Traffic is trickling through Strait of Hormuz: Who’s moving and who’s stranded
Iran has scared off most ships from the Strait of Hormuz, leaving some ships to pass through, while most continued to wait outside the strait.
Day: March 18, 2026
Iran lashes out with attacks on Israel and Gulf neighbors as Israel hits Beirut
Iran has lashed out with multiple attacks on its Gulf neighbors and Israel following the killing of one of its top leaders in an airstrike, using some of its latest missiles to evade air defenses and killing two near Tel Aviv
Using LD_PRELOAD to modify a program’s behavior and change its function calls
So today (actually it’s morning again, so kinda tonight) I was annoyed by barrierc so much that I had to fix its shitty behavior. It was blanking out my screen and turning them off every 2 minutes, and overriding my Xorg settings that I carefully integrated in my i3’s autostart.conf file.
Anyways, long story short, this is my crappy writeup on how to patch a binary if the binary doesn’t want to behave, and shows how to override its behaviors and its used function/symbol calls with an LD_PRELOAD hook:
https://github.com/cookiengineer/barrier-disable-dpms
I’d like to think this is a “great user hack” because I never thought I will have to go to this last resort to fix a program’s shitty behavior. Turns out I had to use the LD_PRELOAD injection because ltrace didn’t reveal anything as the API design of the Xorg library is using the internal pointers :-/
Anyways, maybe this might be interesting for someone to learn about Linux/POSIX and glibc’s attack surface 😀
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What to know about Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant after report of projectile hitting its complex
Iran and Russia have both alleged a projectile struck the grounds of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in the Islamic Republic, raising the specter of a radiological incident as Tehran’s war with Israel and the United States rages
The impact of the Iran war on Dubai tourism amid travel uncertainty
Reports suggested more than 80,000 bookings in Dubai were cancelled alone in the first week of the conflict, as visitors either scrambled to get home or simply decided to postpone their trips.
EU offers to pay Ukraine to fix oil pipeline at the center of Ukraine-Hungary feud – NPR
EU offers to pay Ukraine to fix oil pipeline at the center of Ukraine-Hungary feud NPRHungary’s Orbán to face pressure over Ukraine loan veto at EU summit The GuardianE.U. Loan for Ukraine Becomes Election Leverage for Orban …
AWS Bedrock AgentCore Sandbox Bypass Enables Stealthy C2 and Data Exfiltration
A newly disclosed vulnerability in AWS Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter allows threat actors to bypass network isolation and establish stealthy command-and-control (C2) channels. AWS originally advertised this mode as providing complete isolation wit…
Fire damage, clogged toilets, and sinking morale: USS Gerald R Ford to set sails for repairs in Crete
Aircraft carrier has been participating in strikes on Iran, after previously taking part in the operation to seize Venezuela’s president Nicolás MaduroA fire onboard the USS Gerald R Ford, injuring sailors and destroying 100 beds, is the latest mishap …
Critical Unpatched Telnetd Flaw (CVE-2026-32746) Enables Unauthenticated Root RCE
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical security flaw impacting the GNU InetUtils telnet daemon (telnetd) that could be exploited by an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
The vulnerability, t…
Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant Hit In Israeli Strikes, Says UN Watchdog
The UN nuclear watchdog said Wednesday that Iranian authorities had reported projectile impact at the country’s only operational nuclear power plant that caused no damage.