"All your parcel are belong to us – Talk at Troopers 2023" by Florian Bausch

At Troopers 2023, we gave a talk on how to attack DHL parcel tracking information based on OSINT. Since we previously had an exemplary disclosure process about this attack with DHL, Mr. Kiehne (from DHL) joined us to provide interesting background information and insights and how they addressed our findings. We want to thank DHL […]…

#Misc, #DHL, #Parcels, #talk, #TROOPERS

https://insinuator.net/2023/07/all-your-parcel-are-belong-to-us-talk-at-troopers-2023/

"The DRACO Stream Cipher" by Matthias Hamann

In symmetric-key cryptography, we typically distinguish two types of encryption schemes: block ciphers and stream ciphers. Block ciphers divide a plaintext into blocks of a fixed size (e.g., 64 or 128 bits) and encrypt one such block of data as a whole. Stream ciphers, on the other hand, consider the plaintext as a continuous stream […]…

#Misc, #LightweightCryptography, #RFID, #StreamCiphers

https://insinuator.net/2023/06/the-draco-stream-cipher/

"IMF Conference 2023 in Munich" by Florian Bausch

The IMF Conference is the International Conference on IT Security Incident Management & IT Forensics. This year it took place from May 23 to 24 in Munich. The schedule lists a lot of interesting talks. One of the talks was my presentation on a paper about Ceph forensics, based on my Master Thesis: The concept […]…

#Misc, #conference, #filesystem, #forensics

https://insinuator.net/2023/05/imf-conference-2023-in-munich/

"AD /Azure Security Track on Troopers 23" by Friedwart Kuhn

Hi! We’re excited to announce the nearly complete composition of the Active Directory & Azure Security Track on Troopers 23 with fantastic speakers! Here we go: “Dumping NTHashes from Azure AD” (Nestori Syynimaa) “Hidden Pathways: Exploring the Anatomy of ACL-Based Active Directory Attacks and Building Strong Defenses” (Jonas Bülow Knudsen, Alexander Schmitt) “Priority for Effective […]…

#Misc

https://insinuator.net/2023/05/ad-azure-security-track-on-troopers-23/

"Hack In The Box Security Conference 2023 @ Amsterdam – Summary" by Julian Suleder

In this blog post, we are sharing summaries of talks from the Hack in the Box Conference in Amsterdam (HITBSecConf2023), the final HITB conference in Amsterdam. Before we do that, however, we would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the organizers of the conference for putting together such an insightful and engaging event. […]…

#Misc

https://insinuator.net/2023/05/hack-in-the-box-security-conference-2023-amsterdam-summary/

Runway launches ground-breaking Gen-1 video generation AI system

Runway, the company best known for its text-to-image model Stable Diffusion, has just released Gen-1, a video generation AI system. Similarly to the company's Stable Diffusion technology,...
See More: https://www.ghacks.net/2023/02/08/runway-launches-ground-breaking-gen-1-video-generation-ai-system/ #Misc

SpaceX launched Spain's Hispasat communications satellite mission

SpaceX launched the Hispasat Amazonas Nexus mission on February 6, 2023.  The Falcon 9 rocket launched the communications satellite from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral...
See More: https://www.ghacks.net/2023/02/07/spacex-launched-spains-hispasat-communications-satellite-mission/ #Misc

Researchers say that rocket launches are damaging the Ozone layer

You may be familiar with the term Ozone Hole, this region of depleted Ozone in the stratosphere happens during Springtime in the in the Antartic region of the Southern Hemisphere. The Ozo...
See More: https://www.ghacks.net/2023/02/07/researchers-say-that-rocket-launches-are-damaging-the-ozone-layer/ #Misc

Turns out, ChatGPT is quite good at writing WordPress plugins

ChatGPT has been used for a wide variety of projects already. From writing novels and song texts to code snippets and building websites. The AI is also used by cybercriminals, for instanc...
See More: https://www.ghacks.net/2023/02/07/turns-out-chatgpt-is-quite-good-at-writing-wordpress-plugins/ #Misc

Can machine learning help prevent disastrous events such as Earthquakes?

Researchers from Brown University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed a new technique to predict rare events such as earthquakes or pandemics. The recent disastrous ea...
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Google Bard: ChatGPT competitor announced

It has been rumored for quite some time that Google could soon come up with its own competitor to OpenAI's popular language model ChatGPT. Now the company has officially announced that th...
See More: https://www.ghacks.net/2023/02/07/google-bard-chatgpt-competitor-announced/ #Misc

Breaking: Tech Recession forces Dell to lay off 5% of its global work complement

Dell, a leading computer manufacturer, has announced plans to eliminate approximately 6,650 positions, which constitutes 5% of its global workforce, according to a report by Bloomberg. In...
See More: https://www.ghacks.net/2023/02/06/breaking-tech-recession-forces-dell-to-lay-off-5-of-its-global-work-complement/ #Misc

StardustME celebrates first memorial flight to the stars aboard Falcon 9 rocket

Aboard Falcon 9 rocket's 199th mission to space was the first payload of New Zealand-based company StardustME. The company specializes in organizing memorial flights of people's ashes int...
See More: https://www.ghacks.net/2023/02/03/stardustme-celebrates-first-memorial-flight-to-the-stars-aboard-falcon-9-rocket/ #Misc

SpaceX celebrates Falcon 9's 200th successful mission

The past few days have been filled with excitement at SpaceX after the company launched two successful Falcon 9 missions and celebrated the 200th Falcon 9 rocket launch. The first Falcon ...
See More: https://www.ghacks.net/2023/02/02/spacex-celebrates-falcon-9s-200th-successful-mission/ #Misc

ChatGPT Plus subscription is now available

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, announced the launch off a pilot subscription plan for ChatGPT today. ChatGPT Plus is available for $20 per month and only available in the United Stat...
See More: https://www.ghacks.net/2023/02/02/chatgpt-plus-subscription-is-now-available/ #Misc

Track Green Comet thanks to the Virtual Telescope Project

Last week, we mentioned that there’s a green comet trailing across our skies, with an expected proper viewing date of February 1st and 2nd. Now is already here!. With the scientific name ...
See More: https://www.ghacks.net/the-green-comet-is-almost-here #Misc

How to write better AI text prompts

It really feels like things are moving incredibly fast at the moment. AI is the big buzzword on the internet and over the last twelve months we’ve seen a multitude of AI […]
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See More: https://www.ghacks.net/2023/01/30/how-to-write-better-ai-text-prompts/ #Misc

These 5 Spectacular Impact Craters on Earth Highlight Our Planet’s Wild History

Craters are extremely cool - what’s even cooler are impact craters. Apart from looking outstanding, impact craters also help us understand the geology and the solar system process. This a...
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World's largest academic publisher says ChatGPT can't be credited as an author

In a recent development, the world's largest academic publisher, Springer Nature, has stated that the popular language model, ChatGPT, cannot be credited as an author. This decision has s...
See More: https://www.ghacks.net/2023/01/27/chatgpt-cant-be-credited-academic-author/ #Misc

Can you “hack” your way to love through a dating app?

Online dating has become increasingly popular in recent years, with dating apps and websites providing a convenient way for people to connect with potential partners. According to a surve...
See More: https://www.ghacks.net/2023/01/26/can-you-hack-dating-apps/ #Misc