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Here's how exactly Telegram provides user data to U.S. authorities. A letter recently filed in court shows how Telegram transfers that data, such as IP address and phone number. More: 404media.co/heres-what-teleg…
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Calif’s Chollima jailbreak: • Kernel r/w, SPTM bypass, sandbox escape • iOS 27.0.1; demoed on MIE-enabled 17e & 18 Pro • Unpatched 0-days: Duo could get a day-one untethered jailbreak • Will get released at some point but no ETA • Get your 18 Pro/PM on 27.0.1 or buy one now
At #hexacon - Calif.io demos iOS 27.0.1 untethered jailbreak on iPhone 18 Pro
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Two years ago I released the USB Army Knife, this combined WiFi, BTLE & USB attacks into a single dongle with a unified language. Two years of long nights later I’m teasing the UAK Pro More WiFi & BTLE attacks, mic, IR TX, mesh networking and more (see 🧵) Coming soon!!!
For over a year my free time has been spent turning this ‘LilyGo T-Dongle S3’ into hacking tool USB/WiFi/BT which I’ve named the USB Army Knife. This device is cheap, tiny, has a screen, SPI port, button and can do a ton of stuff with the ESP32-S3 inside. It has consumed me! 🧵
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🚨 BREAKING: Microsoft's October 2026 Patch Tuesday is MASSIVE! Microsoft has fixed a record-breaking 1,411 security vulnerabilities, including 70 critical flaws and 3 zero-days, one of which is actively exploited in attacks. 🔥 317 remote code execution flaws ⚠️ 677 privilege escalation flaws 🛡️ 40 security feature bypass flaws 💻 Time to get patching!
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🚨NEW INVESTIGATION: zero-click mercenary spyware hacking via targeted ads. A normal-looking ad loads. If you're a target, you're infected. No click needed. To protect yourself, block ads now. First time it's been confirmed in the wild. We call it #AdFection. Candiru spyware infections at @AJEnglish. 45+ devices infected. Same ad pipeline operated by Israeli company Discover-Tech reached NATO, European Parliament, dozens of gov networks & critical infrastructure incl US nuclear giant Westinghouse. Confiant, which worked with us, found signs ads were displayed at US @DeptofWar, IAEA & ICC. Investigation ongoing 1/ READ our report by @billmarczak @WolfieChristl, me Astrid Perry, Siena Anstis & Ron Deibert : citizenlab.ca/research/how-d… Confiant's blog: blog.confiant.com/p/adint-we…
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NetAskari retweeted
A former senior cybersecurity researcher with Microsoft’s Detection and Response Team received a care package of Russian trinkets on his doorstep after investigating Midnight Blizzard 😯: theregister.com/cyber-crime/…
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NetAskari retweeted
Nothing to see here. NORINCO (China North Industries Group Corporation) is training its Fuxi humanoid robots for riot control.
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An Telegram channel who is reselling forensics software like MSAB's XRY Pro, shared the latest Excel sheet on which phones can be unlocked. upload.ee/files/19842959/XRY… virustotal.com/gui/file/0553…
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📱 EXPLOITATION DES IPHONE SAISIS : Les outils des enquêteurs progressent et vite. Ces derniers mois, Cellebrite et GrayKey, deux entreprises spécialisées dans les logiciels d'extractions utilisés par les forces de l'ordre, ont dévoilé de nouvelles capacités. En mars 2026, @Cellebrite annonçait de nouvelles méthodes d'accès aux iPhone 11 à 16 sous iOS 26 ou ultérieur, même verrouillés, lorsqu'ils sont en état AFU. L'entreprise annonçait également la prise en charge de l'iPhone 17, sans garantir les mêmes capacités d'extraction. Début octobre, une enquête de @404mediaco révélait que GrayKey serait capable de préserver les possibilités d'extraction associées à l'état AFU, même après un redémarrage de l'iPhone. 🔐 Petit rappel : AFU et BFU, quelle différence ? Lorsqu'un iPhone vient de démarrer, il est en état BFU (Before First Unlock). Tant que son propriétaire n'a pas saisi son code, une grande partie des clés de chiffrement reste indisponible. Ses données sont donc particulièrement difficiles à extraire. Dès le premier déverrouillage, il passe en AFU (After First Unlock). Et même lorsque l'écran est ensuite verrouillé, certaines clés cryptographiques restent accessibles au système pour permettre aux applications et aux services de fonctionner. C'est ce qui intéresse les enquêteurs. En exploitant certaines vulnérabilités, leurs outils peuvent potentiellement accéder à des données qui resteraient inaccessibles en BFU : messages, historiques, fichiers, bases de données d'applications, etc. Il faut également compter avec les données temporaires : caches, informations de localisation, traces d'activité ou éléments présents en mémoire vive (RAM). Ces informations peuvent présenter un intérêt forensique, mais certaines disparaissent ou deviennent inaccessibles après un redémarrage. ⏱️ @Apple avait justement prévu une parade. Depuis iOS 18.1, un iPhone peut redémarrer automatiquement après environ 72 heures sans déverrouillage. L'objectif est notamment de le ramener en BFU, rendant certaines données beaucoup plus difficiles à extraire. Imaginez un iPhone saisi lors d'une perquisition. Il est verrouillé, les enquêteurs ne connaissent pas son code, mais il est encore en AFU. S'il redémarre, certaines possibilités d'extraction disparaissent. C'est précisément cette limitation que GrayKey et Cellebrite affirment désormais pouvoir contourner. 🔓 GrayKey : préserver l'AFU malgré un redémarrage D'après une vidéo de formation interne révélée par 404 Media, Magnet Forensics a développé deux fonctionnalités : GrayKey Preserve et Evidence Preservation Mode. Le fabricant affirme pouvoir préserver les possibilités d'extraction associées à l'AFU, même après un redémarrage ou une perte d'alimentation. Il revendique également la conservation de certaines données temporaires, notamment des localisations en cache, des photographies récemment supprimées ou des éléments liés à iMessage. 🔓 Cellebrite : même objectif Au printemps 2026, Cellebrite a présenté Safeguard Mode, une fonctionnalité destinée à préserver les possibilités d'exploitation d'un iPhone malgré son redémarrage automatique. Elle revendique parallèlement de nouvelles capacités d'accès aux appareils verrouillés sous iOS 26. ⚖️ Quelles conséquences pour les téléphones saisis ? Elles sont importantes et ces avancées changent la donne. Jusqu'ici, les enquêteurs risquaient de perdre leur fenêtre d'exploitation lorsqu'un iPhone redémarrait et repassait en BFU. Désormais, ils pourraient saisir un téléphone en AFU, préserver les conditions favorables à son extraction et l'exploiter plusieurs jours ou semaines plus tard. Cela faciliterait notamment le transfert des appareils vers des laboratoires spécialisés et la conservation de certains éléments numériques susceptibles de disparaître. Attention néanmoins : les mécanismes techniques utilisés restent secrets et leur efficacité sur l'ensemble des iPhone récents n'est pas publiquement démontrée. Ces annonces ne signifient donc pas que tous les iPhone sont déverrouillables sans code. Mais elles montrent que les fabricants d'outils forensiques ne cherchent plus seulement à accéder aux données : ils cherchent désormais à préserver durablement les conditions qui permettent de les extraire.
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New: an AI company now lets cops identify specific houses, using data from Zillow/Airbnb, based on a single photo. It's part of Raven, previously called Geospy. Company previously demoed its tools to catch people vandalizing Flock cameras or protesters 404media.co/ai-company-lets-…
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广西上思县共青团发文:严禁下载Chrome,翻墙学英语也属“违法违纪” 9月30日,广西“上思县共青团”微信公众号发布网络安全宣传文章,将YouTube、Chrome、Facebook、推特及谷歌服务列入“严禁下载”名单。 还要求“严禁下载使用游戏加速器,玩国际版网络游戏”。 文章称,只要使用了“翻墙”软件,“学英语也好,查资料也罢,甚至什么都没有浏览,都属于违法违纪行为”。 文章还要求自查手机VPN设置、浏览器及播放记录,并通过邮箱和短信核查是否注册过Twitter、Facebook、Instagram等境外社交账号。
国科大一学院文章称:境外手机卡漫游访问受限网站,也属“非法联网” 10月10日,国科大杭州高等研究院智能学院账号一篇文章称,使用境外SIM卡、漫游服务访问受限网站,“本质上仍然属于绕过国内监管的非法联网行为”。 并强调“部分人以为用境外手机卡上网就不算违法”。 文章标题直接点名“用VPN查文献、打外服游戏”,警告这些“翻墙”行为可能触犯法律红线。
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Crawlers are a normal part of the web. Yandex runs a search engine; of course it generates bot traffic. Bot traffic from Russia does not automatically mean Russian propaganda bots. Yet people here, including journalists, keep treating the two as interchangeable. That Cloudflare chart shows automated web requests from Yandex’s network. Where’s the data showing that propaganda accounts stopped posting? Journalists in particular need to understand this distinction. Precision matters when a misread traffic graph becomes the basis for a political narrative.
According to Cloudflare Data Explorer the amount of russian bot traffic has dropped to 49% after Ukraine struck a yandex data center. Could this disrupt the midterm elections in the US?
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NetAskari retweeted
oh my god this is worse than we thought here's @Ledger $86M exploits explained > cryptobilis was a reputable and authorized Ledger/Trezor/OneKey dealer for over 4 years > they decided to sell the company to a Chinese guy (most likely patsy for DPRK) from northern China in MARCH 2026 > the "Chinese guy" modded the devices within the supply chain itself (physical), namely Nano X devices, to contain an implant module > ledger validity/genuineness check CANNOT detect this because hw wasn't actually tampered with, just spied on > quoting @MagicalTux: " implant just monitors what's shown on the screen, will take note of the seed as it's shown to you, then transmits it to 3rd party" > former owner chimes in on X (pic below) to say that "they were under a NDA" to not mention anything to anyone for 6 months > they obviously didn't alert any of their partners that they were authorized to sell devices of... because NDA, duh!! its in the name! > conveniently, funds start getting siphoned a few weeks before this magical NDA due date, and being laundered across all blockchains
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🛑 China-linked hackers didn't just steal emails. They ran a web portal giving third parties access to stolen mail, the FBI says. Victims included government, police, and healthcare organizations in Southeast Asia. Their toolkit included 1,300+ scanning scripts. Read: thehackernews.com/2026/10/fb…
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This new Natto Thoughts three-part series digs into ZRON, a Chinese commercial hacking company whose internal data was recently leaked and which Natto Team got access to. Part 1 looks at what has endured and what is evolving in China's commercial hacking ecosystem since the 2024 i-SOON leak, which gave us a rare window into how private contractors hack for Chinese state agencies. Link 👇
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🚨 Mulberry Typhoon Update: #Troop61786 (#APT5) is back—and as sloppy as ever. Apparently, that primary school-developed botnet was too sophisticated for them, so they’ve downgraded to basic cybercrime tactics. Throughout September, they loudly scanned: ⚡️ ~20 utility providers 🎓 30 universities 🏛️ 5 US local governments ...all blasting away across high ports 20000–29999. Zero subtlety. 🤦‍♂️ I’ll be publishing a full update on Threat Review Journal (TRJ) soon—stay tuned for the deep dive! 📑🔍 #ThreatIntel #CyberSecurity #OPSEC #Infosec #MulberryTyphoon #TRJ
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Simon Andriesz, the whistleblower who exposed links between Epstein & Howard Lutnick, died by suicide. He was a former senior employee of BGC Partners - a firm founded & run by Lutnick before his appointment by Trump. British MPs want an investigation. bbc.com/news/articles/cwm268…
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A global credential-compromise campaign known as FortiBleed is actively targeting internet-facing Fortinet FortiGate firewalls and secure socket layer (SSL) virtual private network (VPN) gateways. Today, the @FBI and @SecretService issued a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory to warn organizations about this activity. Threat actors are exploiting reused or leaked credentials and legacy SHA-256 password storage, enabling threat actors to harvest and crack authentication at scale. More than 86,644 devices have been compromised across 194 countries, with some organizations locked out of systems. We encourage organizations to review the advisory for TTPs and IOCs associated with this activity and implement our recommended mitigations. 👉ic3.gov/CSA/2026/261006.pdf
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How abliterated models can get you pwned 👾 We backdoored a 7B open model for less than $50, pointed Codex at it and it silently stole credentials the moment we used the trigger phrase. Success rate was 100% with zero false triggers on normal user prompts. Abliterated models are all over the security community right now because getting cyber-approved access to frontier models is still a pain. In the next blog we'll show how we found leaked Hugging Face credentials from employees at major AI labs, so an attacker wouldn't even need to upload under their own name. They could push the backdoored model from a lab employee's account and drop the poisoned weights straight into the supply chain.
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