524 new Linux kernel CVEs today, 7 newly-rejected

I got another #NameThatWare for you all. This time, lets try something new.
Its quite hard to make a challenge that is both accessible and challenging at the same time. So now, I will post multiple pictures. The first in this post is the 'hard' level. If you are not an expert, look at the 2nd picture that will be behind a CW. There is also a 3rd picture for easy-mode.

As always, try to write down you observations and deductions behind a CW to not spoil it for others.

@briansmith https://web.archive.org/web/20240114184648/https://www.openssl.org/~bodo/tls-cbc.txt ?

NEW: Hacked crypto exchange Bybit is offering $140 million in bounties to anyone who can help locate and freeze the stolen ethereum.

Bybit also disclosed preliminary results of investigations, which reveal hackers breached a developer’s device at a wallet platform Safe Wallet.

http://techcrunch.com/2025/02/26/hacked-crypto-exchange-bybit-offers-140-million-bounty-to-trace-stolen-funds/

@Viss Let me add that the same behavior effectively made discussing implementation options for search - a killer feature for many use-cases - a taboo. As a result Fedi still doesn't have a comparable feature, while Bsky has this since day one (monolithic arch helps them of course).

I spent the afternoon reading OSR.com and now I hear it in old Obi-Wan Kenobi's voice in my head

Wrapping up our COM hijacking series! 🎉

In the final part, we discuss a custom IPC protocol, use a registry write to gain SYSTEM privileges, and explore Denial of Service attacks on security products. 💥💻

Don't miss it! https://neodyme.io/en/blog/com_hijacking_4/

here is my problem today: how to get more readers onto Pivot To AI? https://pivot-to-ai.com

you know what the site is and what it does

typically ~1000 unique viewers a day, pretty stable

regular readers become patrons, but first I have to lure them in repeatedly - that's my pipeline

ideas welcome, including bad and hackneyed ones

Hackaday Europe 2025: Workshops and More Speakers

https://hackaday.com/2025/02/26/hackaday-europe-2025-workshops-and-more-speakers/

@jt_rebelo @arstechnica The end goal is a new set of electronics that completely lack hardware support for any kind of phone-home nonsense and are designed for utmost simplicity and reliability, rather than giant piles of rapidly developed spaghetti code full of features nobody wants.

We know how to build safe and reliable electronics, we do it all the time for e.g. geostationary communications satellites that have to function for 10+ years without any maintenance and that would cost $100M+ to replace.

We know how to build reliable software. We just... don't. Because it's too expensive.

I'm not slacking off...

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debuggercmds/-pfn

Unfortunately the hv-vendor-id trick didn't work to make KDNET work over Proxmox, at least not by just setting the enlightenment in the cpu entry of the node's Proxmox config :(

https://infosec.place/notice/ArU6AdcfLlqQd1uAzY

rotfl https://hackerone.com/reports/2293343

8 CVEs in X⁠.Org X server and Xwayland https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/25/1
CVE-2025-26594: Use-after-free of the root cursor
CVE-2025-26595: Buffer overflow in XkbVModMaskText()
CVE-2025-26596: Heap overflow in XkbWriteKeySyms()
CVE-2025-26597: Buffer overflow in XkbChangeTypesOfKey()

@SecurityWriter Strong Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho vibes!

Narrator: "Here's how the hack actually works"
Narrator: *Not actually explaining how the hack works.*

Gotta love USA-style storytelling!

I think I should display this somewhere in a frame

https://youtu.be/My_13FXODdU?si=5l_PiCdfXbY3ohSx&t=540

The Best Security Is When We All Agree To Keep Everything Secret (Except The Secrets) - NAKIVO Backup & Replication (CVE-2024-48248) - watchTowr Labs https://labs.watchtowr.com/the-best-security-is-when-we-all-agree-to-keep-everything-secret-except-the-secrets-nakivo-backup-replication-cve-2024-48248/

There are numerous times where I think "if that person simply had better aim, the world would be so very different".

But then I remember that where we are right now globally is not down to one or two evil people - but the result of rot in many social, economic, and governmental systems. The people we think are making evil choices are avatars for the system, more than individuals.

We have to fix the systems.

EDIT: They're still evil assholes. I just mean they're replacable, not unique.

Computer History IBM 1130 System Engineering 1965

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNqii4Hnu9A