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this paper is so funny [cw djb] https://cr.yp.to/papers/safecurves-20240809.pdf it starts off trashing DH, even though ECC and DH do not solve the same problem. then it gets incredibly cagey about prime fields:
There are other types of elliptic curves. In particular, there are many ECC papers that consider elliptic curves over non-prime finite fields. However, the SafeCurves criteria require prime fields.
delighted to discover that a) Jimothy has a Wikipedia picture and b) it's this
@molly0xfff ‘Known for abnormal body shape, internet memes’
The rest of us can only dream of a bio that good.
What's your favorite sight?
Found an interesting new malware loader which creates a fake Windows lock screen to phish the user's system login password. The fully-modular loader also bridges multitude different programming languages, including: Python, C#, C++, and PowerShell.
This extensive use of cross-language components, along with shipping an entire runtime environment, lead to us dubbing it SynkLoader (Sink Loader), because it brings everything but the kitchen sink.
While the original loader runs all of its modules in memory only, we were able to collect them by reverse engineering the command-and-control protocol, then building our own version of the loader which logs everything to disk.
Additionally, we were able to to lure the operator into thinking they had a reverse shell on our honeypot system. This allowed us to watch as they attempted to execute PowerShell commands, which were being printed to our system's console instead of being run.
Full analysis: https://expel.com/blog/synkloader-when-you-throw-in-everything-but-the-kitchen-sink/
@malwaretech
So 1975 (and probably earlier).
crazy how many stories around californian politicians genuinely trying to improve the lives of their constituents end with “and then SB xyz was vetoed by gov. newsom”
New word of the day: Blanet—a member of a class of exoplanets that directly orbit black holes.
@zarfeblong @cstross shhhh don't give him ideas
You know 20 years from now somebody is going to be all "At last, we have created the necroplanet, as featured in Charles Stross's novella Please For The Love Of Cthulhu Don't Create The Necroplanet You Absolute Stooges"
i am currently hallucinating continuous bears sneaking up on me
@zodiepupper
Are they trying to get your pic-a-nic basket?
De-Flock America!!!
Codex on AWS bedrock bug causing 10x charges
https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/37674
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49383326
#HackerNews #Codex #AWS #bedrock #bug #charges #technews #OpenAI #issues
Cirilo Henriquez Diaz, an inventor from Cuba, filed for a patent for his glove in 1932, which was granted the following year. The glove could deliver 1,500 to 5,000 volts as long as the police officer was wearing a small battery pack on his hip. Well, small for the 1930s. https://gizmodo.com/this-electric-shock-glove-was-invented-for-police-in-the-1930s-to-incite-fear-2000799660
The new Pixelfed mobile app is almost ready for beta testers, and brings a much faster, stable and easier to use experience!
We are prioritizing core features first, like feeds, interactions, notifications and dark mode.
More complex features like Collections and Stories will ship later on, so we can get this in your hands ASAP.
@pixelfed Ready to test!
No, a hedgehog is not a type of hog. Scientifically speaking, it is a sentient berry.
@lowqualityfacts so it is a type of hedge?
@shom @louisrcouture @gvwilson @popey so I guess we just need such a thing to reference a database of issues on FOSS projects on values-aligned platforms like Codeberg, GitLab, and SourceHut.
This is one of a pair of red-tailed hawks that's pretty much replaced (pushed out?) the pair of red-shouldered hawks that used to live somewhere near our house. They fly around hollering almost as much as the red-shouldered hawks. #birds #birding #NaturePhotography #California
‘Golden Axe’ Animated Series Gets New Trailer, And It’s Made Of The Purest Cringe
https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2026/08/20/golden-axe-animated-series-gets-new-trailer-and-its-made-of-the-purest-cringe/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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I've written and summarized the wild journey of SondeHub from joke domain to handling military requests to our (accidental) involvement in Ukraine's defenses.
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