JetBrains software Teamcity possibly used in Solarwinds hack

In a New York Times article released on January 6, 2021, JetBrains and their Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI/C) application Teamcity were confirmed to be used by recently hacked software company SolarWinds.

ElectroRat

Cryptocurrency Users Targeted in Cross-Platform ElectroRAT Malware

Using Pastebin unique visitor counts for tracking, over 6,500 victims are estimated to be affected after detection of this malware in December. These numbers may be off and definatly will grow in the coming days. Called ElectroRAT by Intezer, the… Read More

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How can I prevent SQL injection in PHP?

Preventing SQL injections is a popular topic. #1 on stackoverflow (for php) and also listed on the OWASP top 10. So what is an SQL Injection? The first part “SQL” refers to Sequential Query Language which is used… Read More

Twitter Alternatives

Believe it or not, Twitter is not the only way to share your thoughts on the internet. Well, in light of recent behavior we’ve come to understand that Twitter is the adult and we all are the teenagers… Read More

Windows server vulnerability.

WINDOWS SERVER VULNERABILITY REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.This has been posted on /r/sysadmin on Reddit: CVE-2020-1472 Netlogon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability byu/ugus insysadmin Twitter post explaining it: https://twitter.com/RyanLNewington/status/129344415164462694… Blog post explaining it: https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2020-1472-zerologon-vulnera… POC: https://infinitelogins.com/2020/09/15/abusing-cve-2020-1472-…

Android: Why this photo is bricking some phones

BBC News is reporting: Dozens of Android phone owners are reporting on social media that a picture featuring a lake, a cloudy sunset and a green shoreline is crashing their handsets when used as wallpaper. How could such… Read More

Forget easy-to-use design. Choose something hard instead

VIM: Forget easy-to-use design. Choose something hard instead

This is a great article about the mentality that allows you to use VIM even when it is “hard” There is a computer program called Vim, based on software created in the 1970s. It is famously difficult. Computer… Read More

The Story Behind DOOM’s Cheat Codes

Man, I loved this game and this video brings back all the feels! Thank you Codex! If you want to support the development of this series, and check out the extended interview with Dave Taylor, consider subscribing on… Read More

Commonly used grep was written overnight, but why and how did it get its name? Professor Brian Kernighan explains.

Where GREP Came From

I use ‘grep’ on a daily basis and completely take for granted the code that is behind it. Here is the amazing explanation of what/how ‘grep’ is.

Politicians Concerned Crypto can Influence Elections – Should Focus on Firing Politicians Instead

Politicians Concerned Crypto can Influence Elections – Should Focus on Firing Politicians Instead

There are many great arguments here posted hee brings up some great ideas. what do you think? 100% via (decentralized tv) https://decentralized.tv/politicians-concerned-crypto-can-influence-elections-should-focus-on-firing-politicians-instead/