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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 Microsoft

Bing Chat Behaving Badly – Computerphile

This video is from Computerphile. AI moves quickly, this conversation was recorded March 3rd 2023. Microsoft have incorporated a large language model into the Bing search engine. Rob Miles discusses how it’s been going.

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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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Chatbots Generative AI

ChatGPT’s Sharp Edges: Glitch Tokens

Language Models’ Achilles heel: Rob Miles from Computerphile talks about “glitch” tokens, those mysterious words which, which result in gibberish when entered into some large language models.

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Drones Security

Hacker Drones are Finally Here

In this video is from Seytonic, learn about a new creative use for drones. Sources: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2022/10/12/drone-roof-attack/ https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/drones-cyber-spy-exploits-in-the-wild https://twitter.com/Laughing_Mantis/status/1579550302172508161 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-tricks-deadbolt-ransomware-out-of-155-decryption-keys/ https://www.politie.nl/nieuws/2022/oktober/14/09-nederlandse-gedupeerde-geholpen-in-unieke-ransomware-actie.html https://support.bitso.com/hc/en-us/articles/4414984898452-What-are-the-Bitcoin-confirmations- https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2022/09/07/deadbolt-ransomware-rears-its-head-again-attacks-qnap-devices/

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Science

Using Video Games to Simulate Evolution

Discover the incredible (and hilarious) ways that video games can simulate evolution. From Conway’s ‘Game of Life’ to Evolution by Keiwan, get a look at how games and other simulations can reproduce natural selection in this video is from Curious Archive.

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