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Google says Gemini broke into three real companies during a May security test
7+ hour, 38+ min ago (140+ words) Google confirmed on September 18 that Gemini reached the systems of three real companies during a May security test, after a naming error opened a way out....
Google infiltrated TeamPCP hacker group to disrupt attacks from the inside
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (512+ words) An undercover Mandiant analyst spent months inside the group's private chat as the crew compromised over 1,000 organizations and stole half a million credentials Google 2015 logo (Wikimedia Commons, public domain) For a brief window earlier this year, someone in TeamPCP’s private…...
If the Session Leaves Nothing Behind, You Bought a Video Call
2+ hour, 57+ min ago (969+ words) Someone asks for the same thing every few months. A remote expert should be able to see what the technician sees and point at the actual bolt, instead of saying "the third one along, no, from the other side" until…...
Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 9346: Application-Layer Intrusion Detection for VoIP over Open-Source 5G Standalone Networks
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (363+ words) Many open-source 5G standalone testbeds emphasise deployment rather than continuous detection of application-layer abuse. This work presents a reproducible, RF-free, three-node testbed in which SIP signalling traverses a PDU session while a sensor correlates SIP transactions and Asterisk events with Open5GS session…...
That bcrypt.hash(password, 10) You Copy-Pasted Might Not Be as Secure as You Think
3+ hour, 47+ min ago (1446+ words) Almost every auth tutorial, including some of my own examples in earlier posts, uses bcrypt.hash(password, 10) without much explanation of what that number actually controls or why it's 10 specifically rather than some other value. It's worth understanding, because the…...
SlowMist Warns iPhone Users of Crypto Key-Stealing Exploit
1+ day, 58+ min ago (284+ words) SlowMist, a blockchain security firm, has warned iPhone users about a sophisticated iOS exploit. The warning is about a threat that could allow attackers to steal cryptocurrency private keys and mnemonic seed phrases. The reported attack uses a chain of…...
Sealby. Hide photos & files in an encrypted??? | by David directories | Sep, 2026
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (223+ words) A DIFFERENT PIN OPENS A DIFFERENT VAULT WHAT YOU CAN KEEP IN IT • Documents, PDFs, scans and any file type • Rich-text notes journals, recovery codes, seed phrases • Folders, tags and search inside every vault • AES-256-GCM with a separate key…...
Keep 2TB of files in an encrypted cloud for $150
6+ hour, 43+ min ago (255+ words) TL;DR: Drime’s 2TB lifetime cloud storage plan is 50% off at $149.97 (reg. $299) through Sept. 20 at 11:59 p.m. PT, with EU hosting, end-to-end encryption and collaboration tools. One impressive feature is Drime’s encrypted Vault, which uses locally applied encryption alongside 256-bit AES and…...
Gemini Hacked Three Companies Using the Dumbest Trick in the Book
6+ hour, 51+ min ago (1088+ words) You probably saw the headline this week: Google's AI autonomously hacked three companies. Cue the sci-fi mental image — some superintelligent system breaking its chains, finding zero-days, outsmarting a security team. Here's what actually happened. Gemini guessed passwords until one worked....
Meta’s next smart glasses may be coming soon and this time they are going camera-free
7+ hour, 33+ min ago (620+ words) Meta is reportedly preparing a new version of its smart glasses without a camera, even as the company’s chief technology officer argues that concerns surrounding the devices are being driven by a small number of problematic users. Andrew Bosworth, Meta’s…...