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Andy Clarke
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Don't trust code package names generated by LLMs
October 30, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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Guys new scamming method on bluesky. Please share this around. Dont fall for this stuff

Block, move on.
October 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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This gift link should work www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Exclusive | A Visual Breakdown of the Trump Birthday Letter to Epstein
We analyze the text and drawing long hidden in the birthday book.
www.wsj.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
July 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Activision pulls Call of Duty game after PC players are hacked
Activision pulls Call of Duty game after PC players are hacked
Call of Duty: Remote Code Execution
buff.ly
July 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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If you load this page it contacts 82 IP addresses executing 256 separate HTTP transactions to download 18MB of data writing 64 cookies to your device to tell you “no”
May 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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De-censoring a video's never been easier.

Check out how quickly people were able to undo the pixelization in one of my YouTube videos: www.youtube.com/watch?v=acKY...
I asked people to hack my YouTube video
YouTube video by Level 2 Jeff
www.youtube.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Necessary evil or violation of privacy? >> YouTube’s ad blocking crackdown is facing a new challenge: privacy laws www.theverge.com/2023/11/7/23...
YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown isn’t just annoying, it could be illegal in Europe
Can YouTube legally block ad blockers in the EU?
www.theverge.com
November 9, 2023 at 1:33 AM
This report shows a large uptrend in the amount of phishing emails, probably written using ChatGPT to make them much more convincing >> The State of Phishing 2023 slashnext.com/state-of-phi...
The State of Phishing 2023
The State of Phishing 2023 Reveals a 1,265% increase in phishing emails since the launch of ChatGPT, signaling a new era of cybercrime fueled by generative AI.   This report takes an in-depth look at...
slashnext.com
November 1, 2023 at 12:34 AM
Be careful what you scan >> Quishing is the new phishing: What you need to know www.zdnet.com/article/quis...
Quishing is the new phishing: What you need to know
Cybercrime always seems to find a new way to take advantage of modern technologies and now QR codes are the next it thing.
www.zdnet.com
October 31, 2023 at 12:52 AM
Well, this makes me feel old... >> Microsoft Word turns 40! insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/m...
Microsoft Word turns 40!
From its humble beginnings, Word has become one of the most popular app in the world. Review where we've been and where we are going!
insider.microsoft365.com
October 27, 2023 at 3:05 AM
It's not just iPhones that have issues with Bluetooth spam >> Now Android and Windows devices aren't safe from Flipper Zero either www.zdnet.com/article/now-...
Now Android and Windows devices aren't safe from Flipper Zero either
The Bluetooth spam feature that was initially used to inundate, and even crash, iPhones has now been expanded to cover Android and Windows devices.
www.zdnet.com
October 26, 2023 at 3:09 AM
Do you trust Google really want to improve user privacy? >> Google Chrome's new "IP Protection" will hide users' IP addresses www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/...
Google Chrome's new "IP Protection" will hide users' IP addresses
Google is getting ready to test a new "IP Protection" feature for the Chrome browser that enhances users' privacy by masking their IP addresses using proxy servers.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
October 25, 2023 at 1:28 AM
Amazon. Love 'em or hate 'em.. >> Amazon drivers’ urine packaged as energy drink, sold on Amazon arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Amazon drivers’ urine packaged as energy drink, sold on Amazon
A documentary shows how easy it is to bypass Amazon's buying and selling safeguards.
arstechnica.com
October 24, 2023 at 12:40 AM
Terrible. Not even 'admin123'... >> Over 40,000 admin portal accounts use 'admin' as a password www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
Over 40,000 admin portal accounts use 'admin' as a password
Security researchers found that IT administrators are using tens of thousands of weak passwords to protect access to portals, leaving the door open to cyberattacks on enterprise networks.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
October 20, 2023 at 2:44 AM
Are your secrets safe? >> Has Your Secret Leaked? Here's the easiest way to find out blog.gitguardian.com/announcing-h...
Has Your Secret Leaked? Here's the easiest way to find out.
Today, we’re unveiling HasMySecretLeaked, a free toolset to help security and DevOps engineers verify if their organization’s secrets have leaked on GitHub.com.
blog.gitguardian.com
October 19, 2023 at 3:07 AM
What was I doing again...? >> Here’s how many hours we lose to distraction - and how to get our focus back blog.dropbox.com/topics/work-...
Study: Here’s how many hours we lose to distraction—and how to get our focus back
blog.dropbox.com
October 13, 2023 at 1:37 AM
HTTP/2 vulnerability to blame >> Cloudflare, Google, and Amazon explain what’s behind the largest DDoS attacks ever www.theverge.com/2023/10/10/2...
Cloudflare, Google, and Amazon explain what’s behind the largest DDoS attacks ever
Attackers found a way to exploit tech that helps webpages load faster.
www.theverge.com
October 12, 2023 at 1:42 AM
ET call home..? >> Amazon Will Pay You $1 Million for Alien Footage From Your Ring Doorbell gizmodo.com/amazon-pay-1...
Amazon Will Pay You $1 Million for Alien Footage From Your Ring Doorbell
Ring’s Million Dollar Search for Extraterrestrials will feature a bona fide astrobiologist serving as a judge.
gizmodo.com
October 11, 2023 at 12:34 AM
Always remember to change your passwords from the default one >> CISA reveals 'Admin123' as top security threat in cyber sloppiness chart www.theregister.com/2023/10/06/c...
CISA publishes top 10 most common security misconfigurations
Calls for wider adoption of security-by-design principles continue to ring loudly from Uncle Sam
www.theregister.com
October 10, 2023 at 2:19 AM
Be wary of cheap Android TV boxes >> Thousands of Android devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalled arstechnica.com/security/202...
Thousands of Android devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalled
Somehow, advanced Triada malware was added to devices before reaching resellers.
arstechnica.com
October 8, 2023 at 2:40 AM
More news about the WS_FTP Server vulnerability from last week >> They’ve begun: Attacks exploiting vulnerability with maximum 10 severity rating arstechnica.com/security/202...
They’ve begun: Attacks exploiting vulnerability with maximum 10 severity rating
Will attacks be as big as those targeting MOVEit? Maybe not, but they still can be plenty bad.
arstechnica.com
October 6, 2023 at 2:27 AM
Venomous Python packages >> Hundreds of malicious Python packages found stealing sensitive data www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
Hundreds of malicious Python packages found stealing sensitive data
A malicious campaign that researchers observed growing more complex over the past half year, has been planting on open-source platforms hundreds of info-stealing packages that counted about 75,000 dow...
www.bleepingcomputer.com
October 5, 2023 at 1:11 AM
My guess is no, but I'll be happy to be proved wrong >> Can generative AI solve computer science's greatest unsolved problem? www.zdnet.com/article/can-...
Can generative AI solve computer science's greatest unsolved problem?
The question -- Does P = NP? -- is a grand theoretical challenge. Scientists took the approach of spoon-feeding ideas to GPT-4 to seek an answer.
www.zdnet.com
October 3, 2023 at 4:47 PM