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September 2017

Sunday, September 17, 2017

Look away

—devadutta @ 18:34

Continuing our computer security and hacking theme round.

This is Edward Snowden. What is he doing? Bonus cookie points if you tell the exact name of the exploit he is defending himself from.

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla and s m muneer ali

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Unlocking his phone and doing it under a blanket to protect himself from Shoulder surfing attacks.


Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Lub Dub Lub Dub

—devadutta @ 18:31

Continuing our hacking and computer security theme round.

xkcd explaining one of the most widespread and easily exploitable vulnerabilities in recent times. In fact, the need to patch the vulnerability so urgent, security researchers wore marketing hats, created a logo and gave it a name to raise awareness (it worked really well!). Identify the exploit.

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, alephnull and s m muneer ali

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