Category: News Feed Stuff

Today’s Principle to Follow:
Principle #7: Intelligence and Learning Habits Can Always be Improved.
   Intelligence and IQ are very misunderstood concepts. Intelligence is a complex human attribute that can’t be perfectly defined or perfectly measured. The problem with IQ s that it appears to be an authoritative measurement by psychologists. However, IQ is far from authoritative. It is really just one way to view intelligence. IQ is not a terrible measurement of intelligence, it is not just fully accurate. By presenting the intelligence of a person as one number, we run the risk of limiting our potential. A single number also implies permanence, leading to false views of intelligence. It used to be believed that intelligence was mostly genetic, but this is not the case. Intelligence can be improved, depending on how you choose to use your brain.
   
   The newer research emphasizes the plasticity of the brain. The means that the brain itself is a modifiable structure. The more you use it and challenge it, the more you can build on your intellect. If you give up and you believe you have a limited intelligence, then you won’t improve it.
   
   Stephen Hawking is commonly regarded as a genius for his work in physics and black holes. He was once asked what his IQ was. His reply was: “I have no idea. People who boast about their IQ are losers.” He clearly doesn’t puyt too much significance on the number. He doesn’t even know his own IQ. But the real takeaway message is that when you are a true genius and have true accomplishments, IQ becomes revealed for what it is. That is, just another number.

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Major US newspapers suffer malware attack; printing & delivery affected

Major US newspapers suffer malware attack; printing & delivery affected

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applepie – A hypervisor for fuzzing built with WHVP and Bochs
https://github.com/gamozolabs/applepie
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Malicious use of Microsoft LAPS
Malicious use of Microsoft LAPS
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WPScan_Web_Interface – A centralised dashboard for running and scheduling WordPress scans powered by wpscan.
https://github.com/cyc10n3/WPScan_Web_Interface
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Sputnik - An Open Source Intelligence Browser Extension
https://medium.com/bugbountywriteup/sputnik-an-open-source-intelligence-browser-extension-da2f2c22c8ec
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Today’s Principle to Follow:
Principle #6: Everyone Is Constantly Trying To Sell You Something.
   We live in a capitalistic society where ads are pretty much everywhere. They are on buses, buildings, on TV, in our computers, etc. Some people literally have ads tattooed on to their bodies. Also, commercial businesses surround us everywhere we go. You probably can’t walk a mile in any direction without finding a place that is selling something. A competitive marketplace has forced advertisers to look for more and more creative ways to sell their products. Experienced marketers have learned to appeal to us both consciously and subconsciously, increasing their power over us. We have to learn to resist their influence and to choose our own direction.
   
   You’ve probably heard that supermarkets strategically place items in the store so the ones everyone always needs like milk are often way in the back. Selling is everywhere, whether you notice it or not. Even if someone isn’t trying to sell you a product, they may be trying to sell you an idea. For example they may try to convince you of their religion, their politics, their world views, etc. We have to be aware of all this selling, so we are not so naive as to believe that everyone wants to personally help us. Much of the time rather than help, others are focused on selling a product or idea to us.

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Researchers exploit Vein-based authentication system using a wax hand

Researchers exploit Vein-based authentication system using a wax hand

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Windows Zero-Day Bug Allows Overwriting Files with Arbitrary Data (by @SandBoxEscaper)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/windows-zero-day-bug-allows-overwriting-files-with-arbitrary-data/
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CenturyLink 911 outage was caused by a single network card sending bad packets
https://threader.app/thread/1078419619436810240
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Today’s Principle to Follow:
Principle #5: Read Source Literature and Books.
   There is nothing wrong with reading new books. This is a new book, and I read newer material all the time. However, you can often get a better quality learning experience when you go back to older classical reads like The Odyssey, anything by Shakespeare, The Wealth of Nations, Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, and Ancient Greco-Roman mythology. Going back gives you a more direct view into some of the greatest minds that came up with original works of great art and science. When you read older works, you also see interesting patterns. You start to see that a lot of classical works are referenced all over the place in modern society. If you aren’t aware of them, however, it’s easy to miss.

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Three Actionable Steps To Take Following Your Penetration Testing

Three Actionable Steps To Take Following Your Penetration Testing

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Nokia exposes passwords & secret access keys to its internal systems

Nokia exposes passwords & secret access keys to its internal systems

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Today’s Principle to Follow:
Principle #4: No One Weighs The Importance Of Facts For You. Weigh Them Yourself.
   In school you are usually given all the information for a test, and it is up to you to learn it. Tests are often multiple choice, meaning ever question is worth just the same as the other. In real life, this isn’t how things work. In real life, this isn’t how things work. In real life you often have access to information, but you are rarely told what is the most important to know. However, when you are testing in life (given a sort of grade, if you will) the people who do the best are the ones who understand what is most important. Also, realize that this is a skill that is never taught anywhere. Learn to weigh the facts for yourself. Observe patterns of what tends to be critical in your work space, or in your household, or in any system. Focus on making sure the most important things are taken care of first.

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FBI Seizes 15 DDoS-For-Hire Websites, 3 Operators Charged
https://thehackernews.com/2018/12/fbi-christmas-ddos-for-hire.html
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US Indicts Two Chinese Government Hackers Over Global Hacking Campaign
https://thehackernews.com/2018/12/chinese-hacker-wanted-by-fbi.html
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#ROTFLMAO
New email extortion scam warns “Pay $4,000 or a hitman is coming for you”

New email extortion scam warns “Pay $4,000 or a hitman is coming for you”

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How I accidentally found a clickjacking “feature” in Facebook

How I accidentally found a clickjacking “feature” in Facebook

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Exploiting an 18 Year Old Bug
https://medium.com/tenable-techblog/exploiting-an-18-year-old-bug-b47afe54172
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Write-up: Social Engineering – Impersonation made easy

Social Engineering – Impersonation made easy

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Linux process infection(I): using the address space of other processes as warehouse
https://www.tarlogic.com/en/blog/linux-process-infection-part-i/
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Complete and in-depth analysis of an Android SMS stealing application
https://maxkersten.nl/binary-analysis-course/malware-analysis/android-sms-stealer/
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Inside of Danderspritz post-exploitation modules
https://medium.com/@woj_ciech/inside-of-danderspritz-post-exploitation-modules-18a4f2761130
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Internet Explorer Zero Day Exploited in Attacks
https://infosecit.com/2018/12/20/internet-explorer-zero-day-exploited-in-attacks/
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Today’s Principle to Follow:
Principle #3: Learn to be Self-Reliant and to Prioritize What is Most Important
   School, work, government, and other systems have their own agendas, and their own flaws. They will be happy to tell you where to go and what to learn, but at some point you have to decide for yourself what is truly important to know.
   
   School focuses on learning math, science, and history, among other topics, but what about learning why those topics are important? They often don’t focus on the why, as much as they ask you to simply memorize facts. Survival skills are rarely taught in school, but this is another example of something that could be quite useful to learn. The point here is you need to decide for yourself what is important. Ask what you would teach if you were in charge of the school system. There is no excuse to be passive and let your education slip past you. Take those important topics and learn them for yourself.
   
   Be aware that often times in modern society, trivial things are talked about on and on as if they are important, and truly important things like world issues are rarely discussed in any deep way. Intelligent people tend to strive to find something meaningful and important to them, and they will focus on this instead of trivial issues.

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NASA suffers data breach – Staff’s personal data stolen

NASA suffers data breach – Staff’s personal data stolen

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Here is a list of top 25 worst passwords of 2018

Here is a list of top 25 worst passwords of 2018

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Acunetix Vulnerability Scanner For Linux Now Available

Acunetix Vulnerability Scanner For Linux Now Available

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MD5 instant collisions of any JPG, PNG, PDF, MP4…
https://github.com/corkami/pocs/blob/master/collisions/README.md
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Another sanboxescaper 0day – by @evil_polar_bear
https://sandboxescaper.blogspot.com/2018/12/readfile-0day.html
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@Amazon reveals private Alexa voice data files
https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Amazon-reveals-private-voice-data-files-4256015.html
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@Amazon’s R&D lab in Kiev processing Ring’s footage
https://threader.app/thread/1075500901115154432
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Advisory | MailCleaner Community Edition Remote Code Execution

Advisory | MailCleaner Community Edition Remote Code Execution

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Binary Exploitation – Buffer Overflow Explained in Detail
https://0xrick.github.io/BinaryExploitation-BOF/
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Project Zero: Searching statically-linked vulnerable library functions in executable code
https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/12/searching-statically-linked-vulnerable.html
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Security Controls at DoD Facilities for Protecting Ballistic Missile Defense System – Technical Information
https://media.defense.gov/2018/Dec/14/2002072642/-1/-1/1/DODIG-2019-034.PDF
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RDP Man-in-the-Middle – Smile! You’re on Camera

RDP Man-in-the-Middle – Smile! You’re on Camera

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You’re Not the Customer
https://ericalexander.org/posts/youre-not-the-customer/
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