How I’d Save The United States
I’ve been experiencing growing frustration with social/political issues lately, and each time I get to thinking about various problems that this country faces, I try…
Month: July 2025
ChatGPT”s GPT-5-reasoning-alpha model spotted ahead of launch
GPT-5 might be just a few days or weeks away, as we’ve spotted references to a new model called gpt-5-reasoning-alpha-2025-07-13. As spotted on X, OpenAI…
Snake Keylogger Evades Windows Defender and Scheduled Tasks to Harvest Login Credentials
A sophisticated phishing campaign targeting Turkish defense and aerospace enterprises has emerged, delivering a highly evasive variant of the Snake Keylogger malware through fraudulent emails…
The Difference Between a Vulnerability Assessment and a Penetration Test
Language Matters > Clarified Definitions > A Physical Analog > The Exploitation Angle > Pentests Don’t Include VA > Summary > There are many views…
Chinese Threat Actors Using 2,800 Malicious Domains to Deliver Windows-Specific Malware
A sophisticated Chinese threat actor campaign has emerged as one of the most persistent malware distribution operations targeting Chinese-speaking communities worldwide. Since June 2023, this…
The Difference Between a Vulnerability Assessment and a Penetration Test
Language Matters > Clarified Definitions > A Physical Analog > The Exploitation Angle > Pentests Don’t Include VA > Summary > There are many views…
New Veeam Themed Phishing Attack Using Weaponized Wav File to Attack users
A sophisticated phishing campaign targeting organizations has emerged, exploiting the trusted reputation of Veeam Software through weaponized WAV audio files delivered via email. The attack…
China’s Salt Typhoon Hackers Breached the US National Guard for Nearly a Year
After reporting last week that the “raw” Jeffrey Epstein prison video posted by the FBI was likely modified in at least some ways (though there…
New CrushFTP 0-Day Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild to Gain Access to Servers
A critical zero-day flaw in the CrushFTP managed file-transfer platform was confirmed after vendor and threat-intelligence sources confirmed active exploitation beginning on 18 July 2025…
Why You Should Dump Internet Explorer
The time has come to dump Internet Explorer. I know, I know — you may have heard the same thing before from those that think…
New QR Code Attack Via PDFs Evades Detection Systems and Harvest Credentials
A sophisticated phishing campaign dubbed “Scanception” has emerged as a significant threat to enterprise security, leveraging QR codes embedded in PDF attachments to bypass traditional…
An IPTABLES Primer
iptables is the packet filtering technology that’s built into the 2.4 Linux kernel. It’s what allows one to do firewalling, nating, and other cool stuff…