Web3 is just traditional database businesses with extra steps, speculative incentives, and a shitcoin nobody asked for.
somehow, it all works because there’s enough money, easy manipulation involved to keep the system running.
apparently, that’s innovation, ngl.
Imagine doing all the recon, exploitation, validation and report writing only to discover that someone else has already reserved 50% of your bounty. 😂
Welcome to the new meta of bug bounty: You bring the skills, I bring the invitation we split the money. https://t.co/nFtFYRbNsA
I'm going to #PHTalks Goa on December 10: a free community conference for security people at a beach resort. See you there? https://t.co/ZEIwSL93wG via @PTsecurity_EN
Simon has been found dead, reportedly from "suicide." RIP to Simon and to all whistleblowers who have died too young.
The truth about Lutnick will never die
Here's my 30-second spec ad for WinRAR (that nobody asked for).
Okay, perhaps Rourke Heath did.
He shared this fun brief with his GenHQ community last week, and I took it on.
In this experimental project, I wanted to turn one of the internet's longest-running jokes into a subtle family drama about WinRAR's 40-day trial that somehow lasted almost three decades.
Here's how I made it:
After writing the script (the old school way), I worked with ChatGPT 5.6 Sol Max to turn it into a 14,000-character prompt for Seedance 2.5 (yes, Dreamina allows prompts that long).
I used GPT Image 2 to create the reference image for WinRAR's trial screen, while Seed Audio 1.0 generated the audio reference for the full voiceover and dialogue. After 20+ Seedance 2.5 tests at 480p, with the prompt evolving throughout, I generated the final versions at 720p.
I then lightly edited the video and upscaled it to 1080p with Topaz Labs Astra Starlight Precision 2.6. However, the screenshot text didn't survive the upscale (I should have used Astra's scene detection feature and selected a different model for that particular shot), so I recreated it using Seedance 2.0 at 1080p. (I also tried Hailuo H3 and Kling 3.0, but in this particular case, Seedance 2.0 gave me the best overall result in one go.)
For the sound, I selected a solo-instrument soundtrack from Epidemic Sound and added extra sound effects to improve the overall sound design.
And here's the result.
I'm curious to hear what you think.
Did this bring back memories, or is this genuinely your first time hearing about WinRAR? I’d love to know.
🌍 If cybercrime were a country, it would rank as the world’s 3rd-largest economy.
Using 2026 IMF nominal GDP projections alongside Cybersecurity Ventures’ estimated annual cybercrime cost:
🇺🇸 United States — $32.4 trillion
🇨🇳 China — $20.9 trillion
🏴 Cybercrime — $10.8 trillion
That means the estimated economic impact of cybercrime is larger than the GDP of countries such as Germany, India, and Japan.
Of course, this is not a perfect apples-to-apples comparison: GDP measures economic output, while the cybercrime figure represents estimated annual losses and economic damage. But the comparison still illustrates the extraordinary scale of the problem.
As digital dependence grows, cybercrime is no longer just a security issue. It is an economic issue, a national-security issue, and increasingly a systemic risk.
Source:
IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2026
Cybersecurity Ventures
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