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TryHackMe : Packed Light Writeup

TL;DR A .pcapng capture shows a victim host on 192.168.1.141 downloading a Python keylogger ( updates.py ) from an attacker-controlled "hotel update server" at byte-lotus-hotel.thm:8080 (…

  • Victim downloads Python keylogger from attacker-controlled server
  • Keylogger XOR-encrypts keystrokes with hardcoded key 'H'
  • Flag recovered by replaying XOR/base64 scheme on 30 exfiltrated requests

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The Senate Should Reject KOSA's Privacy Risks

The Senate Commerce Committee is once again considering legislation that would dramatically expand age verification, and undermine privacy for everyone. Alongside the SCREEN Act , the CHATBOT Act , and the Youth AI Privacy Act, the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) would push companies to collect more information about their users while…

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Samantha Morton Says She’s Been Out of Work Since Filming ‘The Odyssey’

“The politics of the industry has changed massively,” the 49-year-old actress adds of her career's ebbs and flows The post Samantha Morton Says She’s Been Out of Work Since Filming ‘The Odyssey’…

  • Samantha Morton hasn't worked since "The Odyssey"
  • She praised Nolan's invitation to "The Odyssey" set
  • Best known for Oscar-nominated roles in "Sweet and Lowdown"

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Twenty years of Pandoc

John MacFarlane has published a lengthy retrospective to commemorate twenty years of the Pandoc document converter. On August 3, 2006, I uploaded the first version of pandoc to my website, releasing…

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N. Korea Group Behind Multiple Open Source Supply-Chain Attacks: Amazon

Amazon’s recent report attributing a series of compromises of open source software libraries to a North Korea-backed threat group encapsulates many of the expanding cyber risks increasingly facing developers, from the growing use of generative AI by bad actors and targeting of code repositories to financially focused attacks by…

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