Computer Science

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Is Programming a Dead Career Now?

Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist, mathematician, theoretical physicist, and the founder of Wolfram Research, a company behind Wolfram|Alpha, Wolfram Language, and the Wolfram Physics and Metamathematics projects. This video is from Lex Clips. full episode => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdE-waSx-d8

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Security

Twitter Hacker Faces 77 Years in Prison

This video from Seytonic covers the latest in security news. Sources: https://www.hackread.com/british-hacker-guilty-hacking-schemes/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-plugwalkjoe-pleads-guilty-to-2020-twitter-breach/ https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/mastermind-behind-twitter-2020-hack.html https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/twitter-hacker-cops-to-cybercrimes-extradited-to-us-for-trial- https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/05/10/guilty_plea_twitter_o_connor_case/ https://therecord.media/twitter-hack-guilty-plea-sim-swapping-cyberstalking https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/uk-citizen-extradited-and-pleads-guilty-cyber-crime-offenses https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-arrested-connection-alleged-role-twitter-hack https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/17/technology/twitter-hackers-interview.html?action=click&module=Top https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/press-release/file/1413571/download https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/07/plugwalkjoe-does-the-perp-walk/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/03/i-was-a-teenage-twitter-hacker-graham-ivan-clark-gets-3-year-sentence/

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Security

Magecart Hackers Perfect Fake Checkout Pages

This video is from Seytonic. Sources: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-swap-stealth-for-realistic-checkout-forms-to-steal-credit-cards/ https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/threat-intelligence/2023/04/kritec-art https://ico.org.uk/media/action-weve-taken/mpns/2618421/ba-penalty-20201016.pdf

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Apple Security

How Spyware is Exploiting Calendar Apps to Hack iPhones

This video from Seytonic explores a massive hole in iPhone security. Sources: https://citizenlab.ca/2023/04/spyware-vendor-quadream-exploits-victims-customers/ https://www.hackread.com/quadream-israeli-cyber-mercenary-iphone-hacks/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/04/11/dev-0196-quadreams-kingspawn-malware-used-to-target-civil-society-in-europe-north-america-the-middle-east-and-southeast-asia/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/iphones-hacked-via-invisible-calendar-invites-to-drop-quadream-spyware/ https://securityaffairs.com/144723/malware/quadream-spyware.html https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/microsoft-nso-group-like-quadream-actor-selling-mobile-spyware-governments https://thehackernews.com/2023/04/israel-based-spyware-firm-quadream.html https://therecord.media/israeli-spyware-company-quadream-surveilling-journalists https://www.cyberkendra.com/2023/04/quadream-spyware-used-to-target.html https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hy78kiym2

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AI

The code for AGI will be simple | John Carmack and Lex Fridman

This video is from Lex Clips. John Carmack is a legendary programmer, co-founder of id Software, and lead programmer of many revolutionary video games including Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, and the Commander Keen series. He is also the founder of Armadillo Aerospace, and for many years the CTO of Oculus VR. Here he is talking […]

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AI Reinforcement Learning

Multi-Armed Bandits: A Cartoon Introduction – DCBA #1

Academic Gamer provides this introduction to Multi-Armed Bandits, an exciting field of AI research that aims to address the exploration/exploitation dilemma. We discuss the problem formulation, popular strategies for addressing it (epsilon-first, epsilon-greedy, and UCB1), and several of the variations on the MAB problem currently pursued in research.

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Security

How Did the FBI Caught Hacker Pompompurin?

Another great video from Seytonic. Sources: https://thehackernews.com/2023/03/breachforums-administrator-baphomet.html https://thehackernews.com/2023/03/breachforums-administrator-baphomet.html https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/breached-hacking-forum-shuts-down-fears-its-not-safe-from-fbi/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/breached-hacking-forum-shuts-down-fears-its-not-safe-from-fbi/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/breached-hacking-forum-shuts-down-fears-its-not-safe-from-fbi/ https://therecord.media/breachforums-arrest-new-administrator https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/cops-nab-breachforums-boss-new-york https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/03/20/in_brief_security/ https://regmedia.co.uk/2023/03/17/breachforums.pdf

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Privacy Security

illegal Phone Tracking Exposed

Seytonic exposes US Gov’s illegal Phone Tracking. Sources: https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/04/dhs_secret_service_ice_stingray/ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/03/report-ice-and-secret-service-conducted-illegal-surveillance-cell-phones https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2023-03/OIG-23-17-Feb23-Redacted.pdf https://theintercept.com/2020/07/31/protests-surveillance-stingrays-dirtboxes-phone-tracking/ https://www.engadget.com/2018-06-08-fcc-shrugs-at-fake-cell-towers-around-the-white-house.html https://theintercept.com/2020/07/31/protests-surveillance-stingrays-dirtboxes-phone-tracking/ https://www.hackread.com/bidencash-leaks-2-million-credit-cards/ https://cybernews.com/news/bidencash-leaks-millions-payment-cards/ https://www.paymentsjournal.com/bidencash-credit-card-leak-strikes-again/ https://blog.cyble.com/2023/03/01/over-2-million-cards-leaked-by-bidencash/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chick-fil-a-confirms-accounts-hacked-in-months-long-automated-attack/ https://apps.web.maine.gov/online/aeviewer/ME/40/66699dcb-5f86-40bb-9d12-d64dea06faca.shtml

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Career Developer

Harvard CS50’s Web Programming with Python and JavaScript – Full University Course

This web programming course from Harvard University picks up where CS50x leaves off. It dives more deeply into the design and implementation of web apps with Python, JavaScript, and SQL using frameworks like Django, React, and Bootstrap. Topics include database design, scalability, security, and user experience. You will learn how to write and use APIs, […]

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