My Shared Links — Week 45/2022
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Collection of the resources and links I have found insightful and shared during week #45 of 2022.
FTX Faces Potential Hack, Sees Mysterious Outflows Totaling More than $600M
More than $600 million in crypto left bankrupt crypto company FTX’s wallets late Friday, with little clear explanation as to why.
Soon afterwards, FTX stated in its official Telegram channel that it had been hacked, instructing users not to install any new upgrades and to delete all FTX apps.
Accidental $70k Google Pixel Lock Screen Bypass
David Schütz found a vulnerability affecting seemingly all Google Pixel phones where if you gave me any locked Pixel device, I could give it back to you unlocked. The bug just got fixed in the November 5, 2022 security update.
Ransomware-as-a-Service Transforms Gangs Into Businesses
Another threat group, the ‘Eternity Project’, offers a Malware-as-a-Service… service from a Tor website and on their Telegram channel.
They sell a wide variety of malware (for $90 to $490) in an organized fashion, including stealer, clipper, worm, miner, ransomware and distributed-denial-of-service bot services.