Collaborate Disseminate
There used to be a really bad joke from the internet where you would copy something starting with \x0B\x2E… (just an example) and when you execute this command the terminal would interpret it as sudo rm -rf /.
How do you do this kind of … Continue reading How do you execute ls -la when encoded as hex?
In Android phones there are automatically executing commands (I don’t know the correct term for it so I just used commands) for example for adding appointments into your calendar from your Gmail E-mail containing an appointment.
A while ba… Continue reading Are there any known android exploits using this technique?
As far as I know, View page source does not execute any JavaScript, but is that good enough?
Could there in theory be any vulnerabilities in the HTML parser or something similar?
Have there been any exploits in this area before?
How rea… Continue reading Does using view page source on a possibly malicious site carry any real risks?
I’ve recently read about the new game called Bloodhunt containing an Anti-Cheat, which had a bug, in which the anti-cheat service would stay installed even though the game is removed. The top Steam review called it out as Spyware and the r… Continue reading Do anti-cheat software actually "patch" the UEFI firmware on your motherboard?
First of all, yes, I know it’s better to change the password anyways, but I want a figure on the damage done.
What kind of hashing technique was used by Twitch for saving the passwords?
How long do the passwords need to be bruteforced on a… Continue reading Twitch leak – what kind of hashing did they use?
Similar question, which has a different question (since my AV doesn’t even know the process ID or similar): Antivirus warns about processes trying to access my webcam
I am using ESET Internet Security and suddenly the AV started popping up… Continue reading How do I figure out whether this is a bug or how do I debug what is trying to access my webcam?
I was casually surfing the web when suddenly the antivirus on my laptop started warning on supposed ARP Spoofing attacks coming from my router’s IP, which got blocked.
The internet on my phone continued to work completely fine, but on my l… Continue reading Have I just experienced a MitM attack or is my ISP updating my hardware without my permission? [closed]
So I recently downloaded Tor Browser on my Linux machine and what immediately caught my eye is the fact that after uncompressing the file (I think it was .tar.gz, but the question applies to every compression method) a .desktop file got ge… Continue reading Can uncompressing a ZIP/tar.gz/rar/etc file execute some custom code?
Since only a select amount of amount of microcontrollers in the USBs can be reprogrammed, isn’t it just possible to block that certain kinds of microcontroller containing devices?
I have recently bought one of the recent "best" USB gaming mouses out there. The thing that is bothering that the marketing material says it contains a self-programmable computer embedded in the mouse, which is able to save the l… Continue reading Aren’t these "new" self-programmable gaming mouses a new security threat?