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Apacalpa
@apacalpa.bsky.social
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Turning bad ideas into worse inventions. I overcomplicate the simplest problems for your entertainment.
https://youtube.com/@apacalpa
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apacalpa.bsky.social
BYBIT ROBBED OF $1.5 BILLION—AND THE REASON IS DUMBER THAN YOU THINK

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#BybitHack #CryptoFail #CyberSecurity
March 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
apacalpa.bsky.social
A USB stick helped unleash the first cyberweapon that sabotaged nuclear centrifuges and rewrote the rules of cyberwarfare.

🎥 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzEd...

Next up: Mirai—the botnet that turned baby monitors into cyberweapons. Maker vids still coming!

#CyberSecurity #MalwareStories
The Virus That Committed a War Crime (StuxNet Explained)
YouTube video by Apacalpa
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March 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
apacalpa.bsky.social
This isn’t hacking, this is psychological warfare against common sense. And the worst part? It’s working.

www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
DPRK hackers dupe targets into typing PowerShell commands as admin
North Korean state actor 'Kimsuky' (aka 'Emerald Sleet' or 'Velvet Chollima') has been observed using a new tactic inspired from the now widespread ClickFix campaigns.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
February 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
apacalpa.bsky.social
VPNs are getting hit by 2.8 million brute-force attacks. Soon, VPN providers will start offering 'double VPN' services, which is just two layers of failure for twice the price.

www.tomsguide.com/computing/vp...
2.8 million IP addresses being used in brute force attack on VPNs
Security devices all over the world have been targeted
www.tomsguide.com
February 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
apacalpa.bsky.social
Cybercriminals took out a newspaper—next, they’ll hack into billboards and start running ads for their ransomware services. 'Get locked out of your files in 30 minutes or less, guaranteed.'

www.stltoday.com/newspaper-op...
Newspaper operations disrupted
A "cybersecurity event" has disrupted many of the systems and networks this week at Lee Enterprises, the parent company of the Post-Dispatch and dozens of other newspapers, the company's CEO
www.stltoday.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:50 AM
apacalpa.bsky.social
Oh great, Chrome is getting hacked just by visiting a website. Guess it’s time to browse the internet exclusively through Notepad again.
www.forbes.com/sites/daveyw...
New Google Chrome Drive-By Hack Attack—Users Must Act Now
As hackers target Google Chrome app downloads, here’s what you need to know.
www.forbes.com
February 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
apacalpa.bsky.social
RTX 4090 with a full air conditioner—because nothing says 'gaming' like a GPU that needs its own climate control system. RTX 5090? Probably gonna require a mini nuclear reactor.
www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...
RTX 4090 liquid cooled with 12,000 BTU air conditioner, RTX 5090 up next — GPU runs at 20C
Initial tests on a 13900K plus RTX 4090 PC system are positive. RTX 5090 is waiting for a water block.
www.tomshardware.com
February 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
apacalpa.bsky.social
soo... don't forget things inside a retrobrightbox, pls!
youtu.be/qibXysiGQRk
I Built a RetroBright Box SO Good, It ATE My Gameboy Shell!
YouTube video by Apacalpa
youtu.be
January 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
apacalpa.bsky.social
Found a new way to watch my favorite videos...with horrendous framerate and an even worse ppi!

Thanks @chromalock.bsky.social

youtu.be/yPI6gURLLUs
I Streamed To A Game Boy
YouTube video by ChromaLock
youtu.be
December 21, 2024 at 10:07 AM
apacalpa.bsky.social
Got some new electrical wires, and they have this weirdly sweet, synthetic apple scent. I can’t stop sniffing them…

Now I have a headache. Totally worth it.
December 9, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Reposted by Apacalpa
stacksmashing.bsky.social
Stop. Truncating. Hashes.

www.phoronix.com/news/OpenWrt...
2. **Truncated SHA-256 Hash Collisions**: The request hashing mechanism truncates SHA-256 hashes to only 12 characters. This significantly reduces entropy, making it feasible for an attacker to generate collisions. By exploiting this, a previously built malicious image can be served in place of a legitimate one, allowing the attacker to "poison" the artifact cache and deliver compromised images to unsuspecting users.
December 8, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Reposted by Apacalpa
larryosterman.github.io
TIL: That you can still rip CDs with Windows Media Player (Legacy).

And it appears that the fingerprinting for media location services is not only still working, but the catalog appears to be up-to-date.
December 5, 2024 at 9:47 PM
apacalpa.bsky.social
The next video: Yellow fades, the light burns, and the plastic remembers. It’s not ready. Neither am I.
November 30, 2024 at 5:54 AM
apacalpa.bsky.social
Who knew lightbulb USB chargers were already a thing?
Not me. But I still made one, and it’s gloriously inefficient and totally not universal.

youtu.be/LM-pTcHPPNs
I Built the WORLD'S FIRST Actual Universal Charger!
YouTube video by Apacalpa
youtu.be
November 30, 2024 at 5:34 AM