Hackaday Links: May 17, 2020

Consider it the “Scarlet Letter” of our time. An MIT lab is developing a face mask that lights up to alert others when the wearer has COVID-19. The detection technology is based on sensors that were developed for the Ebola virus scare and uses fluorescently tagged DNA fragments freeze-dried onto …read more

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How can I determine if a malware sample is morphic? (polymorphic, metamorphic, etc)

I want to do a malware test that specifically uses recent morphic malware samples (polymorphic, metamorphic, etc). There are a couple of good sources I can pull samples from, but I need to know if their signature will change or not.

The … Continue reading How can I determine if a malware sample is morphic? (polymorphic, metamorphic, etc)

Identifying Let’s Encrypt Revoked Certificates

Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, open certificate authority (CA) run for the public’s benefit as a service from the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG). It provides free digital certificates to enable HTTPS (… Continue reading Identifying Let’s Encrypt Revoked Certificates

SANS 2019 Incident Response Survey: Successful IR Relies on Visibility

During the past year, we have witnessed significant data breaches that have impacted industries ranging from hospitality to legal to social media. We have seen a continuation of financially motivated threats, such as business email compromise (BEC), wh… Continue reading SANS 2019 Incident Response Survey: Successful IR Relies on Visibility

Urine test detects bladder cancer up to 10 years before clinical signs

A compelling new study from the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is suggesting a simple biomarker in urine may be an effective predictive test for bladder cancer, signaling the disease’s presence up to 10 y… Continue reading Urine test detects bladder cancer up to 10 years before clinical signs