Image by [jwr] via redditThe Ultimate Hacking Keyboard (UHK) line is, as the name suggests, a great choice for a lot of people. They’re each a toe-dip into the ergonomic waters with their split-ability and those beginner thumb clusters.

However, [jwr] was not completely satisfied and decided to make a custom set of keycaps. The idea was to create ‘caps without the “annoyingly abrasive texture of PBT”, that are larger than average for larger-than-average fingers. Finally, [jwr] wanted the Function row to tower over the number row a little, so these have a taller profile.

So, what are they made of? The look kind rubbery, don’t they? They are cast of pigmented polyurethane resin. First, [jwr] designed five molds in Fusion360, one for each row. Then it was time to machine master molds via CNC in foam tooling board. These were filled with silicone along with 3D-printed inserts, which produced silicone molds for casting keycaps four at a time in resin.

Keyboard’s Cost Matches Skyscraper Looks

The Icebreaker doubles as a handy bludgeoning device. Image by [Serene Industries] via ArsTechnicaLooks like the perfect accessory for a Deplorean Cybertruck owner, doesn’t it? At $2,100, the Icebreaker keyboard, which incidentally is just a kit (!), seems to occupy the same headspace. Oh, and you don’t even get keycaps for that price — those are another $415. More on that later.

Inspired by New York City’s Flatiron building, this functional wedge is priced more for looks than capability. The chassis is CNC’d from a solid block of 6061 aluminium alloy and purportedly appears completely flat from the right angle. (Is that a feature? I don’t know.)

The legends do look pretty cool. Image by [Serene Industries] via ArsTechnicaBack to those keycaps. They are also completely aluminium, and — get this — feature around 800 micro-perforations that make up the legends. But hey, this is a mechanical keyboard. You gotta let the light through one way or another.

I seriously hope that there is some sheer layer of something beneath those holes that will keep finger oils and other assorted nastiness out of the switches. Because eww.

So here’s how the pricing breaks down. There’s a bare-bones version for a cool $1,500. If you want black, that’s another $500. But then you have to make a choice between Bluetooth connectivity and Hall-effect switches, because you can’t have both for some reason. And yeah, that’s a rotary encoder, which is programmable along with the keys. At least there’s that?

The Centerfold: Windbreaker Caps Make For a Nice ‘Fit

Image by [kopiummm] via redditRemember those swishy-sounding two-piece trash-bag outfits people wore at the end of the 80s and into the early 90s? While many opted for the windbreaker by itself, the truly fashionable donned the entire track suit. This keycap set, DCS Windbreaker, hearkens back to a brighter time.

As with many of my centerfolds, I don’t know a whole lot about this other than a few of the surface details. All else I can tell you is that the keyboard is a Sho SRX, and that the classic children’s city map rug is a great substrate for any keyboard.

Do you rock a sweet set of peripherals on a screamin’ desk pad? Send me a picture along with your handle and all the gory details, and you could be featured here!

Historical Clackers: the Lambert

This totally looks like another index typewriter, doesn’t it? But it isn’t like that at all. One uses both hands on the circular keyboard just like a regular typewriter. But instead of typebars, the Lambert used a type stamp.
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Although it wasn’t put into production until 1900, the Lambert typewriter was patented in 1883 and awarded in 1884. You see, prolific French-American inventor Francoise (Frank) Lambert was just busy with other things and spent that time developing a successful water meter manufacturing concern with his business partner, John Thomson.

Right before the turn of the century, Lambert threw himself into the typewriter and the machine went into production right there at the water meter factory. Unfortunately, by this time, most typewriters had taken on the front-striking, four-row, single-shift model. Still, the Lambert, with its low part count and affordable price tag, did well in Western Europe due to aggressive marketing.

Lambert produced three models total, and there weren’t many differences between them. Most notable for No. 1 is that it could produce a crude version of an italic typeface by slightly rotating the keyboard. The No. 1 also came with an attractive domed wooden case emblazoned with a Saturn logo. Don’t you love how prominently the name is featured?

Introducing the MantaRay

What do you do when you see a keyboard that you love, but it’s just not right for you for one reason or another? If you’re [hawkwoodwork] and that keyboard is the ZSA Voyager, then you build a non-split version with the same features and call it MantaRay.

Image by [hawkwoodwork] via redditNow don’t go running off just yet — this is not quite open-source, but will be once [hawkwoodwork] validates that everything works and has the time to put together a build guide for YouTube.

Here’s what we know so far: this will be a column-staggered ortholinear board with hot-swap support for Kailh chocs, an OLED display. The idea is to make something ultra low-profile.

The top requests for V2 include wireless support and a split version that can join together with magnets, and the plans already include expansion accessories like a magnetic encoder, thumb sticks, and a multi-axis encoder for CAD work. What would you add to the mix?

Got a hot tip that has like, anything to do with keyboards? Help me out by sending in a link or two. Don’t want all the Hackaday scribes to see it? Feel free to email me directly.

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I ricercatori hanno scoperto un falso exploit per l’ultima vulnerabilità CVE-2024-49113 (nota anche come LDAPNightmare) su GitHub. L’exploit ha infettato gli utenti con un infostealer che ruba dati e li invia a un server FTP di terze parti.

Gli specialisti di Trend Micro affermano che il repository dannoso apparentemente conteneva un fork di un exploit PoC legittimo per il CVE-2024-49113, creato da SafeBreach Labs e pubblicato il 1 gennaio 2025.

La vulnerabilità stessa è stata risolta dagli sviluppatori Microsoft nel dicembre 2024. Il bug è correlato al protocollo LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) di Windows ed è una delle due vulnerabilità risolte in LDAP il mese scorso (il secondo problema è il CVE-2024-49112).

Allo stesso tempo, il CVE-2024-49113 è una vulnerabilità di DoS, mentre il secondo problema ha ricevuto lo stato di critico e ha consentito l’esecuzione remota di codice arbitrario.

Vale la pena notare che gli specialisti di SafeBreach Labs inizialmente si sbagliavano e scrivevano che il loro exploit era adatto specificamente al problema più serio CVE-2024-49112 e non al CVE-2024-49113. E anche se l’errore è stato presto corretto, LDAPNightmare ha attirato molta attenzione, di cui probabilmente gli aggressori hanno deciso di approfittare.

Il download di un falso exploit da un repository dannoso ha prodotto un file eseguibile poc.exe contenente UPX, che ha distribuito uno script PowerShell nella cartella %Temp% sul sistema della vittima. Questo script creava un lavoro pianificato che eseguiva uno script codificato che recuperava un terzo script da Pastebin.

Il payload risultante raccoglieva informazioni sul computer della vittima, un elenco di processi, un elenco di directory, un indirizzo IP, informazioni sull’adattatore di rete e informazioni sugli aggiornamenti installati e caricava il tutto come archivio ZIP su un server FTP esterno.

Trend Micro ricorda agli utenti GitHub che utilizzano exploit pubblici a scopo di ricerca o test di prestare sempre attenzione. In genere è meglio fidarsi solo di società di sicurezza informatica ben note e di ricercatori con una buona reputazione. Si consiglia inoltre di studiare il codice prima dell’esecuzione, caricare i file binari su VirusTotal e saltare qualsiasi cosa offuscata.

Notiamo che tali tattiche nel loro insieme non possono essere definite nuove. Pertanto, su GitHub sono stati scoperti più di una volta malware mascherati da falsi exploit per vari bug .

L'articolo LDAPNightmare: Ora Anche Su GitHub, ma con il Bonus Infostealer! proviene da il blog della sicurezza informatica.

IT'S MONDAY, AND THIS IS DIGITAL POLITICS. I'm Mark Scott, and you find me halfway between London and Brussels on a Eurostar with extremely patchy wifi. #FirstWorldProblems.

— Tensions are skyrocketing between Washington and Brussels on digital regulation. Here's how I think that will play out over the next 18 months.

— Meta will replace its global fact-checking program with crowd-sourced "community notes." One problem: that approach isn't the panacea many would hope it to be.

— Artificial intelligence private investment went through the roofin 2023, the most recent full-year figures available. The United States is still way ahead. You may be surprised who came second.

Let's get started:

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Here’s the thing about running large strings of Neopixels—also known as WS2812 addressable LEDs. You need to truck out a ton of data, and fast. There are a dozen different libraries out there to drive them already, but [Zorxx] decided to strike out with a new technique—using I2S hardware to get the job done.
Fast!
Microcontrollers traditionally use I2S interfaces to output digital audio. However, I2s also just happens to be perfect for driving tons of addressable LEDs. At the lowest level, I2S hardware is really just flipping a serial data line really fast with a clock line and a word select line for good measure. If, instead of sound, you pipe a data stream for addressable LEDs to the I2S hardware, it will clock that data out just the same!

[Zorxx] figured that at with an ESP32 trucking out I2S data at a rate of 2.6 megabits per second on the ESP32, it would be possible to update a string of 256 pixels in just 7.3 milliseconds. In other words, you could have a 16 by 16 grid updating at over 130 frames per second. Step up to 512 LEDs, and you can still run at almost 70 fps.

There’s some tricks to pulling this off, but it’s nothing you can’t figure out just by looking at the spec sheets for the WS2812B and the ESP32. Or, indeed, [Zorxx’s] helpful Github page. We’ve featured some other unorthodox methods of driving these LEDs before, too! Meanwhile, if you’ve got your own ideas on how to datablast at ever greater speeds, don’t hesitate to let us know!

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Microsoft sta indagando su un’interruzione in corso dell’autenticazione a più fattori (MFA) che sta impedendo ai suoi utenti di accedere alle app di Microsoft 365 Office.

“Gli utenti potrebbero non essere in grado di accedere ad alcune app di Microsoft 365 quando eseguono l’autenticazione con MFA”, ha affermato Microsoft in un avviso di incidente pubblicato nell’interfaccia di amministrazione. Infatti alcuni utenti di Microsoft 365 interessati segnalano anche che la registrazione e il ripristino dell’MFA non funzionano.

Anche su X l’azienda ha riportato “Stiamo esaminando un problema per cui l’autenticazione a più fattori (MFA) potrebbe impedire agli utenti di accedere ad alcune app di Microsoft 365 (M365). Abbiamo reindirizzato il traffico interessato e la disponibilità del servizio sta migliorando. Per ulteriori informazioni, consulta OP978247 nell’interfaccia di amministrazione.”

L’azienda ha aggiunto che l’incidente riguarda solo gli utenti che utilizzano MFA per l’autenticazione nelle app di Microsoft 365 Office. Secondo un altro messaggio del centro di amministrazione, l’azienda sta indagando sulle segnalazioni secondo cui le applicazioni Microsoft 365 potrebbero bloccarsi inaspettatamente sui dispositivi Windows Server 2016.

“Stiamo esaminando la telemetria di monitoraggio del servizio per isolare la causa principale e sviluppare un piano di rimedio”, afferma Redmond. “L’impatto è specifico per alcuni utenti che vengono serviti tramite l’infrastruttura interessata”.

Ricordiamo che anche il mese scorso, Microsoft ha annunciato che stava indagando su un problema noto che innesca errori “Prodotto disattivato”. Al momento rimaniamo in attesa di comprendere come si evolverà il problema.

L'articolo Microsoft 365 in Tilt: Problemi con l’MFA Bloccano l’Accesso agli Utenti! proviene da il blog della sicurezza informatica.