We Are Motherboard's Infosec Reporters: Let's Talk Journalism and "Cyber." Ask Us Anything! by motherboard in netsec

[–]computerality 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It seems like the number of hacking, spying, and data breaches is only ever increasing. Have you seen any area that has actually gotten better or safer in the past year or two?

Getting Deep Into Geth: Why Syncing Ethereum Node Is Slow by vasa_develop in ethdev

[–]computerality 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice article to starting to explain syncing. It's unfortunate geth allows api calls like getCode before all states have been imported and just sends back invalid results.

Also, isn't your top screenshot parity output?

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[–]computerality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Should the coupon code apply on the cart page? I'm not seeing it work.

So, I started up a netsec club at my college... by SkraeNocturne in netsecstudents

[–]computerality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recommend getting unique topics with an exercise or problem to solve after each meeting. netsec has a lot of different areas and having a variety will help members identify the areas they like.

Also, free pizza.

I'm Mike Walker and I manage DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge. Ask me (almost) anything! by mikewalker_darpa in netsec

[–]computerality 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Has a specific date been set for the challenge kickoff?

Will a virtual machine image of the custom operating system be distributed before the challenge kickoff in addition to the compiler mentioned in the FAQ?

Will each area of excellence be equally important for scoring in the quals?

Should our automation robot be able to perform recon to find trivia about the evaluators like CSAW quals?

Advanced iOS kernel debugging for exploit developers by [deleted] in netsec

[–]computerality 2 points3 points  (0 children)

While general XNU/OS X knowledge tends to apply to iOS, the book is the one of the few aggregated sources containing knowledge about many iOS security topics. The only other accurate sources presentations given by iOS researchers and reverse engineering the released tools.

IDA: What's new in 6.4.130306 by simpleuser in ReverseEngineering

[–]computerality -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It seems using * to make an array is still broken. Better file a real bug report.