Coworker: ...and the IP address are compared with a string match.
Me: grinning manically
Coworker: Why are you looking at me like that?
Me: Open up a terminal and type ping 4.2.514 and hit enter.
Coworker: ...what's the fourth number?
Me: grin widens Just hit enter.
Coworker: WTF!?

testssl.sh 3.2.0 is finally out, see https://github.com/testssl/testssl.sh/releases/tag/v3.2.0 or just https://testssl.sh .

Changelog see https://github.com/testssl/testssl.sh/blob/3.2/CHANGELOG.md .

Spring is here, and the cable plugs are blooming.

Google is what happens when a system forgets why it was built but remembers how.

We have identified some security vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-1731) in Zyxel USG FLEX H Series firewall appliances, that allow local users with access to a Linux OS shell to escalate privileges to root.

https://security.humanativaspa.it/local-privilege-escalation-on-zyxel-usg-flex-h-series-cve-2025-1731

#Zyxel #VulnerabilityResearch #CoordinatedDisclosure

🐣 HAPPY EASTER FROM PHRACK 🐣

SPECIAL CrackMe Easter-2025 Challenge ONLINE NOW.

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Go find the EGG by solving the riddle :>

https://github.com/phrackzine/crackme

[RSS] Auditing Moodle's core hunting for logical bugs

http://blog.quarkslab.com/auditing-moodles-core-hunting-for-logical-bugs.html

If you heard about that hacking of the voices of traffic light crosswalks in the US recently, the root cause is the devices all had the password '1234' and an app to reprogram the devices was on the Apple app store.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/19/us_crosswalk_button_hacking/

[RSS] Reporting on the IBM 2025 Report

https://jericho.blog/2025/04/22/reporting-on-the-ibm-2025-report/

ATT&CK v17 is now live! This release includes the first version of the ESXi platform, a pile of defensive upgrades, and fresh content across Enterprise, Mobile, and ICS.

Check out our blog post describing the changes by Amy Robertson & @whatshisface at https://medium.com/mitre-attack/attack-v17-dfb59eae2204

The year is 2031.
Chrome development has accelerated even more under OpenAI, to the point where every tab now needs 16GB of RAM.
Mozilla has been restructured and is now a joint venture between IBM and Oracle, aiming to put the "Java" back in "JavaScript" and some vague statements about quantum computing.
Opera's parent company has been absorbed by Tencent and now requires sign-in with a China mainland phone number.
Microsoft has rebranded Edge to "Copilot for Web" and is gradually removing the last hacks that allow manual text input. Amazon and Meta are currently lobbying the government to force Microsoft to sell Copilot to them. It's not clear what "Copilot" they're talking about, but that may be intentional.
Apple's Safari has escaped regulatory scrutiny for the most part, but its market share is slow to recover after half a decade of an "Apple Intelligence first" user interface that Apple has now finally reversed course on.

https://mastodon.social/@verge/114383625601142305

Today I found an unauthenticated Docker API endpoint, and couldn't find a working exploit script, so I made one. It exfils out-of-band if you can't get output (I couldn't) and auto-cleans up after itself.

Nessus: Docker Remote API Detection

https://github.com/n00py/DockerKnocker

The what where now?

"Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships."

Are there any (case-)studies about using LLM's to create data models?

SEC-T 0x10: Jonas Vestberg - Hello my name is QSECOFR /by @bugch3ck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt5AOR5zLhM

Very nice presentation about #IBMi security, including post-exploitation steps and lateral movement via pass-the-hash!

‘Reasoning’ AI is LYING to you! — or maybe it’s just hallucinating again /by @davidgerard

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/18/reasoning-ai-is-lying-to-you-or-maybe-its-just-hallucinating-again/

Let's talk about xPal, which purports to be an encrypted messaging app. https://xpal.com

Anyone that reads my blog probably already knows where this is going.

If this post accidentally reaches escape velocity and people that don't know me find it: Hi, I'm a furry cryptography nerd. Usually when I talk about so-called private apps, it's to disclose vulnerabilities in them.

(Today, I just don't have the damn energy to do a formal write-up.)

Let's start with how they market their app.

Interesting AI Act case in Europeaj Court of Justice may decide if just about any algorithms, including non-AI ones, are subject to the AI Act (regulation about Artificial Intelligence). It would be a fascinating expansion of the regulation applications. https://curia.europa.eu/juris/showPdf.jsf?text=&docid=298104&pageIndex=0&doclang=PL&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=12213338

Hash Resolver Resolve hashed API names by emulating the hashing function in-place using Unicorn Engine + #IDA integration.

https://github.com/moreveal/hash-resolver

Tracing malloc calls in PCode

https://scribe.rip/@cy1337/tracing-data-flow-with-pcode-f879278d9fc1

#Ghidra #ReverseEngineering