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1. Lazarus Group laundered $200M from 25 crypto hacks to fiat Total comment counts : 22 Summary The article provides an overview of various cryptocurrency hacks attributed to the Lazarus Group, a cyber threat group linked to the North Korean government. It covers significant incidents between August 2020 and October 2023, highlighting financial motivations and the group’s sophisticated use of malware. Key incidents include: CoinBerry - Unauthorized withdrawals led to a loss of $370,000 due to a software bug....

1. My 71 TiB ZFS NAS After 10 Years and Zero Drive Failures Total comment counts : 50 Summary The article discusses the author’s experience with a 10-year-old 4U NAS (Network Attached Storage) built from twenty-four 4 TB HGST drives, which has not experienced any drive failures. The author attributes this longevity to regularly powering down the NAS when not in use, resulting in about 6000 hours of runtime over the decade—equivalent to just 250 days....

1. Notes on OpenAI’s new o1 chain-of-thought models Total comment counts : 61 Summary On September 12, 2024, OpenAI unveiled two new models, o1-preview and o1-mini, aimed at enhancing reasoning capabilities over previous models like GPT-4o. These models focus on taking more time to think before responding, utilizing a reinforcement learning approach to improve the “chain of thought” mechanism. This enables them to handle complex prompts by breaking down tasks and refining strategies over time....

1. Learning to Reason with LLMs Total comment counts : 180 Summary I apologize, but without the text of the article, I am unable to summarize it. Please provide the text and I will be happy to help you. Top 1 Comment Summary The author used the GPT-4 model via ChatGPT to reverse engineer the binary bluetooth protocol of their kitchen fan in order to integrate it into Home Assistant. Although the initial model was helpful, it couldn’t determine the transmission pattern of the fan’s remaining runtime in a certain mode....

1. We spent $20 to achieve RCE and accidentally became the admins of .mobi Total comment counts : 35 Summary In this article, the author discusses their research on vulnerabilities in WHOIS clients and how they parse responses from WHOIS servers. They discovered that the WHOIS server for the .MOBI TLD had migrated to a new domain and the old domain had expired. They decided to acquire the expired domain and set up a WHOIS server behind it....

1. Radiology-specific foundation model Total comment counts : 27 Summary The article introduces Harrison.rad.1, a cutting-edge radiology-specific foundational model. This model performs exceptionally well in radiology exams and outperforms other foundational models in benchmarks. The Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists’ 2B Rapids exam, known for its difficulty, sees a pass rate of only 40-59% for human radiologists on their first attempt. In comparison, Harrison.rad.1 scored 85.67% on this exam....

1. QUIC is not quick enough over fast internet Total comment counts : 33 Summary This article discusses the benefits and implementation of the QUIC protocol, which is a multiplexed transport-layer protocol over UDP with enforced encryption. It is expected to improve web application performance by overcoming some of the limitations of TCP. Both TCP and QUIC can use ECN to avoid congestion loss and retransmission overhead. However, it took two decades for TCP to reach widespread support for ECN....

1. alphaXiv: Open research discussion on top of arXiv Total comment counts : 32 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary The article suggests a few improvements for a website’s front page. First, it proposes that the front page should directly show a list of papers instead of having to click on a separate “trending” page. Second, it recommends that the ranking of papers should be based on votes rather than comment activity, as comment activity may prioritize controversial papers....

1. Keyhole – Forge own Windows Store licenses Total comment counts : 18 Summary The article discusses the discovery of a DRM bypass called “Keyhole” that allows users to license any Microsoft Store app or modern Windows edition easily. It explains the Client Licensing Platform (CLiP) in Windows 10, which is used for implementing DRM for Microsoft Store apps and Windows activation. The article reveals that there is a vulnerability in CLiP that can be exploited by changing permissions to access the CLiP license store....

1. Did Sandia use a thermonuclear secondary in a product logo? Total comment counts : 40 Summary The article is about an error message that states a requested resource could not be found on the server and that the error was caused by Mod_Security. Top 1 Comment Summary The author finds a particular image of a Teller-Ulam type weapon unusual because it includes channels that appear to transfer energy from the primary to the secondary device....