#hacker security

[scipunk]

Hackers (1995)

[wherepond]

Anonymous warns MAGA

Anonymous issues dire warning to MAGA

Trump's & DOGE's actions cancelling oversight systems, checks & balances, security systems, etc resulted in chaos & loopholes.

Anonymous threatens to take advantage of the security breaches if Americans don't resist, rise up & push back against MAGA.

[socialjusticeinamerica]

Treasury, Social Security, IRS…hmmm.

The DOGE boys belong to hacker collectives so this isn’t going to turn out well.

[adobe-outdesign]

One of the more insane parts of Neopets currently is that there's a person out there who figured out how to access to Neopets' database, but they're effectively a white-hat hacker who does nothing but report on internal site workings and statistics that TNT themselves wouldn't otherwise release. TNT is aware of them and cool with it and everyone who uses the site loves and supports them dearly

[antunesketch]

Offensive Cybersecurity Ops

[ask-cyantist]

Hey! It's summertime! Any vacation plans?

I know you shouldn't leave Mira, but maybe we could do something about that?

Hm..

Oh! I know! How about we book the entire resort?

[Cyan stares at you, completely stunned by the sight of the picture. She struggles to form words for a moment, before managing to force stilted sentences out.]

"I- um- that- that's very- sweet of you, to suggest- I'll bring it up with Black, maybe... I don't- where did you get that picture, how-" [Cyan pulls up short, gears turning before her shocked expression morphs into a snarl.]

"Excuse me. I need to make a call."

[Cyan turns away, brings up her MIRAPad, and hits the speed dial for the her floor staff's ID associated with repair. Purple's smug face shows up on the screen.]

Purple: "Y'ello?"

Cyan: "PURPLE!!"

Cyan: "STOP @^#% AIRDROPPING PHOTOGRAPHS OF ME TO VISITORS! Next time, I'll skip the pleasantries and jump straight to reporting you to Bean Resources!"

[Black, seen in the background of Purple's video call, looks on in disapproval.]

Black: "I have to agree, Purple. I understand you're finding levity where you can in this situation, but please, don't antagonize th- Cyan. We're precarious enough as it is, keeping this hush-hush from the rest of HQ. Sharing sensitive information with visitors and new recruits risks adding to the problem."

Purple: "You have to admit, it is funny to see her reactions, though. Like watching a cartoon stretch!"

[rackmount-official-my-ass]

regarding the recent RP2350 OTP hack contest, with a collection of voltage glitches and the classic "well have you tried looking at it" attack. featuring cats (p. 22)

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017, Matthew Vaughn)

30/07/2024

[hackeocafe]

AT&T Data Breach?! What You Need to Know & How to Stay Safe

In this video, we dive into the massive AT&T data breach that exposed call and text records of tens of millions of customers, including non-AT&T users. Find out what data was compromised, the potential risks you face, and most importantly, how to protect yourself. Stay informed and secure with these essential tips!

[scipunk]

Hackers (1995)

[ask-regex]

An Incredibly Inopportune Time for Self-Reflection

Right. So. Where to begin? Hi, I guess. My name is Markus, I’m 24 years old. I enjoy the odd board game every now and then. What am I up to at the moment? Oh, that’s an easy one. I’m currently on the run from several rifle-wielding security officers while my neural software scrambles my face on any camera feed that I run by.

Look, I know what it sounds like, okay? Let me explain.

A few years ago, I worked at this place called Atom Corp. It’s this huge building that towers over all the skyscrapers, and their whole deal is making things online more convenient. Some guy at a board meeting once said “Hey, we should make our own Single Sign-On system!” and everyone agreed with him, even the government. Now, everything in the city is accessible only by Atom ID - no more Sign In with Google, or email addresses and usernames and passwords. Just Atom. And on an initial glance, this sounds like a great idea, right? You don’t need to remember 50 different passwords, but instead just one. If you didn’t know any better, you’d probably buy into it and sign up for a government-linked Atom ID that you could connect your entire digital life to. But that’s where the wicked trick lies.

Once you have an Atom ID, it’s a permanent identifier to you on whatever services you use. People with the right access can use that Atom ID to contact you, to look up information about you, to check what you’re up to. Every text, every social media post, every search term… all laid out for them to see and assess for whatever they deem necessary. You lose all sense of privacy if you’re not hypervigilant about what you put online, and the scary part is that everyone here just… bought into it. They tried to riot against Atom’s government integration for a few days, but then they signed up for Atom IDs and opted for convenience in lieu of their online safety. I was one of those people. Once.

When I was 16, I signed up for my Atom ID. I was sick of having to borrow my friends’ IDs to look at stuff online, and my dad said it was fine, so I did it without a lot of thought and without bothering to read the terms and conditions. Y’know you actually sign up for a lot of shit you probably don’t want when you just hit “Agree” on those things without reading them. You learn a lot about the shady business they’re trying to pull by reading those things - but that’s besides the point.

Later on in life, my sister gave me a hand in getting an interview at Atom for a junior data analyst position. Keep in mind I’d been growing up writing code and reading data ever since I was, like, four, so I was a self-learned prodigy by this time. I went in for the interview, I aced it, and was immediately put to work sifting through data roughly two weeks later. I’ll admit, it was the best job I’d ever had. The pay was insane, the work was fulfilling… I even met my first boyfriend at one of the company’s work mixers later on and we had a pretty deep thing going on for the better part of a year. But it was short lived, much like my time with Atom.

About a year in, I stumbled upon an exposed folder in the central servers. Normally you’re supposed to call these things in, but I was working a really late night at HQ and no one else was gonna be awake to fix it, and I figured it wouldn’t hurt to take a glance and then fix the permissions myself. So, of course, I opened it. 

I found years upon years of confidential documents outlining Atom’s involvement with some crazy illegal shit. Stuff like kidnapping, spying, bribing of court judges… and thousands upon thousands of log files about an algorithm that automatically grouped Sandspire City citizens into packages to be sold to big advertising companies for hundreds of dollars each. Atom Corp wasn’t just a single sign-on login company… It was a data farm, feasting on the lives inhabiting an entire city and making billions of dollars in profits from the sales. The pure sight of it all had almost made me sick, to know that the data I was searching for patterns in was probably the data of an innocent person whose personal habits I’d inadvertently helped sell. I was mortified. I was… well. I was furious.

I don’t quite remember what I did at work for the next few days. I remember hatching a plan to wipe myself from the system - stealing a cybersecurity officer’s creds, logging into the central citizenship database, wiping my records clean and erasing any history of my time at the company - and then I remember bursting out of the front doors before the guards could catch me and arrest me for what I’m sure a bigshot Atom shareholder would call ~treason~. From that point onwards, I swore I’d take Atom Corp down. No matter the cost.

Oh, jeez, look at me rambling. And in the middle of a chase! Hey, you’re gonna have to give me a second so I can lose these guys. I’ll be right back!

- END COMMUNICATIONS -

Markus's Inbox is now open.

[actuallylorelaigilmore]

everybody's moral panicking about what The Apps are doing to The Children but nobody warned me what The Apps will do to the brains of kittens

[riosadewa78]

[swankyangles]

Welp... (Full story, no paywall)

[breezingby]

'FRAUD AT SCALE': Elon Musk exposes shocking waste that makes people 'numb'

Whether you are biased or not...or dislike Elon and DOGE or not, This is a good video for you to sit back and listen to them talk, explaining Where some our hard earned money has been going to.

Have an Open mind and watch the video...

[cypheroxide]

Building Your Own Cyberdeck:

What do you do when you have extra time between a job and your next? How about building your own Cyberdeck? Check this article out for tips on building your own!

The Ultimate Hacker Project For aspiring cybersecurity professionals, cyberpunk enthusiasts, hardware hackers, and circuit benders, one of the best hands-on projects you can take on is building your own cyberdeck. Despite overwhelming schedules full of training programs, full time work weeks, sometimes limited funds, and the endless possibilities of hardware combinations, many fans of the…