There are five types of sleep – here’s what that means for your health
Scientists have identified five sleep profiles, each of which is linked to distinct mental health symptoms and brain activity patterns ⌘ Read more
Is the universe really one big black hole?
According to the equations that govern black holes, the larger one of these cosmic behemoths is the lower its average density – given that the universe contains a lot of relatively empty space, could the whole cosmos be a black hole? ⌘ Read more
One of Earth’s most vital carbon sinks is faltering. Can we save it?
For decades, forest, grasslands and other land ecosystems have collectively absorbed up to a third of the carbon dioxide we emit each year - but this climate buffer may be collapsing far sooner than anyone expected ⌘ Read more
Biodegradable plastic made from bamboo is strong and easy to recycle
Bamboo is a highly renewable resource, and its cellulose fibres can be turned into a hard, mouldable plastic for use in cars and appliances ⌘ Read more
Nobel prize for physics goes to trio behind quantum computing chips
The 2025 Nobel prize in physics has gone to three researchers, John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis, whose work has led to the development of today’s quantum computers ⌘ Read more
How to Repair Outlook PST File without ScanPST.exe? ⌘ Read more
How the latest tech helped bring Borderlands 4 to life
Borderlands 4 takes the video game series to new heights. As Gearbox Software’s Anthony Nicholson explains to 9news.com.au, the help of the latest technology bought this new world to life. Borderlands 4 is out now. ⌘ Read more
‘Being new is no excuse’: Ley savages Wells over Triple Zero crisis
Caught at the Senate turnstiles after his meeting with the ministers, beleaguered Optus CEO Stephen Rue would only say that the resilience of the network was very important. ⌘ Read more
**Hidden API Endpoints: The Hacker’s Secret Weapon **
I’m a cybersecurity enthusiast and the writer behind The Hacker’s Log — where I break down how real hackers think, find, and exploit…
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Adversary TTP Simulation Lab ⌘ Read more
How a Single Signup Flaw Exposed 162,481 User Records
My $8,500 Bug Bounty Story and the Critical Lesson in Authentication
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‘Being new is no excuse’: Ley savages Wells over Triple Zero crisis
The communications minister introduced legislation 18 months after it was recommended, with three deaths linked to the September Optus outage. ⌘ Read more
‘Being new is no excuse’: Ley savages Wells over Triple Zero crisis
The communications minister introduced legislation 18 months after it was recommended, with three deaths linked to the September Optus outage. ⌘ Read more
‘Being new is no excuse’: Ley savages Wells over Triple Zero crisis
The communications minister introduced legislation 18 months after it was recommended, with three deaths linked to the September Optus outage. ⌘ Read more
Snapchat’s always been free. Suddenly parents face a $16 monthly bill
Users who have been using Snapchat as a free source of unlimited storage have been put on notice – it’s not going to be free any more. ⌘ Read more
Snapchat’s always been free. So why would you have to pay $16 a month?
Users who have been using Snapchat as a free source of unlimited storage have been put on notice – it’s not going to be free any more. ⌘ Read more
Are you ready to pay the Snapchat bill? Teen app sensation now comes at a cost
Users who have been using Snapchat as a free source of unlimited storage have been put on notice, it’s not going to be free any more. ⌘ Read more
Zero trust, maximum security
With cyber threats escalating, Australian businesses are trusting no one. Organisations are increasingly discarding traditional security systems — “castle and moat” defences comprised of firewalls and VPNs — in favour of zero trust architecture. ⌘ Read more
Zero trust, maximum security
With cyber threats escalating, Australian businesses are trusting no one. Organisations are increasingly discarding traditional security systems — “castle and moat” defences comprised of firewalls and VPNs — in favour of zero trust architecture. ⌘ Read more
Galaxies fling out matter much more violently than we thought
An analysis of the afterglow of the big bang sheds light on how black holes distribute mass in the universe, and why some matter previously seemed to have been missing ⌘ Read more
General relativity might save some planets from death
Some habitable worlds orbiting dead stars could be kept alive for aeons thanks to a quirk of Einstein’s theory of gravity ⌘ Read more
What’s my Alzheimer’s risk, and can I really do anything to change it?
Can you escape your genetic inheritance, and do lifestyle changes actually make a difference? Daniel Cossins set out to understand what the evidence on Alzheimer’s really means for him ⌘ Read more
Actuator Unleashed: A Guide to Finding and Exploiting Spring Boot Actuator Endpoints ⌘ Read more
Shackleton knew his doomed ship wasn’t the strongest before sailing
Endurance, the wooden ship that Ernest Shackleton took to Antarctica in 1915, wasn’t built to withstand frozen seas – and the famous explorer knew it ⌘ Read more
New laws aim to rebuild trust in Triple Zero after fatal failures
The communications minister, who last week called herself a “new minister”, will introduce legislation this week amid mounting criticism over delays. ⌘ Read more
Nobel prize for medicine goes to trio for work on immune tolerance
The 2025 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine has gone to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their discoveries around how we keep our immune system under control ⌘ Read more
Would a ban on genetic engineering of wildlife hamper conservation?
Some conservation groups are calling for an effective ban on genetic modification, but others say these technologies are crucial for preserving biodiversity ⌘ Read more
Breaking Into HackTheBox: My Journey from Script Kiddie to Root
How I went from copying Pastebin scripts to actually understanding what I was doing — and how you can too.
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SQHell: Manually hunting SQL injection with detailed explanation ⌘ Read more
Week 12— Async API Calls: fetch, Axios, and Promises ⌘ Read more
OSINT: Google Dorking Hacks: The X-Ray Vision for Google Search
You type in some keywords, scroll past 10 pages of useless results, and wonder why the internet’s hiding the good stuff. Sound familiar?
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New Data Exfiltration Technique Using Brave Sync ⌘ Read more
How AI may provide an answer to hospital workforce shortages
Australia, like much of the world, is facing an exodus of exhausted doctors and nurses. This start-up may have the solution. ⌘ Read more
I played with the new iPhones for a week. Here’s my verdict
The skinny Air might be the most curious new phone, but it isn’t the most impressive of the new range. ⌘ Read more
** Wobbly updates or a sort of week notes **
Hello RSS goblins.
It’s unseasonably warm here, and well, I suppose everywhere. That’s…frightening, but before I let that weigh to heavily on this post I must move on.
It’s been a gorgeous weekend. We took the kids to the beach Friday after dinner, expecting to play on the sand and scramble up the rocks, but they actually each went swimming. They had a blast. The car is filled with sand, and I hope that last little hurrah of summer hangs around for a bit.
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Excel 2025 CTF | Anonymous (Miscellaneous) challenge Writeup ⌘ Read more
Mastering Google Dorking: Discovering Website Vulnerabilities
Deep Recon Made Simple: Powering Bug Hunting with Dorking Strategies
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** Secrets Hackers Don’t Tell: Recon Techniques That Actually Pay**
You see it in the movies: a hacker slams the keyboard, green text scrolls by, and BAM! They’re in. The entire breach takes 90 seconds.
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Hiding in Plain Sight: Steganography, C2, and SVG Files ⌘ Read more
The Price of Neglect. The Big Questions Behind Jaguar Land Rover’s Government £1.5 B Cyber Bailout. ⌘ Read more
My Recon Automation Found an Email Confirmation Bypass
How a simple parameter led to a complete authentication bypass
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Could AI-powered surveillance cameras keep your home safe?
Amazon’s latest 4K cameras with ‘Retinal Vision’ come with AI features that will cost you $200 per year. ⌘ Read more
Expressway — HackTheBox walkthough ⌘ Read more
Red Stone One Carat — TryHackMe Challenge Write-up ⌘ Read more
TryHackMe Infinity Shell Walkthrough: Web Shell Forensics & CTF Guide ⌘ Read more
Triple Zero was built for 1960s phones. Can it handle 2025?
Triple Zero calls have surged 44 per cent in a decade. Carrier networks are failing, and bushfire season is here. Can Australians still trust the system? ⌘ Read more
** Video games goods **
Here are 3 mostly unedited paragraphs from a blog post that fizzled out and I decided not to finish…but then I posted it on mastodon and it seemed to resonate with folks, so, here it is as an RSS exclusive plus some other thoughts, too!
I have a weird relationship with video games. I love video games, but I hardly ever really play them. As a kid I wasn’t allowed to play them at home, and didn’t have much facility to play them. I’d get sneaky bits of game time with my cousin in the back of the car o … ⌘ Read more
Sonic Team’s Takashi Iizuka on Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
Sonic Team’s Takashi Iizuka opens up about his move to Los Angeles to rebuild the Sonic name. Now, he’s just released Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, a high speed racing video game inviting characters from Microsoft, Nickelodeon and more. ⌘ Read more