Computer Science

Security

iMessage for Android: A Security Risk You Should Know About

This video from Seytonic highlights the latest happenings in security. Sources: https://9to5google.com/2023/11/18/nothing-chats-sunbird-unencrypted-data-privacy-nightmare/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/11/nothings-imessage-app-was-a-security-catastrophe- taken-down-in-24-hours/?comments=1&comments-page=1 https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/11/nothing-phone-says-it-will-hack-into-imessage-bring- blue-bubbles-to-android/ https://texts.blog/2023/11/18/sunbird-security/ https://nothing.tech/pages/nothing-chats https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/11/22/nuclear_lab_hacked/ https://therecord.media/agencies-investigating-breach-at-nuclear-lab https://www.darkreading.com/ics-ot/idaho-national-nuclear-lab-targeted-in-major-data-breach https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacktivists-breach-us-nuclear-research-lab-steal-employee-data/ https://www.eastidahonews.com/2023/11/idaho-national-laboratory-experiences-massive-data-breach-employee-information-leaked-online/ https://therecord.media/fcc-new-rules-stop-sim-swapping https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38331480 https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-398483A1.pdf https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/11/the-fcc-says-new-rules-will-curb-sim-swapping-im-pessimistic/ https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-398483A3.pdf https://therecord.media/sim-swapping-lapsus-cyber-safety-review-board-report

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Data Science Developer

How Data & Software Teams Can Collaborate to Ensure Smooth Data Integrations

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Conferences. ABSTRACT Imagine this scenario: The engineering team at your company is about to launch a new product or feature. The pressure is on the data team to deliver metrics and stats from the get-go, as everyone is keen to see how the new feature is performing. Behind the […]

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AI AWS Generative AI

How To Create Generative AI Apps with PartyRock – It’s Party Time!

In this video from AWS Developers Mike shows you how to create your own generative AI based application without writing any code! Using PartyRock, an Amazon Bedrock Playground, you can get hands on with generative AI and learn important skills like prompt engineering. Once you have made an app, you can share it with the […]

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Apple Security

All Apple Products are Vulnerable to New Password Stealing Hack

This video is from Seytonic. Sources: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1978389 https://ileakage.com/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-ileakage-attack-steals-emails-passwords-from-apple-safari/ https://therecord.media/doj-seizure-web-domains-north-korean-tech-worker-scheme https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-court-authorized-action-disrupt-illicit-revenue-generation https://www.darkreading.com/careers-and-people/freelance-market-flooded-with-north-korean-it-actors https://www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2023/PSA231018 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-court-authorized-action-disrupt-illicit-revenue-generation https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/05/flipper-zero-hacking-iphone-flood-popups/ https://techryptic.github.io/2023/09/01/Annoying-Apple-Fans/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/flipper-zero-can-be-used-to-launch-ios-bluetooth-spam-attacks/ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cyf5y2EtA_V/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBYiroTOOWg&ab_channel=TAKEAPART lockup spam demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5FKyRRaRjQ&t=386s&ab_channel=TalkingSasquach https://www.mobile-hacker.com/2023/10/17/spam-ios-android-and-windows-with-bluetooth-pairing-messages-using-flipper-zero-or-android-smartphone/ https://arstechnica.com/?p=1977141 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-keepass-site-uses-google-ads-and-punycode-to-push-malware/ https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/threat-intelligence/2023/10/clever-malvertising-attack-uses-punycode-to-look-like-legitimate-website

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Developer

1 Year of College Computer Science in 1 Minute

This video is from Snow God. .1 Year of College Computer Science in 1 Minute This is a 1 minute video that you need to know in the first year of college computer science. Clarifications in the video: – For where I talked about recursion, I realized I messed up and it should really be […]

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Security

Signal Did NOT Get Hacked

This video from Seytonic rounds up all the latest security news. Sources: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/signal-says-there-is-no-evidence-rumored-zero-day-bug-is-real https://cybernews.com/news/signal-rumor-zero-day-vulnerability/ https://thehackernews.com/2023/10/signal-debunks-zero-day-vulnerability.html https://www.hackread.com/signal-zero-day-vulnerability-refuted/ https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/signal-debunks-online-rumours-of-zero-day-security-vulnerability/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/17/signal-says-rumored-vulnerability-doesnt-exist-heres-what-know/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/malicious-redalert-rocket-alerts-application-targets-israeli-phone-calls-sms-and-user-information/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-redalert-rocket-alert-app-for-israel-installs-android-spyware/ https://www.hackread.com/hackers-israeli-rocket-alert-app-spyware/ https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/fake-airstrike-alert-app-targets-israelis https://www.hackread.com/ransomedvc-colonial-pipeline-cybersecurity-breach/ https://therecord.media/colonial-pipeline-attributes-ransomware-claims-to-unrelated-third-party-breach https://thehackernews.com/2023/10/pro-russian-hackers-exploiting-recent.html https://blog.cluster25.duskrise.com/2023/10/12/cve-2023-38831-russian-attack https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/government-backed-actors-exploiting-winrar-vulnerability/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-links-winrar-exploitation-to-russian-chinese-state-hackers/ https://therecord.media/russia-china-hackers-exploit-winrar-bug https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/18/23922075/winrar-security-vulnerability-exploit-patch-update

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Current Events Security

Hacktivists Target Israel… What’s Happened So Far?

This video is from Seytonic. Sources: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/10/09/hacktivism_middle_east/ https://www.wired.com/story/israel-hamas-war-hacktivism/ https://www.wired.com/story/israel-hamas-war-surveillance/ https://www.wired.com/story/x-israel-hamas-war-disinformation/ https://www.darkreading.com/dr-global/hacktivists-enter-fray-following-hamas-strikes-against-israel https://www.darkreading.com/dr-global/hackers-for-hire-hit-both-sides-in-israel-hamas-conflict

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AI Large Language Models

Language Models as Statisticians, and as Adapted Organisms

Given their complex behavior, diverse skills, and wide range of deployment scenarios, understanding large language models—and especially their failure modes—is important. Given that new models are released every few months, often with brand new capabilities, how can we achieve understanding that keeps pace with modern practice?

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