#dos
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Turning IPv6 Tunnels into Programmable Delay Lines for Pulsing DoS
Researchers from Tsinghua University have unveiled TED, a technique that abuses open tunnel hosts and IPv6 extension headers to squeeze traffic dispersed over seconds into a single sharp burst.
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Classic demoscene productions run in the browser — recompiled to WebAssembly
The demoscene-recomp project takes the original DOS code of legendary early-1990s demos and turns it into WebAssembly instruction by instruction, preserving exact cycle timing.
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Executable Emoji: an x86 Program Made Entirely of Smileys
The author of the retro blog MartyPC discovered that the UTF-8 bytes of most emoji add up to valid 8088 machine code — and wrote a program in “emoji assembly” that prints “HELLO.”
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MartyPC: A Cross-Platform Emulator of Early PCs in Rust
The MartyPC project recreates the architecture of the first personal computers and is available, among other options, right in the browser.
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Cisco Warns of Active Exploitation of a Flaw in ASA and FTD
A vulnerability in the VPN components of Cisco Secure Firewall lets attackers reboot devices remotely. The company has observed attacks and released fixes.