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Has anyone ever had to fix their tech after being hacked? I believe i have been hacked by my estranged husaband…Wireshark? [closed]

Posted on April 7, 2024 by Nina Duncan

My estranged husband of 2 months has been sitting outside my window hacking my phone and web with a program i believe called wireshark. Not 100% on the hacking device or program he is using however there was a strange IP?/wifi address tha… Continue reading Has anyone ever had to fix their tech after being hacked? I believe i have been hacked by my estranged husaband…Wireshark? [closed]→

XZ compromise and consequences for people having used it

Posted on March 29, 2024 by Artem S. Tashkinov

Here’s a hot topic:

https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/urgent-security-alert-fedora-41-and-rawhide-users
https://lwn.net/Articles/967180/
https://lwn.net/ml/oss-security/20240329155126.kjjfduxw2yrlxgzm@awork3.anarazel.de/

I’m not an expert i… Continue reading XZ compromise and consequences for people having used it→

Creating bootable USB from a compromised OS. Is it safe?

Posted on February 4, 2024 by Jim

If we buy for instance a laptop with an OS pre-installed e.g. Ubuntu and but the original seller was not reputable and there are doubts with the preinstall.
My question is: if we use the laptop to download Ubuntu and create a USB bootable … Continue reading Creating bootable USB from a compromised OS. Is it safe?→

Creating bootable USB from a compromised OS. Is it safe?

Posted on February 4, 2024 by Jim

New Machine Compromised? Should I Care? [migrated]

Posted on January 21, 2024 by Ryan Farber

I have a ~brand-new (10 days since unpackaging) machine that had a funny pop-up (lower-right corner of below screenshot) appear just now. The only modifications I have made have been

Install the Brave browser
Install WSL, the Ubuntu app, … Continue reading New Machine Compromised? Should I Care? [migrated]→

Examining linux memory dump with signs of compromise in yarascan

Posted on December 18, 2023 by Zzgooloo

I have captured a memory dump of recent Ubuntu 22.04 kernel 6.2.0-39-generic.
captured image with LiMe and analyzed with volatility3.
did a yarascan against all known rules and found a suspicious amount of matches for spyeye.
Here is the o… Continue reading Examining linux memory dump with signs of compromise in yarascan→

Secure boot disabled for Potential BIOS compromise on Tails OS machine

Posted on December 1, 2023 by blacksangria

I have an ASUS computer that I use strictly for booting Tails OS from a USB. A few weeks ago I went into the BIOS and noticed that secure boot was disabled.
This computer has secure boot enabled by default. The chances of me having done th… Continue reading Secure boot disabled for Potential BIOS compromise on Tails OS machine→

Starting my tablet with modified smartphone [closed]

Posted on September 2, 2023 by fredtheoctopus

Can an attacker start a computer or tablet (that is off) that they know nothing about by using a modified smartphone to do it?
Research: I didn’t find much except this article from 12 years ago which seems to say yes.
https://www.instructa… Continue reading Starting my tablet with modified smartphone [closed]→

Different types of USB charger attacks that work on Android phones

Posted on August 31, 2023 by Kurusakibill074

I’m wondering about different types of malicious USB charger attacks that work on Android devices when USB debugging option is disabled and if the USB option is set to "charge only".
I’m not talking about Badpower attacks that ai… Continue reading Different types of USB charger attacks that work on Android phones→

Someone can still access my emails despite me signing out of all devices and turning on 2FA [closed]

Posted on August 8, 2023 by zaneeto

This is seriously bugging me. Starting from yesterday, someone has been signing up to many different temp jobs (Uber, Doordash, etc) using one of my email accounts (gmail). Initially, I thought it was a spam attempt to obscure important em… Continue reading Someone can still access my emails despite me signing out of all devices and turning on 2FA [closed]→