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In this video I discuss how Microsoft requiring bitlocker encryption by default in a new build of windows 11 could cause people unfamiliar with bitlocker to lose their data.

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In this video I discuss the drama that has unfolded between the Helldivers2 player base and Sony, and explain how DRM gives game companies ultimate control over your game software, even giving them the ability to deny you from playing after you've paid for it.

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In this video I discover a VPN leak that was discovered in Android by Mullvad that effects any wireguard VPN in any app that relies on the getaddrinfo function.

Read more about it here and test the leak for yourself
https://mullvad.net/en/blog/dns-traffic-can-leak-outside-the-vpn-tunnel-on-android

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In this video I discuss how the EU's Digital Markets Act will force Apple to allow side loading and alternate browser platforms on iPadOS that might turn the iPad more of a proper tablet laptop.

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In this video I talk about the GuptiMiner Malware campaign that's been targeting users of the escan antivirus program. Read more about Gutiminer here
https://decoded.avast.io/janrubin/guptiminer-hijacking-antivirus-updates-for-distributing-backdoors-and-casual-mining/

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In this video I discuss a 24 year old bug in the GNU C Library (tracked as CVE-2024-2961) that can allow a threat actor to get remote code execution on virtually any PHP application that is running on a system with GlibC (pretty much every Linux Operating system and by extension most websites on the internet)

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In this video I discuss how a hacker group released the full source code and passwords to the archives for Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3.

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In this video I explain CVE-2024-31497 a vulnerability discovered in PuTTY SSH that allows an attacker to figure out a victims NIST P-521 Private Keys from their public key and 60 signed messages.
More information
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-p521-bias.html
https://git.tartarus.org/?p=simon/putty.git;a=commitdiff;h=c193fe9848f50a88a4089aac647fecc31ae96d27

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In this video I discuss the critical command injection vulnerability in PAN-OS (used on Palo Alto Networks firewalls) that is being actively exploited and how how can secure yourself against this threat.

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In this video I demonstrate the 'BatBadBut' Bug that allows command injection on Windows machines in different programming languages. Don't let people send user input to random batch scripts.

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In this video I discuss how Google is creating a Find My Device network similar to apples that relies on peoples nearby devices pinging your phone or Bluetooth tag to track it across the globe.

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In this video I discuss how a database containing the personal information of over 70 million AT&T customers was sold on the darkweb back in 2021, AT&T denied the data breach, but now the data has been released for free and AT&T is doing damage control (and also facing lawsuits)

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In this video I discuss how advanced persistent threat actors managed to backdoor xz-utils and almost gained system RCE on every Debian Linux system.

https://gist.github.com/thesamesam/223949d5a074ebc3dce9ee78baad9e27
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4

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In this video I discuss the antitrust lawsuit that the United States Department of Justice has brought against Apple for anti competitive behavior.

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In this video I discuss how Facebook has been intercepting and decrypting your private data sent to apps that have nothing to do with Facebook over the years and how anyone else doing this kind of man in the middle attack would be facing prison time, but Facebook execs get special privileges.

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In this video I discuss how the neuralink could be used to restore movement and function to people suffering from disabilities and lost limbs, and the issues with implanting proprietary computers you have no real control over into your body.

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In this video I discuss how Nemesis market was seized by German, American, and Lithuanian Law enforcement and how the former administrator of the marketplace is on the run.

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In this video I discuss how Apple added post quantum encryption to their message app. iMessage is still proprietary, and still only works on Apples proprietary hardware, so while iMessage with PQ3 is technically more secure than Signal messenger, it requires you to put a great deal of trust in Apple which still makes it a less private and secure messaging app in comparison to open source alternatives.

read more about PQ3 in iMessage here
https://security.apple.com/blog/imessage-pq3/

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In this video I discuss a new shipping methods some dark web vendors are using to deliver their products and the OPSEC consequences of using drones for these kind of deliveries.

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In this video I discuss how Incognito Market is doing an exit scam and trying to extort their vendors and users.

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In this video I discuss how the House Commerce Committee voted 50-0 to approve a bill that would force TikTok owner ByteDance to sell the company or lose access to the US market.

https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/116945?s=1&r=47

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in this video I discuss how blackcat/AlphV hacked the healthcare industry as revenge for the FBI seizing their site on the darkweb and how they received a ransomware payment of 22 million in Bitcoin

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In this video I discuss how the federal government is pushing to have future software written in memory safe programming languages like Rust, and how this can bring jobs to Rust developers and overall improve our digital infrastructure.

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In this video I discuss how improper handling of dates in times can cause bugs that break different systems in special time/date cases like leapyears

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In this video I explain how hackers are able to steal millions of dollars and access sensitive data in peoples accounts that are secured with SMS 2 factor authentication and how you can defend yourself from sim swapping attacks by using 2 factor authentication.

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This channel is dedicated to helping people become more proficient with linux, programming, scripting, and software in general. Some of the videos you'll find on this channel include

Bash scripting tutorials
Vim tutorials
Installation guides for many different linux distros (including Arch, Kali, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Gentoo)
Free software
Minimalism
VirtualBox
Optimizing Privacy and Security in your browser and desktop.
And other L33t nerd stuff.