Author: HackWatchit

We all know the usual Time Intelligence function based on years, quarters, months, and days. But sometimes, we need to perform more exotic timer intelligence calculations. But we should not forget to consider performance while programming the measures.  Introduction  There are many Dax functions in Power BI for Time Intelligence Measures.  The most common are:  You can find a comprehensive list of Time Intelligence functions here: Time Intelligence – DAX Guide. These functions cover the most common cases.  However, some requirements cannot be easily covered with these functions. And here we are.  I want to cover some of these cases I…

In episode 37 of “The AI Fix”, Google Gemini gets the munchies, the wettest country in the world can’t find any water, an escalator tries to eat Graham, o3-mini can’t rub two sticks together, and OpenAI invents an AI that can do “a single-digit percentage of all economically valuable tasks in the world” but nobody notices. Graham wonders why his childhood was full of Triffids and quicksand, and discovers a way to trap overstepping AI crawlers in an endless maze, while Mark investigates the appalling state of DeepSeek security. All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition…

Thinking about deleting your Instagram account? We can show you how. Before we get to that, you might be interested to find what kind of data Instagram collects about you — and how long Instagram keeps your account data, even after you delete it. What does Facebook know about you? For that answer, we turn to Instagram’s privacy policy page.[i] As you might imagine, the list of what they collect is long — long enough that you’ll want to read it for yourself. Yet, broadly, Instagram provides the following summary as part of its June 2024 Privacy Policy. Per Instagram…

The advancement of technology has also impacted sectors like gaming. Blockchain technology has surfaced as an asset that provides an angle on honesty and equality in the industry. Developers are incorporating blockchain into gaming to establish a fairer setting for players. This article digs deep into how blockchain games guarantee transparency and impartiality while discussing their advantages and obstacles. Exploring the World of Blockchain Technology Blockchain is a system of distributed ledgers that records transactions on computers to prevent tampering with data and ensure transparency. Every transaction is visible to all participants involved in the process without relying on a…

This is Part Two of the blog series, Offensive IoT for Red Team Implants, so if you have not read PART ONE, I would encourage you do to so first and then come back here. In this blog, we are going take a “from the ground up” approach to getting a Raspberry Pi Pico (Pico W) set up and running as a physical implant device for attacks such as USB Rubbery Ducky. Then, we will pivot slightly and extend the capability for the implant device by enabling and using a bolted-on LoRa module to take the entire attack process to…

Palo Alto Networks warns that CVE-2025-0111 flaw is actively exploited in attacks Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2025 Palo Alto Networks warns that the vulnerability CVE-2025-0111 is actively exploited with two other flaws to compromise PAN-OS firewalls. Palo Alto Networks warns that threat actors are chaining the vulnerability CVE-2025-0111 with two other vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2025-0108 with CVE-2024-9474, to compromise PAN-OS firewalls. The vulnerability CVE-2025-0111 is a file read issue in PAN-OS, an authenticated attacker with network access to the management web interface could exploit the flaw to read files that are readable by the “nobody” user. Palo Alto Networks addressed…

A previously undocumented ransomware payload named NailaoLocker has been spotted in attacks targeting European healthcare organizations between June and October 2024. The attacks exploited CVE-2024-24919, a Check Point Security Gateway vulnerability, to gain access to targeted networks and deploy the ShadowPad and PlugX malware, two families tightly associated with Chinese state-sponsored threat groups. Orange Cyberdefense CERT links the attacks to Chinese cyber-espionage tactics, though there’s not enough evidence to attribute them to specific groups. NailaoLocker details Orange’s researchers report that NailaoLocker is a relatively unsophisticated ransomware strain compared to the most prominent families in the space. The reason why Orange sees…

All we hear all day every day is how great AI is. We hear about its promise to revolutionize countless industries, from healthcare to education to scientific research.  What we hear less about is how it’s quickly becoming a powerful weapon in the arsenal of cybercriminals. Specifically, it’s being used more and more to accelerate common cybersecurity threats like phishing attacks and social engineering attacks. More techniques and tools available to cybercriminals are always worrisome, but what worries me more about this phenomenon is that this acceleration of the illicit appropriation of assets is fueling the dark web.   Old Threats,…

Norton is setting the standard for scam protection with a new range of AI-powered features fully integrated in Norton Cyber Safety products to help protect people from the most widespread cyberthreat of our time. Like the first domino tipping over and setting off a chain reaction, scams are the initial event that can trigger a series of serious attacks, including identity theft and financial fraud. The Company reports that 90% of all cyberthreats now originate from scams and social engineering threats–a figure that has almost tripled since 2021. Available starting today in the US across the Norton Cyber Safety product…