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ISC Stormcast For Monday, August 25th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9584, (Mon, Aug 25th)

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Reading Location Position Value in Microsoft Word Documents, (Mon, Aug 25th)

While studying for the GX-FE [1], I started exploring the “Position” value in the registry that helps to tell Microsoft Word where you “left off”. It's a feature many people that use Word have seen on numerous occasions and is explored in FOR500: Windows Forensic Analysis [2].
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The end of an era: Properly formated IP addresses in all of our data., (Sun, Aug 24th)

The Internet Storm Center and DShield websites are about 25 years old. Back in the day, I made some questionable decisions that I have never quite cleaned up later. One of these decisions was to use a “15 character 0-padded” format for IP addresses. This format padded each byte in the IP address with leading 0's, ensuring that they were all 15 characters long (including the '.').
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Why tiny bee brains could hold the key to smarter AI

Researchers discovered that bees use flight movements to sharpen brain signals, enabling them to recognize patterns with remarkable accuracy. A digital model of their brain shows that this movement-based perception could revolutionize AI and robotics by emphasizing efficiency over massive computing power.
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Week in review: Covertly connected and insecure Android VPN apps, Apple fixes exploited zero-day

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Android VPN apps used by millions are covertly connected AND insecure Three families of Android VPN apps, with a combined 700 million-plus Google Play downloads, are secretly linked, according to a group of researchers from Arizona State University and Citizen Lab. Apple fixes zero-day vulnerability exploited in “extremely sophisticated attack” (CVE-2025-43300) Apple has fixed yet another vulnerability (CVE-2025-43300) that has … More → The post Week in review: Covertly connected and insecure Android VPN apps, Apple fixes exploited zero-day appeared first on Help Net Security.
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