The speaker describes his experience solving a puzzle at a conference by finding someone who knew the code word 'ghost' among a crowd of 10,000 people by profiling them for language skills.
A group of friends discovered that a computer in their cottage was reportedly sending messages from the year 1546. The messages appeared on a word processing program without any connection to the internet or modem, and nobody knew who was sending these mysterious messages.
The Voynich Manuscript, a handwritten book filled with bizarre illustrations and an unrecognizable language, has baffled codebreakers for over a century. While some theorize it may be a codebook or alchemical text, others believe it's simply a to-do list or hoax.
A theory suggests that the Iranian government may have been involved in a cyber attack, leading to increased loyalty and distrust among its citizens. The government then worked to eliminate opposition in the aftermath.
The Windows utility LSAS stores usernames and passwords in clear text in the memory, posing a significant security threat for shared computers, opening the possibility of accessing all users' passwords and potentially even the admin account.