Marcus Hutchins
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Just introduced a new category of reverse engineering labs: Multistage. Multistage labs simulate full malware attack chains based on real-world malware campaigns. These labs are designed to familiarize malware analysts with reversing complex infection chains, rather than just standalone malware.
Multistage - Reverse Engineering Labs
Real world malware infections often happen in stages. Each step of the infection chain is responsible for initializing the next. For these challenges, you'll have to analyze your way through more…
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November 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Just introduced a new category of reverse engineering labs: Multistage. Multistage labs simulate full malware attack chains based on real-world malware campaigns. These labs are designed to familiarize malware analysts with reversing complex infection chains, rather than just standalone malware.
I like how the options were:
A) accept that Mamdani's proposals aren't radical, they're part of normal political discourse in lots of places.
B) claim they are radical.
But bro decided to come up with his own option:
C) defend the status quo by writing weird fanfic cope about how Obama is left wing
A) accept that Mamdani's proposals aren't radical, they're part of normal political discourse in lots of places.
B) claim they are radical.
But bro decided to come up with his own option:
C) defend the status quo by writing weird fanfic cope about how Obama is left wing
November 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I like how the options were:
A) accept that Mamdani's proposals aren't radical, they're part of normal political discourse in lots of places.
B) claim they are radical.
But bro decided to come up with his own option:
C) defend the status quo by writing weird fanfic cope about how Obama is left wing
A) accept that Mamdani's proposals aren't radical, they're part of normal political discourse in lots of places.
B) claim they are radical.
But bro decided to come up with his own option:
C) defend the status quo by writing weird fanfic cope about how Obama is left wing
I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.
Check out my new interview with The Hacking Games! I discuss how I went from being arrested by the FBI to advising law enforcement on creating intervention programs, helping redirect young hackers before they end up in jail.
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From Blackhat Hacker to Hero: Marcus Hutchins on Cybercrime and Redemption
From a curious teenage hacker experimenting in his bedroom in Devon, to malware writer, to international cyber hero. Nobody knows the path quite like Marcus Hutchins (@MalwareTechBlog) .
Marcus is…
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November 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Check out my new interview with The Hacking Games! I discuss how I went from being arrested by the FBI to advising law enforcement on creating intervention programs, helping redirect young hackers before they end up in jail.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs2Q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs2Q...
Chronically online weirdos have basically created the liberal equivalent of those nonsense mainstream media posts about how "millennials are killing the socks industry" that were like crack cocaine for boomers.
November 6, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Chronically online weirdos have basically created the liberal equivalent of those nonsense mainstream media posts about how "millennials are killing the socks industry" that were like crack cocaine for boomers.
Good news, it turns out you actually don't have to settle for whatever diet republican corporate shill the Democratic party tries to force feed you.
November 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Good news, it turns out you actually don't have to settle for whatever diet republican corporate shill the Democratic party tries to force feed you.
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Here's the whole paragraph. Genuinely, if you've got a way for this to make sense, let me know.
November 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Here's the whole paragraph. Genuinely, if you've got a way for this to make sense, let me know.
Reposted by Marcus Hutchins
I was going to do a big wrap up thread after reading the entire report. But...hoo boy.
NotPetya and Wannacry were not AI attacks.
NotPetya and Wannacry were not AI attacks.
November 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I was going to do a big wrap up thread after reading the entire report. But...hoo boy.
NotPetya and Wannacry were not AI attacks.
NotPetya and Wannacry were not AI attacks.
Interesting. So apparently MIT Sloan can publish an article claiming "80% of ransomware attacks are AI powered", and Safe Security can do the same. A billion press releases can cite it. But the second actual experts push back, suddenly "it's just a working paper, why would anyone criticize it 😭" 1/3
I've just heard from academics that the MIT piece was a pre-publication working paper that invited feedback prior to submission to an academic journal. It was not a final piece. They are baffled at the criticism. @gossithedog.bsky.social
The website for the working paper now it clarifies this:
The website for the working paper now it clarifies this:
November 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Interesting. So apparently MIT Sloan can publish an article claiming "80% of ransomware attacks are AI powered", and Safe Security can do the same. A billion press releases can cite it. But the second actual experts push back, suddenly "it's just a working paper, why would anyone criticize it 😭" 1/3
lmao, Poland is so real for this
November 3, 2025 at 7:19 AM
lmao, Poland is so real for this
Whenever you mark your Uber Eats or Postmates order as not delivered, the "full refund" doesn't include the money you tipped the driver. They also removed the ability to edit the tip amount. So if you were wondering why so many drivers seem to put in zero effort all of a sudden, that's why.
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Whenever you mark your Uber Eats or Postmates order as not delivered, the "full refund" doesn't include the money you tipped the driver. They also removed the ability to edit the tip amount. So if you were wondering why so many drivers seem to put in zero effort all of a sudden, that's why.
Upgrading to 128 GB of RAM made my PC worse because hitting the memory limit was my only incentive to reboot. Now i just leave the system running until it becomes completely unusable.
November 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Upgrading to 128 GB of RAM made my PC worse because hitting the memory limit was my only incentive to reboot. Now i just leave the system running until it becomes completely unusable.
My friend and I were going to do an exploit development livestream, and I'm so glad we didn't. We ended up spending 4 hours trying to install Windows. The ISO we used was so old that the root certificates had expired, so the system couldn't even connect to the internet to update itself.
November 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
My friend and I were going to do an exploit development livestream, and I'm so glad we didn't. We ended up spending 4 hours trying to install Windows. The ISO we used was so old that the root certificates had expired, so the system couldn't even connect to the internet to update itself.
One of the craziest examples of this is there was an extremely small transphobic account on Twitter. They kept repeatedly baiting the same journalist into giving them free coverage, amassed over 4.5 million followers, and became so influential that they got to have dinner with the president.
My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.
November 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
One of the craziest examples of this is there was an extremely small transphobic account on Twitter. They kept repeatedly baiting the same journalist into giving them free coverage, amassed over 4.5 million followers, and became so influential that they got to have dinner with the president.
Some guy got in an argument with me about the impact of AI malware. He cited a MIT paper claiming "80% of ransomware attacks are AI powered". I glanced over it and burst out laughing, but couldn't be bothered to debunk it. My friend on the other hand, could. He roasted it so hard that MIT deleted it
Security Community Slams MIT-linked Report Claiming AI Power...
Experts push back on new claims about AI-driven ransomware, warning that hype and sponsored research are distorting how the threat is understood.
socket.dev
October 31, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Some guy got in an argument with me about the impact of AI malware. He cited a MIT paper claiming "80% of ransomware attacks are AI powered". I glanced over it and burst out laughing, but couldn't be bothered to debunk it. My friend on the other hand, could. He roasted it so hard that MIT deleted it
There's a huge market for high-end counterfeit luxury goods targeted at people who want to appear wealthy but aren't. It's not money laundering. This is just how the kind of person who makes 6 figures but commits treason for only $1.3m spends their money.
Pros at doing crime: You get $1.3m in crypto and... do this with it? Was this his dumb way to try to wash it? Where does it go after his house without raising questions? /Calling @dieworkwear.bsky.social
Btw if you're wondering what Williams spent his $1.3m on, turns out the answer is lots of watches, a Louis Vuitton handbag, a lot of very expensive jewelry from Tiffanies, and some things from Mocler.
And when I say lots of watches, I mean *lots* of watches. Guy really liked watches.
And when I say lots of watches, I mean *lots* of watches. Guy really liked watches.
October 31, 2025 at 4:25 AM
There's a huge market for high-end counterfeit luxury goods targeted at people who want to appear wealthy but aren't. It's not money laundering. This is just how the kind of person who makes 6 figures but commits treason for only $1.3m spends their money.
Same country that thinks it's going to deter China through offensive cyber operations, btw.
Maybe the plan is to bamboozle China by having so much insecure infrastructure that they can't decide what to hack.
Maybe the plan is to bamboozle China by having so much insecure infrastructure that they can't decide what to hack.
FCC will vote to scrap telecom cybersecurity requirements
The commission’s Republican chair, who voted against the rules in January, calls them ineffective and illegal.
www.cybersecuritydive.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Same country that thinks it's going to deter China through offensive cyber operations, btw.
Maybe the plan is to bamboozle China by having so much insecure infrastructure that they can't decide what to hack.
Maybe the plan is to bamboozle China by having so much insecure infrastructure that they can't decide what to hack.
Watch OpenAI go public and just follow Tesla's business model (convincing retail investors to shovel their money into a fire while announcing "AGI is coming next year" every year forever).
October 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Watch OpenAI go public and just follow Tesla's business model (convincing retail investors to shovel their money into a fire while announcing "AGI is coming next year" every year forever).
I’m curious: those of you who haven’t looked up the top 1% thresholds, what is your guess as to what income and net worth puts you in the top 1% of the US?
I always get drawn back to Al Gore telling voters that he’d only raise taxes on the top 1% and then after the election a poll showed that something like 20% of voters thought they were in the top 1% and another 20% thought they would be in the next five years. Just a total tragic disconnect.
Maaaaan, this. So much this. Every time there's any kind of actual in-depth survey we find that the American people are *abysmally* ignorant about even the most basic political facts, but the pundit class just immediately forgets & proceeds with political analysis based on subtle policy differences.
October 30, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I’m curious: those of you who haven’t looked up the top 1% thresholds, what is your guess as to what income and net worth puts you in the top 1% of the US?
The general manager of a US defense contractor selling sensitive stolen technology to Russia, then his seized assets being almost entire fake watches, is really something 😆
techcrunch.com/2025/10/29/f...
techcrunch.com/2025/10/29/f...
October 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The general manager of a US defense contractor selling sensitive stolen technology to Russia, then his seized assets being almost entire fake watches, is really something 😆
techcrunch.com/2025/10/29/f...
techcrunch.com/2025/10/29/f...
Reposted by Marcus Hutchins
Great spot on the other place from @lukaszolejnik.bsky.social & h/t @shashj.bsky.social
"An administration official proposed knocking a hydroelectric dam in Venezuela offline with a cyberattack"
“The idea seemed half baked” 😂😂😂
@malwaretech.com @kikta.net @wylienewmark.bsky.social
"An administration official proposed knocking a hydroelectric dam in Venezuela offline with a cyberattack"
“The idea seemed half baked” 😂😂😂
@malwaretech.com @kikta.net @wylienewmark.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Great spot on the other place from @lukaszolejnik.bsky.social & h/t @shashj.bsky.social
"An administration official proposed knocking a hydroelectric dam in Venezuela offline with a cyberattack"
“The idea seemed half baked” 😂😂😂
@malwaretech.com @kikta.net @wylienewmark.bsky.social
"An administration official proposed knocking a hydroelectric dam in Venezuela offline with a cyberattack"
“The idea seemed half baked” 😂😂😂
@malwaretech.com @kikta.net @wylienewmark.bsky.social
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Further investigation shows that he also does not have an uncle named Sam.
October 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Further investigation shows that he also does not have an uncle named Sam.
Just in: Zohran Mamdani caught calling someone "bro", but our investigation has unearthed the truth. This person was not, in fact, his biological brother. Why did he lie? Tune in tonight at 10 for this and more breaking news.
October 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Just in: Zohran Mamdani caught calling someone "bro", but our investigation has unearthed the truth. This person was not, in fact, his biological brother. Why did he lie? Tune in tonight at 10 for this and more breaking news.