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Why the $292 M Kelp DAO Exploit Proves Smart Contract Audits Aren't Enough.
20+ hour, 51+ min ago (176+ words) The "Valid" Exploit The Kelp DAO incident is terrifying because the on-chain transactions looked 100% valid. Signatures verified. Messages relayed. 116, 500 rs ETH moved. The Infrastructure Vector The attack targeted the off-chain verification layer. By compromising RPC nodes, the attackers fed false…...
The Quiet Kill Chain: How Modern Red Teamers Break Organizations Without Exploits
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (363+ words) Most people imagine offensive security as a chain of loud events: Scan " Exploit " Shell " Pivot " Dump " Done. That model still exists. But it's no longer where the real game is played. A sequence of small, legitimate actions that, when combined,…...
What does the term 'hacker' mean to you?
1+ week, 1+ day ago (143+ words) Looking for a pure answer here -- don't overthink it! I really dislike the conventional definition of a hacker as a malicious person trained to break systems and do something bad. In reality, a hacker has a much deeper meaning. It's…...
GHSA-9 J88-VVJ5-VHGR: GHSA-9j88-vvj5-vhgr: STARTTLS Response Injection and SASL Downgrade in Mail Kit
1+ week, 3+ day ago (439+ words) GHSA-9j88-vvj5-vhgr: STARTTLS Response Injection and SASL Downgrade in Mail Kit Vulnerability ID: GHSA-9 J88-VVJ5-VHGR CVSS Score: 6. 5 Published: 2026-04-18 Mail Kit versions prior to 4. 16. 0 contain a STARTTLS response injection vulnerability. A network-positioned attacker can inject plaintext protocol responses into the client's internal…...
Ghidra Skills: Finding Logic Bombs in MIPS-based Router Firmware
2+ week, 12+ hour ago (1446+ words) A router hums in the corner of a room you stopped noticing months ago. The LEDs pulse in a slow pattern, green, amber, green again, like a tired signal pretending to be alive. At 3 a. m. the firmware is still doing its…...
Hack Anything in 1 Click
2+ week, 3+ day ago (169+ words) April Fools Challenge Submission " I built a fun and completely useless "one-click hacking tool" that claims to hack any Instagram ID or username instantly. The project allows users to enter any username, click the "Hack" button, and watch a series…...
I watched Shai Hulud steal credentials from teams running npm audit. Here's the gap nobody talks about.
2+ week, 4+ day ago (620+ words) September 2025. Post Hog, Zapier, Postman, ENS Domains. Over 500 packages compromised. Credentials pulled from developer machines and CI agents. When the malware found an npm token, it automatically published backdoored versions of every package that token had access to. No human…...
Reconciling 15 OSS Vulnerability Databases: What They Actually Cover
2+ week, 5+ day ago (962+ words) If you run an open source project, you probably rely on a vulnerability scanner that queries one or two databases. Dependabot looks at Git Hub Security Advisories. pip-audit looks at Py PA. cargo audit looks at Rust Sec. Each tool…...
Anthropic Just Did Something Unprecedented: They Hid Their Best Security Model
2+ week, 6+ day ago (483+ words) Today Anthropic announced Claude Mythos " a model so good at finding security vulnerabilities that they decided not to release it. Instead, they launched Project Glasswing: a restricted program that gives access only to vetted security researchers and major tech companies....
Malicious Code Hidden in Build Config Files Exploits Trust in PRs: Enhanced Scrutiny and Automated Checks Proposed
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1536+ words) Here's how it works, step by step: The attacker inserts obfuscated malicious code into a build configuration file. This code is designed to evade casual inspection. For example, it might be buried within a long, minified Java Script block or…...