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Episode 278 - PHP Phail, Phished Rings, Fake Encryption, Wedding Crashers

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast!  We’ve got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome!  Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW)

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Phished Rings, Fake Encryption & Wedding Crashers A researcher chained PHP out-of-memory crashes into cookie-leaked pointers and full RCE to win the "Steal My Bitcoin" challenge, only to find the recovered key didn't match the prize wallet.

-https://github.com/KillaBoi/StealMyBitcoin-PoC

-https://x.com/jamespavur/status/2114501212313653696?s=46

 

The Knicks' parent company MSG phish-tested staff with a fake "free championship ring" email, then admitted the lure was a mistake and announced $3.7M in real rings.

-https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/new-york-knicks-phished-staff-with-fake-email-over-nba-championship-rings-3421260/

-https://x.com/sulloreport/status/2113457529267380575?s=46

 

Lenovo's "AES-256 encrypted" ThinkPlus fingerprint USB stick was a plain, unencrypted SD card inside, and AI-assisted reversing cracked four more "secure" drive brands in minutes.

-https://hackingpassion.com/lenovo-thinkplus-encrypted-usb-sd-card/

-https://x.com/intcyberdigest/status/2115898968597012674?s=46

 

A new site lets total strangers pay $25 to $160 for a seat at someone else's wedding, with ID-plus-selfie checks and couple approval required.

-https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/this-website-lets-you-buy-tickets-to-weddings-of-complete-strangers-3418782/

 

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