The other day it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.

@csepp I recently got reminded of that guy who wrote a web server in bash and was like "OK, basically bash was invented for text processing"...then had to write a script and realized that whitespace just messes up everything so yeah, that guy's a legend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L967hYylZuc

Oh! just learned that Kathleen Kennedy stepped down \o/ I still won't ever pay for a SW movie again though.

When playing chess against the computer I always feel like Wookie

Microsoft is investigating reports that some Windows 11 devices are failing to boot with "UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" errors after installing the January 2026 Patch Tuesday security updates.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-investigates-windows-11-boot-failures-after-january-updates/

@halfbyte I'm with you and while I also believe deep in their hearts enterprise IT teams do want "robust and reliable" providers, I also have good reason to believe that C-level incentive to "avoid onboarding another provider with procurement and whatnot" is much stronger.

If you can't provide *everything* you will eventually be replaced with someone who does.

@hongminhee

In #Hungary:

Me: how come you don't take your shoes off?
US friend: *looks around* our streets are not full of dog shit

Demystifying CVE-2025-47987 [Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Cred SSProvider Protocol LPE]

https://kryptoenix.github.io/blog/demystifying-CVE-2025-47987/

here's a video (this was the 3rd edition): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMyvfnESJWU

Budapest Micro will be back in March with workshops and Chiptune \o/

https://www.scene.hu/2026/01/24/budapest-micro-vol3-2026-03-28-harom-hollo-budapest/

(I've been to a *lot* of different, often very extreme shows, but I will never forget the first Budapest Micro!)

#chiptune #demoscene #budapest

[RSS] Defeating Anti-Reverse Engineering: A Deep Dive into the 'Trouble' Binary

https://binary.ninja/2026/01/23/reversing-linux-anti-re.html

#ReverseEngineering

[RSS] [Blog] Unauthenticated RCE in NetSupport Manager - A Technical Deep Dive

https://code-white.com/blog/2026-01-nsm-rce/

CVE-2025-34164, CVE-2025-34165

2girls1cup.mov

RE: https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/115950604491314488

AMD4700S Root Key 0 SHA256: 95333bf313b67f653e2b80518d39e39cbc8f481f61a86f6052d2b277217206d3
AMD4700S Root Key 1 SHA256: e2e0e8f8e0c66339c28ed3ee66e2fc9499ac5a5332009f57df556b4b319a73a7
AMD4700S Root Key 2 SHA256: f87833eb4a152f25d07051e73b23a5923fa8ddbdac879940eb1703fa5f9a4d09
AMD4700S Root Key 3 SHA256: 5163e65a31dab1bb833802390dc0bc0d330c8592e20f31133f2be27dbec109b8

Hash values calculated using the raw key bytes. If you get something else, try reversing all key bytes.

One of my hinges broke (it supported a small, light door for whole 10 years...) and the only replacement I found would be from the UK manufacturer, wholesale, so I put on this great album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktYn7OZCN4c&list=PLymNFxwBo3tjsy_HQdenCQ1K4a5hrHv9t

stumbled into the Logitech subreddit and found out that Logitech's code signing certificate for macOS expired a few weeks ago, which caused Logitech Options+ to be unable to launch, which stopped everyone's mice from working until Logitech updated it.

so much stupid involved here.

There is an open position on my team:
https://crowdstrike.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-CA/crowdstrikecareers/job/United-Kingdom---Remote/Security-Researcher--Malware-Triage--Remote-_R26466
While this is not currently listed here, I am certain that U.S. remote is an option and if you're in Canada, I strongly expect that this would work as well.

Raiden Warned About AI Censorship

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gGLvg0n-uY

This is creepy af (2023!)

[RSS] Python Wheel (Zip) Parser Differential Vulnerability v2.0

https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-w97x-xxj5-gpjx

[RSS] Foxit, Epic Games Store, MedDreams vulnerabilities

https://blog.talosintelligence.com/foxi-and-epic-games/