania, where a group of opportunistic individuals banded together to orchestrate a multi-million dollar scam that preyed on Americans seeking a great deal on goods, particularly vehicles advertised online.
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