Collaborate Disseminate
When it comes to building sets and props for movies and TV, it’s so easy to get science fiction wrong – particularly with low-budget productions. It must be tempting for the set department to fall back on the “get a bunch of stuff and paint it silver” model, which can …read more
Continue reading Foam Board, Old Electronics, and Imagination Make Movie Magic
Can’t find a recently updated survey of radioactivity in your neighborhood? Try [Hunter Long]’s DIY scintillation counter warwalking rig. (Video also embedded below.) What looks like a paint can with a BNC cable leading to an unassuming grey box is actually a complete kit for radiation surveying.
Inside the metal …read more
The proxy is being distributed by the RIG and Fallout exploit kits. Continue reading Brand-New SystemBC Proxy Malware Spotted Using SOCKS5 for Stealth
How would you survive in a war-torn country, where bombs could potentially fall from the sky with only very short notice? And what if the bomb in question were The Bomb — a nuclear weapon? This concern is thankfully distant for most of us, but it wasn’t always so. Only …read more
There is a CPU vulnerability Microarchitectural Fill Buffer Data Sampling.
I use a Linux OS and I think to fix Microarchitectural Fill Buffer Data Sampling you need to update intel microcode or update kernel to a fixed one h… Continue reading Do I need microcode update if I update Kernel?
A lot of thought and meaning goes into the naming of infamous CPU side channel flaws, like ZombieLoad, Spectre and Meltdown. Continue reading Behind the Naming of ZombieLoad and Other Intel Spectre-Like Flaws
We’ve seen more projects based on books, TV shows, movies, and video games than we could ever hope to count. Hackers and makers derive inspiration from what they see around them, and it turns out there’s considerable overlap between the folks who sit in their labs building stuff all day …read more
Continue reading Fallout Inspired Display is Ready for the Apocalypse
Is it possible to develop an application in such a way that its data in memory cant be stolen by recent attacks such as Meltdown, Spectre, Foreshadow, Fallout. Zombieload? All mitigations focus on patching hardware, BIOS or OS. But could s… Continue reading Application level protection against Meltdown, Spectre, Foreshadow, Fallout. Zombieload
The game publisher accidentally sent support ticket information to customers using its help desk. Continue reading Bethesda Accidentally Leaked Personal Data of ‘Fallout 76’ Customers Looking for Help
With the threat of nuclear Armageddon looming, three nuclear war experts think Fallout 76’s new ‘nuke loop’ goes too far. Continue reading Nuclear War Experts Are Horrified by ‘Fallout 76’