Best Polymorphic Podcasts (2025)

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Predicting Polymorphs: How Collaborative Science is Shaping Safer Medicines and Better Materials 8:09

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The way molecules arrange themselves into crystals can affect the stability, safety, and effectiveness of medicines and advanced materials. Dr Ivo Rietveld at the University of Rouen Normandy and his collaborators are developing new benchmark data that help scientists to accurately predict the stability of crystal structures of molecules, helping t…

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34 - "Emohawk: Polymorph 2" with Andy Farrant 1:04:05

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From hosting OutsideXbox and the Mom Can’t Cook! podcast, to winning awards for his horror writing, Andy Farrant is a renaissance man of geekery. He tells tales of how his parents used to bribe him with Red Dwarf videos, and the lines of Dwarf dialogue that live in his head. We also chat about how the show has aged, and explore the idea of series 1…

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SANS Stormcast Thursday, October 9th, 2025: Polymorphic Python; ssh ProxyCommand Vuln; 6:12

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Polymorphic Python Malware Xavier discovered self-modifying Python code on Virustotal. The remote access tool takes advantage of the inspect module to modify code on the fly. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Polymorphic%20Python%20Malware/32354 SSH ProxyCommand Vulnerability A user cloning a git repository may be tricked into executing arbitrary code via…

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Speaking Science Across Languages: Rethinking Scientific Publishing in the Asia-Pacific 8:29

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When we think about science, we often imagine a universal language of knowledge in the form of a shared code of numbers, graphs, and precise words that transcend borders. But what happens when the language of science is not the language of the scientist? This is the challenge explored in a recent study by a group of publication professionals from t…

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SANS Stormcast Thursday, October 23rd, 2025: Blue Angle Software Exploit; Oracle CPU; Rust tar library vulnerability. 7:28

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webctrl.cgi/Blue Angel Software Suite Exploit Attempts. Maybe CVE-2025-34033 Variant? Our honeypots detected attacks that appear to exploit CVE-2025-34033 or a similar vulnerability in the Blue Angle Software Suite. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/webctrlcgiBlue+Angel+Software+Suite+Exploit+Attempts+Maybe+CVE202534033+Variant/32410 Oracle Critical Patch…

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AI-Powered Prediction of Antimicrobial Peptides in Human Serum: A New Strategy Against Resistant Bacteria 11:20

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In the 20th century, antibiotics transformed medicine. Infections that once killed millions could be cured with a pill or injection. Surgeries became safer, cancer treatments more effective, and advanced medical interventions, such as organ transplants, became possible, all because doctors could rely on these drugs to control infections. Unfortunat…

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SANS Stormcast Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025: NTP Pool; Xubuntu Compromise; Squid Vulnerability; Lanscope Vuln; 6:37

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What time is it? Accuracy of pool.ntp.org. How accurate and reliable is pool.ntp.org? Turns out it is very good! https://isc.sans.edu/diary/What%20time%20is%20it%3F%20Accuracy%20of%20pool.ntp.org./32390 Xubuntu Compromise The Xubuntu website was compromised last weekend and served malware https://floss.social/@bluesabre/115401767635718361 Squid Pro…

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When Fighting Fire Backfires: How Cutting Trees Can Raise Fire Risk 9:22

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Across North America, the phrase “fuel management” is used almost as often as “climate change” when people talk about wildfires. The idea is simple: forests burn because they are full of fuel, including trees, shrubs, branches, and dried leaves. If you remove some of that material, you make it harder for a wildfire to spread. Provincial governments…

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SANS Stormcast Tuesday, October 21st, 2025: Syscall() Obfuscation; AWS down; Beijing Time Attack 9:17

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Using Syscall() for Obfuscation/Fileless Activity Fileless malware written in Python can uses syscall() to create file descriptors in memory, evading signatures. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Using%20Syscall%28%29%20for%20Obfuscation%20Fileless%20Activity/32384 AWS Outages AWS has had issues most of the day on Monday, affecting numerous services. http…

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SANS Stormcast Monday, October 20th, 2025: Malicious Tiktok; More Google Ad Problems; Satellite Insecurity 6:14

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TikTok Videos Promoting Malware InstallationTikTok Videos Promoting Malware Installation Tiktok videos advertising ways to obtain software like Photoshop for free will instead trick users into downloading https://isc.sans.edu/diary/TikTok%20Videos%20Promoting%20Malware%20Installation/32380 Google Ads Advertise Malware Targeting MacOS Developers Hun…

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35 - "Rimmerworld" with Guy Kelly 57:23

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Raise a glass of chilled Sancerre for the return of Guy Kelly! We discuss catchphrases, competence and the swagger of series 6 – what does success mean for an underdog show? Obviously there’s some book chat. And Guy shares his brilliant theory about the one change that would have made Lister and Rimmer grow into completely different, happier adults…

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SANS Stormcast Friday, October 17th, 2025: New Slack Workspace; Cisco SNMP Exploited; BIOS Backdoor; @sans_edu reseach: Active Defense 21:28

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New DShield Support Slack Workspace Due to an error on Salesforce s side, we had to create a new Slack Workspace for DShield support. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/New%20DShield%20Support%20Slack/32376 Attackers Exploiting Recently Patched Cisco SNMP Flaw (CVE-2025-20352) Trend Micro published details explaining how attackers took advantage of a recen…

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Adventure Book Theatre: Goosebumps - Night in Werewolf Woods 1:04:00

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The Lore Lords (and Jake) invite you to an evening of Theatre as they swing Werewolf Woods courtesy of the ultimate Lore Lord, R.L. Stein. Join us! For the moon is full and so are our hearts. CREDITS: Sound Mixing and Editing by Trevor Lyon 8-Bit Book Club Theme by Emily Axford See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy …

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SANS Stormcast Thursday, October 16th, 2025: Clipboard Image Stealer; F5 Compromise; Adobe Updates; SAP Patchday 8:40

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Clipboard Image Stealer Xavier presents an infostealer in Python that steals images from the clipboard. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Clipboard%20Pictures%20Exfiltration%20in%20Python%20Infostealer/32372 F5 Compromise F5 announced a wide-ranging compromise today. Source code and information about unpatched vulnerabilities were stolen. https://my.f5.co…

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SANS Stormcast Wednesday, October 15th, 2025: Microsoft Patchday; Ivanti Advisory; Fortinet Patches 6:22

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday Microsoft not only released new patches, but also the last patches for Windows 10, Office 2016, Office 2019, Exchange 2016 and Exchange 2019. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Microsoft%20Patch%20Tuesday%20October%202025/32368 Ivanti Advisory Ivanti released an advisory with some mitigation steps users can take until the recently m…

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From Magic Tricks to Spycraft: What Espionage Teaches Us About the Human Mind 8:17

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When we think of spies and their activities, we imagine trench coats, hidden cameras, and tense exchanges in safehouses. Hollywood has given us the daring adventures of James Bond and Jason Bourne, along with the clever trickery of films such as Argo. But behind the cinematic flair lies a quieter, more subtle reality: espionage often depends less o…

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SANS Stormcast Tuesday, October 14th, 2025: ESAFENET Scans; Payroll Priates; MSFT Edge IE Mode 6:02

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Scans for ESAFENET CDG V5 We do see some increase in scans for the Chinese secure document management system, ESAFENET. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Heads%20Up%3A%20Scans%20for%20ESAFENET%20CDG%20V5%20/32364 Investigating targeted payroll pirate attacks affecting US universities Microsoft wrote about how payroll pirates redirect employee paychecks vi…

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SANS Stormcast Monday, October 13th, 2025: More Oracle Patches; Sonicwall Compromisses; Unpatched Gladinet; 7-Zip Patches 5:56

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New Oracle E-Business Suite Patches Oracle released one more patch for the e-business suite. Oracle does not state if it is already exploited, but the timing of the patch suggests that it should be expedited. https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/alert-cve-2025-61884.html Widespread Sonicwall SSLVPN Compromise Huntress Labs observed the widespread…

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Trinyvale X Strahd - Ep. 12: The Ghost in the Glass 1:18:48

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The Triplets mount a rescue mission inside the Abbey of St. Markovia! Onyx makes a call, Nyack nets a net and Jens reignites his passion as the Trinyvale X Strahd crossover continues! Subscribe to NaddPod on Patreon! - Patreon.com/Naddpod CREDITS Editing by Brian Murphy Production and Sound Design by Daniel Ramos (@Schubirds on IG) Logo Design by C…

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SANS Stormcast Friday, October 10th, 2025: RedTail Defenses; SonicWall Breach; Crowdstrike “Issues”; Ivanti 0-days; Mapping Agentic Attack Surface (@sans_edu paper) 15:12

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Building Better Defenses: RedTail Observations Defending against attacks like RedTail is more then blocking IoCs, but instead one must focus on the techniques and tactics attackers use. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Guest+Diary+Building+Better+Defenses+RedTail+Observations+from+a+Honeypot/32312 Sonicwall: It wasn t the user s fault Sonicwall admits to…

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SANS Stormcast Wednesday, October 8th, 2025: FreePBX Exploits; Disrupting Teams Threats; Kibana and QT SVG Patches 5:57

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By Dr. Johannes B. Ullrich

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When Arteries Rebel: Preventing Radial Artery Spasm 10:04

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SANS Stormcast Tuesday, October 7th, 2025: More About Oracle; Redis Vulnerability; GoAnywhere Exploited 5:33

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By Dr. Johannes B. Ullrich

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Challenging Traditional Economic Assumptions about Capitalism, Socialism and Enterprise Ownership 9:56

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SANS Stormcast Monday, October 6th, 2025: Oracle 0-Day 6:28

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Oracle E-Business Suite 0-Day CVE-2025-61882 Last week, the Cl0p ransomware gang sent messages to many businesses stating that an Oracle E-Business Suite vulnerability was used to exfiltrate data. Initially, Oracle believed the root cause to be a vulnerability patched in June, but now Oracle released a patch for a new vulnerability. https://www.ora…

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Trinyvale X Strahd - Ep. 11: The Man in the Mirror 1:28:04

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While hosting a literal feast for crows, the Triplets piece together the truth behind Vallaki’s most sinister secret! Jens calls in a hit, Nyack stays hydrated and Onyx gets fired up as the Trinyvale X Strahd Crossover continues! Support NaddPod on Patreon! - Patreon.com/Naddpod CREDITS Editing by Brian Murphy Production and Sound Design by Daniel …

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SANS Stormcast Friday, October 3rd, 2025: More .well-known Scans; RedHat Openshift Patch; TOTOLINK Vuln; 6:35

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More .well-known scans Attackers are using API documentation automatically published in the .well-known directory for reconnaissance. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/More%20.well-known%20Scans/32340 RedHat Patches Openshift AI Services A flaw was found in Red Hat Openshift AI Service. A low-privileged attacker with access to an authenticated account, fo…

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33 - "Gunmen Of The Apocalypse" with Jessica Knappett 1:07:28

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You’ll know comedian, actor and writer Jessica Knappett from her sitcoms Drifters and Avoidance, Taskmaster, and from The Inbetweeners Movie. Red Dwarf is a childhood favourite and her comfort watch to this day. She talks about fancying Lister in her youth, the show’s lack of pretension, and the weird day when she was cast in the revived Red Dwarf …

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SANS Stormcast Thursday, October 2nd, 2025: Honeypot Passwords; OneLogin Vuln; Breaking Intel SGX; OpenSSL Patch 8:11

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Comparing Honeypot Passwords with HIBP Most passwords used against our honeypots are also found in the Have I been pwn3d list. However, the few percent that are not found tend to be variations of known passwords, extending them to find likely mutations. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/%5BGuest%20Diary%5D%20Comparing%20Honeypot%20Passwords%20with%20HIBP/…

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Beyond the Binary: A New Generation’s Approach to Gender 9:38

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In the Autumn of 2022, hopeful college students across the United States clicked through the questions on the Common Application, the digital gateway to more than one thousand colleges and universities. For the first time, alongside their grades, essays, and extracurricular lists, applicants had the chance to provide their gender and pronouns. Thes…

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SANS Stormcast Wednesday, October 1st, 2025: Cookie Auth Issues; Western Digtial Command Injection; sudo exploited; 5:10

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Sometimes you don t even need to log in Applications using simple, predictable cookies to verify a user s identity are still exploited, and relatively recent vulnerabilities are still due to this very basic mistake. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/%22user%3Dadmin%22.%20Sometimes%20you%20don%27t%20even%20need%20to%20log%20in./32334 Western Digital My Clo…

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How Mentoring Enables Startup Success Through A Social Exchange Process 14:14

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Research from Dr. Andrey Kostyuk at the Grenoble Ecole de Management supervised by Prof. Martina Battisti, a Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy, and Director of European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, reveals that successful startup mentoring operates as a complex social exchange where both mentors and entrepreneurs must be…

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SANS Stormcast Tuesday, September 30th, 2025: Apple Patch; PAN Global Protect Scans; SSL.com signed malware 5:06

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Apple Patches Apple released patches for iOS, macOS, and visionOS, fixing a single font parsing vulnerability https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Apple%20Patches%20Single%20Vulnerability%20CVE-2025-43400/32330 Increase in Scans for Palo Alto Global Protect Vulnerability (CVE-2024-3400). Our honeypots detected an increase in scans for a Palo Alto Global Prot…

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Factors that Sustain the Gendered Pleasure Gap: Gendered Media Representations of Sexual Pleasure and Women’s Performance of Sexual Emotional Labor 11:43

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Despite decades of awareness about gender equality, a persistent pleasure gap remains between women and men in sexual encounters, with women experiencing significantly fewer orgasms and less sexual pleasure. It is important to note that this gender difference exists primarily in contexts where women have sex with men, while women who have sex with …

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SANS Stormcast Monday, September 29th, 2025: Convert Timestamps; Cisco Compromises; GitHub Notification Phishing 8:36

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Converting Timestamps in .bash_history Unix shells offer the ability to add timestamps to commands in the .bash_history file. This is often done in the form of Unix timestamps. This new tool converts these timestamps into a more readable format. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/New%20tool%3A%20convert-ts-bash-history.py/32324 Cisco ASA/FRD Compromises Ex…

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Gut-Targeted Antibiotic Boosts Lung Cancer Radiation Therapy: A New Frontier in Microbiome-Based Treatment 7:25

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Imagine a future where treating cancer doesn't just depend on high-tech machines or potent drugs, but also on something as simple, and as complex, as the bacteria living in your gut. This future might be closer than we think, thanks to groundbreaking research led by Professor Andrea Facciabene at the University of Pennsylvania. In a randomized pilo…

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How Political Identity Trumps Racial Identity in Cross-Race Conversations About Sensitive Topics 11:22

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Research from communication scholars at The Ohio State University reveals fascinating new insights about the dynamics of conversations about race-related issues in the USA. Two complementary studies show that White participants expected more negative outcomes and were more likely to avoid conversations with fellow White people from different politi…

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SANS Stormcast Friday, September 26th, 2025: Webshells in .well-known; Critical Cisco Vulns Exploited; XCSSET Update; GoAnywhere MFT Exploit Details 6:52

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Webshells Hiding in .well-known Places Our honeypots registered an increase in scans for URLs in the .well-known directory, which appears to be looking for webshells. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Webshells%20Hiding%20in%20.well-known%20Places/32320 Cisco Patches Critical Exploited Vulnerabilities Cisco released updates addressing already-exploited vu…

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32 - "Legion" with Phil Ellis 1:01:30

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Star of the new Taskmaster series, Phil Ellis shares the jaw-dropping true story of the time he almost got cast in Red Dwarf. It’s one of the most bonkers and traumatic tales we’ve ever heard! A fan from the beginning, you won’t believe which character Phil wanted to be as a child. He also talks about loving the less-loved episodes. And he offers u…

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Improving compliant mechanism designs with fuzzy logic 8:55

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When they design mechanical systems, engineers first need to understand how they will behave using mathematical modelling tools that can simulate their movements. In recent years, they have increasingly explored the possibilities of ‘compliant’ mechanisms: highly flexible systems which are now being applied across numerous leading fields of technol…

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D&D Court: Cars PCs, Overly Engaged Players, and Razzing Rights 1:05:15

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Dungeon Court is back in session! Join Justices Murphy, Tanner and Axford, along with Bailiff Jake, as they pass judgement on your trials at the table! CREDITS: Sound Mixing and Editing by Trevor Lyon Dungeon Court Theme Song by Sam Weiller See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do…

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SANS Stormcast Thursday, September 25th, 2025: Hikvision Exploits; Cisco Patches; Sonicawall Anit-Rootkit Patch; Windows 10 Support 5:33

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Exploit Attempts Against Older Hikvision Camera Vulnerability Out honeypots observed an increase in attacks against some older Hikvision issues. A big part of the problem is weak passwords, and the ability to send credentials as part of the URL. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Exploit%20Attempts%20Against%20Older%20Hikvision%20Camera%20Vulnerability/323…

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Restoring Connection: Understanding Suicide Through Human Stories 10:09

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Loneliness is often described as the invisible epidemic of our time. It creeps quietly into lives, eroding confidence, weakening social bonds, and, at its most dangerous, pushing individuals toward the edge of despair. Stigma can prevent the lonely from seeking help and as loneliness is largely experienced through the prism of isolation, those in n…

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Rethinking the costs of highway rest areas 8:37

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Operating and maintaining highway rest areas across the United States has long posed a costly challenge for state transportation departments, especially amid tightening budgets and rising demand. In a new study, Dr. Kishor Shrestha, associate professor at Washington State University finds that one outsourcing method known as method-based contractin…

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SANS Stormcast Wednesday, September 24th, 2025: DoS against the Analyst; GitHub Improvements; Solarwinds and Supermicro BMC vulnerabilities 7:22

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Distracting the Analyst for Fun and Profit Our undergraduate intern, Tyler House analyzed what may have been a small DoS attack that was likely more meant to distract than to actually cause a denial of service https://isc.sans.edu/diary/%5BGuest%20Diary%5D%20Distracting%20the%20Analyst%20for%20Fun%20and%20Profit/32308 GitHub s plan for a more secur…

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SANS Stormcast Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025: Ivanti EPMM Exploit; GitHub Impersonation 4:49

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CISA Reports Ivanti EPMM Exploit Sightings Two different organizations submitted backdoors to CISA, which are believed to have been installed using Ivanti vulnerabilities patched in May. https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/analysis-reports/ar25-261a Lastpass Observes Impersonation on GitHub Lastpass noted a number of companies being impersonated via f…

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Revisiting Mount Wilson: How corrected solar data revealed a groundbreaking discovery 10:25

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Between 1982 and 2012, the 150-foot solar tower at Mount Wilson Observatory collected a vast archive of observations of the Sun’s surface. In a series of recent studies, Professor Roger Ulrich, together with colleagues Dr. Tham Tran and Dr. John Boyden at UCLA, have revisited these data, running a thorough recalibration of the findings. Their resul…

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SANS Stormcast Monday, September 22nd, 2025: Odd HTTP Reuqest; GoAnywhere MFT Bug; EDR Freeze 9:02

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Help Wanted: What are these odd requests about? An odd request is hitting a number of our honeypots with a somewhat unusual HTTP request header. Please let me know if you no what the request is about. https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Help+Wanted+What+are+these+odd+reuqests+about/32302/ Forta GoAnywhere MFT Vulnerability Forta s GoAnywhere MFT prod…

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The allure and pitfalls of flavored tobacco and nicotine products. Interview with Professor Mary Rezk-Hanna 25:53

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In this episode, Professor Mary Rezk-Hanna of UCLA explores how flavored tobacco and nicotine products hook young people, challenge regulation, and blur the line between risk and appeal. Tune in to understand what's really at stake for public health.

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Trinyvale X Strahd - Ep. 10: Ploys in the Attic 1:18:58

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Haunted by strange visions from the Abbey, the Triplets launch a full-scale investigation into the Baron and his family! Onyx says yes to the dress, Nyack makes an angsty ally and Jens reflects on the situation as the Trinyvale X Strahd crossover continues! Support us on Patreon! - Patreon.com/Naddpod CREDITS Editing by Brian Murphy Production and …