Ben Lampere

Today I got access to TypeSafe. If you aren't familiar with the product, it's an ultra-fast and incredibly cheap AI model. When I say cheap, I'm talking $0.042 per million input tokens, with output tokens completely free. They already had $5 credited to my account, and even with fairly heavy usage and zero optimization, I've only spent $1.29 on the first day. But just wait until you hear what I was able to accomplish with that. So, what's different about TypeSafe? It doesn't work like a...

Ransomware has evolved into a global criminal industry that operates more like a Fortune 500 company than a street gang. Built on a franchise model known as Ransomware as a Service (RaaS), these groups provide malware, infrastructure, customer support, and even brand management to affiliates. As attackers become more organized and sophisticated, defenders including law enforcement, cyber insurers, and threat intelligence teams have been forced to evolve just as quickly.

Most malicious scanners are looking for real vulnerabilities and leaks, so I gave them as much as they could ask for. With the help of AI, you can nearly instantly generate any data being requested. With a single ChatGPT/Claude subscription and a Digital Ocean instance, the most annoying honeypot was possible. Back in 2023, I bought a .zip domain name when they first came out. There was a lot of buzz that these domains would be used almost exclusively for malicious activity, given the name's...