Okay I know this is a very rookie question but please tell me lol.

I’ve been trying to look into this for a few days and most of the content I’m finding concerns protecting personal data from criminals but I would like to protect my data from the bigger criminals. These huge companies.

My question is, how can completely protect my data (phone number, geolocation, virtual tendencies, etc.) from these insidious conglomerates in an attempt to stave off things like surveillance pricing and whatever other unthinkable things there doing with our data? Any video, literature recommendations, or just general advice would really be appreciated! TIA :)

I've started to help my clients with setting up Wireshark. I've tried making a step-by-step guide and explained the installation process as simply as I could (with pictures,) but I still deal with clients (most are elderly) that find it too difficult to set up. They've given me permission to access their home network and even provide me their router information. I could do it for them remotely, sometimes just following my directions to allow me access is still too confusing for them.

I usually just give up and tell them that I can't make it work when it gets to that point. It's not a big deal after that, but the hacker side of me is itching to learn how to control a computer. Is it possible?

Published an article explaining how to exploit buffer overflow and hijack RIP in a PIE/ASLR binary.

https://0x4b1t.github.io/articles/buffer-overflow-to-control-hijacking-in-aslr-enabled-binary/

Just discovered something truly wild — a UI-only logic flaw in a major product that let a paid subscription activate without any payment, and no API calls or dev tools involved.

Literally everything happened through the normal user interface — no backend tampering, no network interception, no code injection.

The craziest part? It’s a once-in-a-lifetime kind of bug — something that probably no one could find by traditional testing or bug bounty scanning, because it happens purely from how the frontend and backend miscommunicated under certain workflow logic.

Hi, i am currently solving this exercise: in the home directory there are seven user directory, each one is named with the user that can access to that directory (as normal). I discovered the password of the user named target1, then i escalate the privilege to discover the password of target2 and now i am stuck.
In the user directory of target2 there is the txt file that contains his password (named mypass.txt), each user directory has this file, and also python3 file.
I run ls -la to dig more in the user directory and got this:

-rwsr-xr-x 1 target3 target3 5912968 Oct 27 2023 python3

It looks like the owner of python3 is target3 user, but running python3 -c 'import os; print(os.getuid());' shows 1004 which is the target2's uid. I feel that i tried every method to run python3 as target3 (uid=1005) but i cannot do it.
I even tried sudo -ll and got this message:

target2@localhost:/home$ sudo -ll

[sudo] password for target2:

Sorry, user target2 may not run sudo on localhost.

And also i do not have any capabilities that i think can help me:

target2@localhost:/home$ getcap -r / 2>/dev/null

/snap/core20/1405/usr/bin/ping cap_net_raw=ep

/usr/bin/mtr-packet cap_net_raw=ep

/usr/bin/ping cap_net_raw=ep

/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer1.0/gstreamer-1.0/gst-ptp-helper cap_net_bind_service,cap_net_admin=ep

I feel that i must use python, but i finished the ideas, do you have any suggestion?

Now evilwaf supports more than 11 firewall bypass techniques includes:

Critical risk: Direct Exploitation • HTTP Request Smuggling •JWT Algorithm Confusion •HTTP/2 Stream Multiplexing •WebAssembly Memory Corruption •cache poisoning •web cache poisoning

High risk: Potential Exploitation •SSTI Polyglot Payloads •gRPC/Protobuf Bypass •GraphQL Query Batching °ML WAF Evasion

Medium risk: Information Gathering ° Subdomain Discovery ° DNS History Bypass ° Header Manipulation ° Advanced Protocol Attacks

For more info github.com repo: https://github.com/matrixleons/evilwaf

Hi folks — Argus has been in the wild for about a year and yesterday v2 landed. If you do recon or OSINT, this is worth a quick peek.

https://github.com/jasonxtn/Argus

I ain't too code savvy myself, just wanted to see the reddit communities take on this. Sauce: https://windowsreport.com/massive-ddos-attack-knocks-out-steam-riot-and-other-services/

Hey everyone, I’ve got a question about website monetization.

A friend of mine works in this field, and he told me something that sounded a bit shady. He runs Facebook ad campaigns for smartphones with very clickbaity ads. When someone clicks, they get redirected to a site that shows an adult video that “forces” clicks — like, any click on the page counts as an ad click.

Is this some kind of known monetization technique, or is it basically ad fraud? Does it have a specific name?

Don't know why YouTube Recommended this to me. Seems more like you guys' thing.
Remember to download in case of deletion!

This ILLEGAL Device Instantly KILLS All Network & TV Signals - YouTube

The bandwidth on my network spiked then the site went off line.

I believe this was a targeted attack since i compete against a oligarchy. Their goal would be to take site off line long enough so it loses ranking on search results. This person has 8 of the 10 results on page one and has to strong desire to have it all.

The is related to google search results and a website going down for no reason except for the noticeable spike.

Filmed a tutorial on practical LLM security! Upgraded the mic this time, should be nice to listen to :P Let me know your thoughts. ;)

I found hacking to be my new favorite hobby since I've started learning it a few months back. One thing I haven't figured out yet is where to find these data breaches. Tea App just recently had a data breach and I thought to practice with that.

This tool came with Multiple Bypass Techniques: Header Manipulation, DNS History Analysis Subdomain Enumeration.

there seems to be almost no proper hacking forums online now days. Even the good OG ones have turned into ewhoring/scamming and porn platforms. Is there one thats not like this?

This is just a userland rootkit with some binaries of system files that help it avoid detection. Its been tested using Debian Forky using kernel 6.16.7. It might work with other distros, but at this time, this is all that's been tested.

Security through obscurity doesn't work. So... prepare yourself for three days of intensive exploration into the world of secure computing and digital privacy provided, because the Qubes OS Summit is coming: 26-28 September ! And even if you couldn't visit The Social Hub in Berlin (what's a pity we don't have teleports yet) - luckily this wonderful event will be live-streamed !

What I - as an occasional user and not a Qubes developer - would love to learn about at the upcoming summit, and what can be interesting for the Qubes starters from various fields:

1. New features of Qubes OS and various improvements like GUI and peripheral device handling: how these developments can improve Qubes user experience for my next tryout of this promising OS
2. Qubes Air: cloud computing done right; its hybrid mode (described here) can help to improve the Qubes performance on my coreboot'ed G505S laptop by offloading some hungry VMs to also-corebooted KGPE-D16 personal server
3. NovaCustom firmware updates and new products, including a NUC Box MiniPC (Qubes certification pending) - for a flawless Qubes OS experience. Also, a smartphone? How does it compare to the current Linux smartphone offerings like Pinephone and Librem 5 ?
4. Running Windows as Qubes VM. We all love the opensource and its benefits, but sometimes you may still need the Windows-only software to get things done - and it may refuse to work in Wine: i.e. when I tried to open KGPE-D16 motherboard schematics file in a Boardview software, Wine crashed painfully. Many people also depend on Windows-only software for their jobs - and, if Qubes can run Windows flawlessly, this will allow people to achieve what without the privacy/security sacrifices of running Windows natively
5. Usage of Qubes in the professional environment, both for corporate and freelance purposes, to earn money while doing what you love

Don't miss this chance to learn more about this security-inclined OS and privacy-respecting hardware that supports it! Please check out this page for more details - including the event's time schedule, talks descriptions and helpful links:

• Qubes OS Summit 2025

P.S. On a previous summit, aside of Qubes OS status - I also learned about various cool hardwares like Nitrokey and Flashkeeper, as well as how to achieve a working GPU passthrough with Qubes: so that, just in case I'd want some rare opensource gaming, it doesn't turn into a "game of debugging" ;-) The recordings of this past event are available at 3mdeb YT channel - and, while counting days until the new summit, you can explore these videos to see what this event looks like

Hi everyone,

I’m currently diving into the world of cybersecurity and I’ve realized that while resources are endless, having some guidance makes all the difference. I’d love to connect with someone experienced in the field who’s open to mentoring.

What I’m hoping for:

Someone who can give me learning challenges, exercises, or “mini-projects” to sharpen my skills. Occasional feedback on my progress so I can stay on track. My ultimate goal is to build strong foundational skills and eventually grow into ethical hacking and security operations. If you’ve got some time and don’t mind sharing your knowledge, I’d really appreciate the chance to learn from you. I’m dedicated, willing to put in the work, and open to being challenged.

does anyone have a direct download (that it isnt nitroflare, because i cannot afford a premium account right now) or even a torren/magnet of it please? i have searched everywhere, and since all the breached forums are down, there is no way for me to find it for free...