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Asking For Help
By: Teal Geiger
Tags: Self Care, Wellness, Vulnerability, Mental Health, Boundaries

Asking for help when you need it is HARD. I am actually BAD at it. When I say bad, I mean really bad. I never want to bother anyone and have them think of me as “needy”. I always want to be and appear fiercely independent and I always think I can do everything myself. This way of thinking has caused me severe anxiety, and several times over the period of my life, extreme depression as well. I know everyone always says “ask for help when you need it,” but I never fully understood this concept. When someone says that, I picture myself on the side of the road with a broken-down car and calling my significant other for help. In truth, that is actually an extreme example. Sometimes, it can be as simple as asking for a fifteen-minute break at work, when the emails and tasks have become too overwhelming. OR it could be asking a team member to do something for you that would normally take you twenty or so minutes, just to get something small off your plate. You could even ask for help on a big project. I’ve even learned that sometimes I need to ask my neighbor to let me use the washing machine before they do, if I need to be somewhere and they don’t have plans. Like I said, such a small thing. But I tend to put others needs before mine, and then I get stressed and tired. I think a lot of us are people pleasers and we want people to be happy with us, and we want to be low-maintenance.

But I challenge you to this today: ask for something. It can be something really small, like asking your s/o to draw you a bath, or light a candle to create a meditative space. Ask a friend if you can vent for fifteen minutes. That is asking for something, and it’s enough to take a small (or large) burden, and make it feel less cumbersome.
Love yourself first – is this even possible?
By: Spela Adamic
Tags: Codependency, Relationships, Difficulty, Loneliness, Vulnerability

I have seen lots of relationships that failed. I’ve experienced some of this myself. It’s normal; it’s life. We grow, we develop, we can enjoy single life as much as being in a relationship. We can say to ourselves that we are solely responsible for our actions and feelings, and take responsibility for our life. We mature. And that’s good.

But we are not an island. We are not self-sufficient no matter what stories we tell ourself. I have seen such behaviour a lot, but with no exception – this was what people told themselves when they were the most hurt and they had to survive on their own. If that’s a survival strategy, than okay. Do what you need to. But now it became a trend, that people say this to each other or even to themselves, and many are struggling with it.

How can you love yourself, if you’ve never been loved?

We hear you can’t give the other what you don’t have yourself. Like love. Love yourself first. But would you say the same to your kid? Would you also expect that neglected child who grows up can learn to be self-sufficient and becomes a real parent to himself? Yes, take a therapy, coaching, whatever that will help you heal. Nothing is wrong with that, in fact – the opposite: the more you know yourself, the better and healthier you’ll be. But nor a therapy or coaching or another kind of sessions you have, will replace authentic connections you need in your life.

We are beings made for relationships. Being in a society, being with the Other. How can someone learn to love himself if they were never truly accepted and loved by others?

This type of pop psychology – ”you gotta love yourself first” leads many in despair. People are nowadays perhaps even lonelier than ever. At schools mates are switched on the devices, dating is harder in quarantine, and even when meeting up – many don’t know how to interact, how to be truly curious about each other and often I hear, especially from women, how men don’t call them after they want to take it ’slowly’ and not jump in bed on a first date. I hear from men and women, who are beautiful beings, but single, how it’s hard for them to be truly happy and satisfied.
Opera Browser (XSS)
By: Neilmark Ochea
Tags: Bug Bounty, Security, Writeup, Browsers, Vulnerability

I’m glad you’re here. Please have fun reading (@nmochea).

While using opera browser for android I noticed something strange the address bar in opera browser replaced by the reader mode and the web title added without any filter.

I know that I can trigger the xss in reader mode but i dont know where so this my conclusion visit the website with xss payload and click the reader mode then xss will trigger.

I was on the website I looked in reader mode but it did not show up hmm wtf so i looked another website, again, again but still not showing up the reader mode, I would have given up

but an idea entered my mind what if I compose my own payload and that is what I will read in reader mode maybe the xss payload trigger, so what site i can compose my payload and then i remember about google calendar you can write title and description its perfect for what I’m looking for.

Step to Reproduce

Open opera browser goto

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r?pli=1

Create a new task with following

Title

“><img src=x onerror=alert(1);

Description

<head>

</head>

<body>

</script>

</body>

Then save the task then click the task and send it to your gmail.

Goto inbox open the message and copy the message id from url address

Insert the message id to this link

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?source=sync&tf=1&view=pt&th=[ID]&search=all&msg=[ID]

Paste the link to the new tab and go, from the right top header click the reader mode then the xss will trigger

Hall of Fame

I’m added to Opera Security Hall of Fame in 2020 List of Hall of Fame.

Vulnerability Disclosure

Sep-23-2020: I emailed Opera Security Team regarding this vulnerability issue.

Sep-25-2020: I provided additional details and some screenshot as proof of concepts.

Sep-29-2020: The Opera Browser released an updated, the security team emailed me that the vulnerability has been fixed and ask me to reproduce again to confirmed the fixed.

Thanks for reading this article, I hope you guys learn something new today. Please share this article to spread the knowledge.
At the Edge of Faith
By: Aaron Quist
Tags: Poetry, Communication, Love, Vulnerability, Emotions

At the Edge of Faith

Photo by Sung Jin Cho on Unsplash

Hiding

in the shadows

of an ellipsis,

that festering little

dot-dot-dot

so boldly dashed

upon the air, the page,

and my life,

lies the truth…



Its pause

blisters the continuums

of now-and-then

with humming metallic

silences,

like a pointillism

of hungry mouths

to feed…

There is

the crinkling of cellophane.

There is

the dropping of dew from petal.

There is

a tac discovered between tic & toc.

And there is

the feeding of lines, whispered stage-left…

Oh, yes,

now I remember…

“…

I love you

.”
12.4.20
By: Erika Kramer
Tags: Kiese Laymon, Hanya Yanagihara, Jordan Casteel, The 33 Project, Vulnerability

The 33 Project

We’re into December now. December 2020.

Olia Gozha on Unsplash

It’s been an eventful week with lots of ups and downs. It’s too hard to track it, really. But who cares? Here are some recommendations of things that itched my curiosity and intellect or gave me comfort.

1/ I loved this talk with Hanya Yanagihara and artist Jordan Casteel. The discussion of identity and how others ask about identity influencing work. It’s tedious. Casteel expresses going into a subconscious state, where the last thing she’s doing is digesting and interrogating her identity. Snaps. I heard it as almost like shedding any and all layers to get to the piece, to the work, to make something beautiful and worth while. It’s a nice idea to sit with. I also loved their discussion of being an artist. “Not everyone can be an artist, but anyone can be.” It’s hopeful. You have to put in the work. Great chat and worth the 45 minutes or so of watching.

2/ Jeremy O. Harris’s play “Yell” about his time at Yale Drama School has been published on n+1 and it’s quite a read. I love reading plays and I love Jeremy O. Harris SO so So much. It’s a wiiiild play, and feels youthful and angry and manic.

3/ Kiese Laymon strikes again with a beautiful piece for Vanity Fair.

“Like so many of my friends, my past eight months have been spent dodging death, mourning the dead, creating art, and loving Black people.”

Laymon is one of the most blatantly vulnerable writers I think I’ve ever read. It’s jarring, frankly, because it feels kind of unknown and intense. But also so deeply meaningful and important. It’s sustaining. I didn’t realize something could be both — both jarring and sustaining. I guess that’s part of his magic. It’s an important piece and I eagerly await his next one.

That’s all for now. Have a good weekend.
The warm, beautiful azul waters draw me in.
By: Kevin Costa
Tags: Water, Relationships, Poem, Vulnerability, Hemolo

The warm, beautiful azul waters draw me in. You are already in the water, beckoning me to join you. You bob up and down as the waves pass you by. The waves rhythmically intensify and collide with the shore.

On the shore, I can smell the misty sea, the sun kisses my face. I am safe. I’ve ventured into the water once or twice before, only to succumb to the waves. Trapped by the current, the sneaky undertow, I am pulled under. When I recovered, I felt battered, cold and numb.

I brace myself to venture in, comforted by the fact that you were already in and that we would brave the rough waves together. Hoping that, if (or when) I fall, you’d be there to pick me up and rescue me from drowning.

The waves take me under. The swift current that I knew was there all along sucks me in. I am trapped. And you aren’t there.
ATTACKERS CAN HIJACK YOUR IPHONE SILENTLY WITH THIS VULNERABILITY. MORE DANGEROUS THAN YOU THINK!
By: Ethical Debuggers
Tags: Apple, Privacy, Cybersecurity, iOS, Vulnerability

Completing its benchmark of 1 billion sales across the globe, Apple devices are always among on top of the best devices that are known to provide the ultimate privacy and keep its users up to date about security-related issues. These devices are sometimes also called hack-proof because either they are very difficult to hack or they require extensive knowledge of hardware underlying its devices to explore the bug and exploit it.

From the last decade, be it any industry of entertainment across the globe, the scenario of hacking is shown as a hot cream (with 3–4 consoles running simultaneously and a person is hacking or taking the control of the device remotely). But, it is regretful to say that only the persons who actually know the target device can only understand the prerequisites to make it happen. Just like the size of all the fingers are not equal, each device has not the same vulnerability and if the same vulnerability does exist, it may have a different architecture or hardware designs.

Recently, a researcher from the GoogleProjectZero team named Ian Beer has found a vulnerability in one of the main Apple core functions that allow an attacker to take control of a particular device remotely but should be in the required vicinity. Let’s learn about vulnerability and its exploitation.

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Looking Back. To Move Forward.
By: Nathan Pearson Smith
Tags: Personal Growth, Self Care, Looking Back, Progress, Vulnerability

Looking back at your past mistakes consistency is hard, in fact really difficult but as Tony Robbins says, ‘The key to an extraordinary life, is to raise your standards’.

I’m taking time out this weekend to reflect on the good, the bad, and the in-between, growth is not a linear path, it’s full of peaks and valleys. Hindsight is certainly 2020 and in the year that 2020 has been, I’m sure there are things we would have all done differently. The clearest way to show we have learnt from our mistakes is to not make them again and take actions that reflect the new self we have chosen. That’s something I’m really proud I have done, even if the method of wish I learnt those lessons are some of the hardest I have ever had to endure.

In your efforts to become someone better, it’s good to take stock of how far you have come, your moments of strength, and your moments of weakness.

This period of the year is good to get ahead of New Year’s resolutions, make plans for the year ahead, but also revisit what’s happened in the present, and I’m sure this one for all of us is one that is uniquely different.

What I will be doing to reflect on this year?

Writing in my diary Meditating Taking walks

All of these require alone time, which I think everyone should have resonablyy frequently, I may be saying that from the perspective of someone who enjoys moments of solace but I genuinely believe spending time with yourself and on yourself is one of the most important things you can do.

What standout moment do you look back on this year?

Leave a comment below.
Vulnerability : A 2020 Theme. As we approach the end of what for so…
By: Kimberly Fagbenle
Tags: Covid 19, Vulnerability, 2020

As we approach the end of what for so many of us has been a year to remember, I can’t help but to think that the collective experience of 2020 has been “Vulnerability”.

The covid-19 pandemic’s impact has been insidious and felt in so many parts of our daily lives. It has brought to the forefront concerns about our health, the health of loved ones, finances, domestic life and careers. Some countries shut down whilst others remained defiantly “normal” mimicing the variety of individual choice. I don’t need to explain it to you, you’ve experienced it and continue to.

With racial tension and misinformation trying to out do their cousin covid, it’s no surprise we feel fatigued. It’s been a mental and emotional rollercoaster; we have felt raw, exposed and dare I say it again, vulnerable.

I’ll be presumptious and say that most of us have a complex relationship with vulnerability, I certainly do. Interestingly (to me at least) it’s not because I believe vulnerability is disempowering; it’s not that it’s uncomfortable to share my pain, my embarrassment, or suffering. Its the opposite in my case, I am uncomfortable displaying the fullness of my hopes, my dreams, my joy, love and excitement. I have a tendency to mute these things, perhaps its a fear of failure, a fear they won’t be everlasting, who knows, I’m sure my therapist and I will get to the bottom of it soon!

With so much uncertainty laying ahead of us, with us experiencing distrust in our politicians, healthcare and all the other smarty pants, how is your vulnerability showing up? How are you engaging with it? Is it holding you back or motivating you? In March of this year I threw my hands up and sat on my vision for several months but as happens when we practice awareness, when we tap into a higher state of consciousness, we gain clarity. I’m confronting my resistance to vulnerability, this full moon I surrendered to my worthiness to be vulnerable and simultaneously empowered, I implore you all to do the same.

"Vulnerability is the only authentic state. Being vulnerable means being open, for wounding, but also for pleasure. Being open to the wounds of life means also being open to the bounty and beauty. Don’t mask or deny your vulnerability: it is your greatest asset. Be vulnerable: quake and shake in your boots with it. the new goodness that is coming to you, in the form of people, situations, and things can only come to you when you are vulnerable, i.e. open.” — Stephen Russell

Over the next few weeks I want to introduce you to some amazing healers and coaches, first up will be my beautiful soul sister Aine Zyon, the creator of Spinning Chakras, I wont spill all the tea now, go find her on instagram.

Stay blessed.
#VCWithTea — Post #1. The first of many posts on VC…
By: Tobi Shannon
Tags: Learning, Hbcuvc, Venture Capital, Vulnerability, 30dayswritingchallenge

This is my first medium post, and in true fashion, I’m making a theme out of it.

Welcome to #VCWithTea

As a fellow in the Dior Four Class of HBCUvc, we’ve come together and are challenging ourselves to 30 days of writing. Some of us are “green” in the venture capital world, and some of us have a bit more experience. But like the sector itself, we are all continuing to iterate, and learn as we go. I am “newer” to the space, so I anticipate that this first challenge will be sticky. But that’s okay! Sometimes you just have to trip up, then keep moving — this is important to growth, and more than anything, I hope that shines through!

This brings me to the topic of bravery. Here’s the tea. I had an introduction to what I’ll be spending the next semester doing — in fact, as it seems, my last semester of graduate school is gearing up to be the most exciting, as I’ll get to pair many of my passions together. As an intern at a VC firm (perhaps to be named at a later date), I’ll have the opportunity to connect VC and philanthropy, among other applications of skills. But I have to admit — because I’m so new, I held back. And that lack of vulnerability kept me from having more of a robust conversation than I could have. You’re probably wondering what this has to do with VC…Well, whether you’re a founder or an analyst or any person operating in this space, I’m already learning that you can’t be afraid to have the real conversations. From today’s conversation, I grasped that it’s better to have an understanding of what you do know, and vocalize this, so that you can identify the “unknowables”, or those factors out of your control. So step up! We have nothing to lose but our chains, as Assata Shakur reminds us. That’s what I’m going to keep telling myself.

That felt so good…! I’m looking forward to this challenge, as it fits within a core value of mine, which is to be authentic in everything I do. So cheers to that! Thanks for reading. :)
Honestly, this is true not only for middle aged folks.
By: Vikrant Hatwalne
Tags: Dating, Love, Hope, Vulnerability, Dating App

Honestly, this is true not only for middle aged folks. With the flurry of dating apps and ease of finding new people, people in their late 20s and early 30s are breezing through relationships thinking how devasted they are by their ex lovers. (When they haven’t really even made a shred of commitment of what an actual relationship needs.)

And then the cycle of lowered self esteem and lack of vulnerability sets in (way to early) simply because they feel they’ve gone through so much. When in all honesty all they’ve gone through is bodies. Sigh.

In my current relationship I’ve been super vulnerable and told my partner that this is for the long haul. She hasn’t chickened out yet. Seems interested in fact. There is hope. Fingers crossed!
Spaces to soften boundaries
By: Glenda Flores
Tags: Unrequited Love, Summer, Vulnerability, Boundaries

The summer I stayed in a rented apartment by the beach in a small town just a 40 minute drive away, you asked to see me. Telling you that I was not in town I proceeded to invite you despite the fact that I had booked this place to steer clear of any distractions to finish working on my next book. I couldn’t resist the temptation of having you all to myself in a place far away from all of the obstacles that defined what we had.

When you finally got here I offered to make you lunch. I said make yourself feel at home and to you that meant pulling your guitar out of its case to finish writing your songs.

I came with the groceries to find you playing a song I could only assume was your way of showing me how you felt. But then again I was always one for wishful thinking.

You poured yourself a glass of whiskey you had bought on your way to me. Coming to make conversation as I chop the vegetables in the kitchen counter. The more we talk I feel tempted to lean over and kiss you but I hold myself back every time. Must not show affection. After all this isn’t a relationship but just a casual hookup. But the only boundaries labels create are for pretending, there was no way of creating boundaries when it comes to your feelings.



Thinking you’d never feel the same way back I resist all temptations. Even as I felt you gaze more strongly at me as I talked about my favorite books and saw, from the corner of my eye, a smile forming in the corners of your mouth. Your eyes squinting a little beginning to show the wrinkles by your eyes. Who knew at only 23 your face can give away to age.

After switching to the stove, the whole apartment filled with smoke. You ran over to the big glass doors and opened both to let in the fresh air. I gazed over to you and caught a glimpse of the sunlight hitting your face. Making the green in your eyes pop. It softened your face. Didn’t make you look like you were really a million miles away.

It didn’t take long for the smell of burned onions to be replaced by the ocean breeze. And as you make your way to me I see that something changed inside of you.

Whether you were intoxicated by the whiskey or high off the smell of the sea, I couldn’t tell.

You came up from behind as I was standing over the stove and wrapped your arms around me. Squeezed me tight giving me a soft kiss on the cheek. You didn’t have to say the words to show me you felt the same way about me.
closethegap.
By: Jamil Hudson
Tags: Relationships, Intimacy, Vulnerability, Connection, Friendship

By: Jamil Hudson

Yesterday my heart spoke to me.

Its microphone said:

I want a friend.

Connection,

I want it.

It said:

I miss the ways that we connected once before.

Laughing over silly things,

simple things,

enjoying how the sky spoke to us,

when it partnered with the sun.

sharing its light upon us.

Telling us that hope still exists,

that there’s still more time.

That the little things are in fact

everything.

That we don’t have to do it alone.

No matter how many times we’ve experienced pain,

or distrust,

that someone or something is around the corner with a new perspective,

a fresh perspective.

Ready with open arms arms that say:

you’re safe here if you want to be.

I won’t treat you like him or she,

or them.

I’ll be your forever friend.

Or at least I’ll try to be.

I’ll do the reach,

I’ll start the connection between you and me.

I understand that you’re afraid,

because I am too.

But I’m still here

sharing my hand.

no drawbacks,

no tricks,

no false contracts,

and no slips.

Only promises,

action,

intention,

and satisfaction.

Because I too,

long for connection.

I too,

experience second guessing.

So together

we can doubt,

we can pray,

or we can shout,

when things come up

when things seem down.

Well find a way to move around.

if you want.
2FA Bypass Vulnerability — Part 1
By: Adeyefa Oluwatoba
Tags: Security Token, 2fa, Security, Vulnerability

Two Factor Authentication

2FA ( Two Factor Authentication) is an authentication protocol where access is only granted after providing two pieces of evidence to an authentication mechanism typically a Password and an OTP (One Time Token). To access an account protected with 2FA you need both the password and a secret token, this serves as an extra layer of security. To successfully bypass 2FA means you can gain access to a 2FA protected account without the 2FA code, just the email and password.

This article series is going to be explaining some common vulnerabilities in 2FA implementation. I am going to be using examples I have found in real life applications to explain the vulnerability.

Bypass Method — Authentication is Set before the OTP is Entered

This is the most common method I have found. It occurs when the developers set the Authentication token before the user has entered the 2FA code. For accounts protected with 2FA, the authentication token should only be set after the user has correctly entered the password and the 2FA code.

Example Found in the Wild

For the purpose of this article I am going to refer to the website where I found this vulnerability as REDACTED. In this application after entering your password and email you are required to enter the 2FA code send to your mobile device to successfully log in. I was able able to bypass the 2FA protection following the steps below.

Step 1: Enter Email and Password on app.redacted.com

Step 2: You are faced with a page asking you to enter the OTP sent to your mobile device

While checking the requests sent by app.redacted.com, I realized that it had already assigned me a valid Authentication Token even though I had not entered the OTP code. So although on the web page I was asked to enter the 2FA code before gaining access to the account, the API had already given me unrestricted access to the account

The API had already given me an Authentication token so I could perform all actions available to logged in users even though I had not fully verified my identity as the owner of the account.

It is very common for developers to block a feature on the Web App but leave it accessible on the API. I have found the above 2FA bypass method on at atleast 3 different FinTech applications.

That’s all for the first part of this series. if you have any questions or need any clarifications you can reach me on twitter @adeyefa_codes
Vergonha, qual a sua?
By: José Victor Cardoso
Tags: Motivation, Shame, Vergonha, Brene Brown, Vulnerability

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I don’t understand much avoir this feel tho.
By: Jérôme Vaillancourt
Tags: Authenticity, Honesty, Share, Truth, Vulnerability

I don’t understand much avoir this feel tho. I don’t think I’ve experienced it. But maybe I did but I’m not describing is as “feeling like an impostor”. That might be real.

However, good advices bro. Be real, vulnerable and get away of those misconception of what it is to be a human, a man, a woman… just be what you truly aspire to be… which is who you really are!

Peace,

Jérôme.
Basic Security Configurations on JBOSS EAP 7
By: Kavindu Gayan
Tags: Jboss Administration, Vulnerability, Jboss, Security

Nowadays security is the most important area and that has large scope. Among them application server security is playing major role, which definitely reduces the system vulnerabilities.

JBOSS is one of major Java EE-based application server runtime platform used for building, deploying, and hosting highly-transactional Java applications.

Most of the JBOSS configs can be done via the standalone.xml file, which is locates in {JBOSS_HOME}/standalone/configuration/ file path.

Configurations should be done inside subsystem under xmlns urn:jboss:domain:undertow:10.0.
Dilemma diaries
By: Gurpriya Kaur
Tags: Vulnerability, Empathy, Dilemma

For most of my adult life- I have been in a dilemma whether to shut up about the situations that are beyond my control or to rage on social media platforms. The latter becomes exhausting after a point of time as it doesn’t add a lot of value. Also, maybe we have been taught that an emotional response to anything is never right. But, at the same time turning a blind eye becomes suffocating too.

It’s been one heck of a difficult year. A lot has happened (loss of lives, livelihood, communal/ sexual violence, and the injustice that penetrates deep in our society). Yet, I constantly remind myself to practice gratitude, ignore the bad, and focus on the positive. Because no person is perfect, neither is any system. There will be people who will always take advantage of the situations. Maybe, that’s become the law of the world we live in.

Perhaps, the least we can do is acknowledge the battles of the people who are fighting not just for themselves- but also for me and you. (You know who!)

The problems we see from the superficial level can be complex in reality. Maybe there are solutions and writing this isn’t one. But just a gentle reminder for you (and, for myself) that we don’t have to settle for this just because there are some people asking us to do so.

If you feel agitated or even a bit sad about this, today, make sure you don’t support anyone who practices hatred in any form. So, the next time you get an opportunity to cast your vote- please don’t get mindlessly blinded by caste, religion, or your faith. There are real problems that need our attention.

The world has become a crappy place, though there shouldn’t be an obligation to accept things the way they are. There is always room for improvement!

I know the last thing we (including myself) want to be is vulnerable. But, today someone reminded me that it’s good to be emotional, as it doesn’t make you an ignorant or entitled millennial. So, if you feel overwhelmed, here are virtual high-fives.

- Your fellow borderline Gen-Z/ Millennial
Damn Vulnerable DeFi — Challenge #4 Walkthrough
By: Peter Kacherginsky
Tags: Ethereum, Solidity, Defi, Blocksec, Vulnerability

The next puzzle in the series continues challenging players to empty DeFi lending pool through any means necessary. Here is the challenge:

A surprisingly simple lending pool allows anyone to deposit ETH, and withdraw it at any point in time. This very simple lending pool has 1000 ETH in balance already, and is offering free flash loans using the deposited ETH to promote their system. You must steal all ETH from the lending pool.

The challenge.js file performs basic setup on the vulnerable pool contract and deposits some initial balance:

Let’s take a look at the SideEntranceLenderPool contract to see if we can spot any vulnerabilities:

The contract implements a simple flashLoan() function which issues arbitrary amount to whoever triggers it and makes sure that the total contract balance remains the same or greater after it completes. Just like other lending functions, it also executes a 3rd party logic in order to do useful work with borrowed funds:

IFlashLoanEtherReceiver(msg.sender).execute{value: amount}();

A quick look at the flash loan repayment logic reveals a vulnerability where the contract only cares about the total contract value and not their ownership. So if an attacker borrowed some funds and immediately deposited them back to the contract, it would appear as if all of the borrowed funds even though the attacker has claimed their ownership.

Let’s craft a sample attack contract which implements execute() callback used by the flashLoan() function which borrows the entire contents of the pool and immediately deposits it back. A separate attack() function can then be used to withdraw the newly claimed funds and send them back to whoever runs it:

Finally, let’s modify the challenge.js file to deploy the AttackerSideEntrance contract and execute it:

Running the above will exploit the weakness described above and completely empty the lending pool:

And we successfully passed the challenge!
My Muse Is Gone
By: Patrick M. Ohana
Tags: Poetry, Muse, Earth, Moon, Sun

My Muse Is Gone

My muse is gone and so are her words

Now I only have mine to contend with

Five weeks of impossible love have just ended

She decided to remain on the Moon permanently

I’ll stick to Earth and all its tribulations

at least I have the Sun and the other stars as company

and some of you, I gather, I presume

some men but especially women

I may be wrong, of course

Negatives tend to come in pairs and even threesomes

My so-called poetic output will surely suffer

I already feel it fading inside

I guess it’s the price for aspiring to be a poet

I didn’t really, not even to be a writer

I wrote and typed some interesting things

some words stringed together into stories

that happened to mean something to someone else as well

I guess that it’s the raison d’être of writing

Yet I think that I need a break

when writing hurts more than anything else

except, of course, a kidney stone

a pain that’s probably administered in Hell

But the pain of losing someone is not any better

Here’s to red hearts and blue blood

It seems now that green is the truer colour

I look at a tree and envy its purported silence

and apparent serenity

Patrick M. Ohana
The Moon Comes Home 9
By: Yeeve Rayne
Tags: Poetry, Awakening, Moon, Divine Feminine, Fine Art Photography

The Moon Comes Home 9

Author’s own image. Photo by Tony Hitchcock

The sun never insulted her

like the others

but she still hated

his arrogance.

Being near to him

was so painful to her

that she never turned

to look at him.

It was bad enough

that her body had to

revolve around his.

She was certainly

not going to give him

her attention as well.

But… he was hard to ignore.

*see previous. see next.
The Moon Comes Home 10
By: Yeeve Rayne
Tags: Poetry, Fine Art, Awakening, Moon, Divine Feminine

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I Dream of going to the Moon
Tags: Moon, Poem, Poetry

I dream of going to the moon

But from where I am it looks far

People say that, and I know I am too ambitious

But I still dream of going to the moon

I know the path is full of temptations and what not

Because moon is not the only thing you see in the dark

I still dream of going to the moon.

I know I am alone in this journey

And I am trying my best

So why people call me crazy, that I don’t have any goal

If they cannot see it that doesn’t mean I don’t have one

My passion is different. My aim is different

But I still want to go to the moon.
The Moon Comes Home 5
By: Yeeve Rayne
Tags: Fineart Photography, Awakening, Moon, Divine Feminine, Poetry On Medium

The Moon Comes Home 5

Author’s own image. Microscopic image projected onto body. Photo by Tony Hitchcock.

Which made the condor

not only a wise friend

but a wonderful storyteller.

He would tell the moon

beautiful stories about the earth

and her creatures.

The moon was most curious

about the emotional ones

called humans.

And she would often

wonder what things like

water and weight might feel like.

*see previous. see next.
The Moon Comes Home 7
By: Yeeve Rayne
Tags: Fine Art, Awakening, Moon, Divine Feminine, Poetry On Medium

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Introduction to Spectrum Protocol ($SAYG)
By: Spectrum Protocol
Tags: Trading, Uniswap, Cryptocurrency, Protocol, Moon

Spectrum Protocol ($SAYG),

$SAYG is a protocol combining two core functions, which allow the token to passively generate yield and increase passive transactional volume. $SAYG protocol was based on recently successful projects currently on the market, particularly Trinity Protocol, however adjustments to the contract have been made which increase its accelerated growth allowing for more rapid results.

Functionality:

A constant transactional fee of 6% is the main fundamental to $SAYG which controls the two functions that the contract is built on:

Yield generation per transaction:

3% will be distributed to all hodlers of $SAYG depending on the total holdings.

Buybacks per transaction:

3% will be sent to a buyback wallet which will accumulate funds over the period of 120mins (2 hours).

Every 2 hours the $SAYG protocol will call a function which will do a buy back with the accumulated funds

All $SAYG that has been purchased during the buyback will be burnt, further generating a deflationary effect which will further reward hodlers with the yield generation function.

Launch of $SAYG:

Liquidity adding:

Liquidity will be added via WETH

The contract owner will be required to enable trading using the contract’s function (enableTrading())

Bot prevention:

There is a max buy limit for the token which is 6000 $SAYG for the first 5mins, a buyer will be unable to make a transaction if they are trying to buy more then 6000 $SAYG during this time.

After 5mins the token will no longer have a max buy limit and it will allow buyers to buy as much as they want.

Tokenomics:

Total supply: 200, 000 $SAYG

Dev: 10, 000 $SAYG

Marketing: 10, 000 $SAYG

Private: 5.5 ETH

Private price: 3000 $SAYG / 1 ETH

Listing price: 2600$SAYG / 1 ETH

Liquidity: 10ETH Locked for 10 Years

Events pool: 20, 000 $SAYG events and rewards would be done every week

We are not going to be hosting a presale since we do not have a community to support us for it. Instead we have raised a small amount of ETH which we were able to gather in order to launch the project . We will be locking the liquidity for .

Find out more at:

Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpectrumProtoc1

Official website: https://spectrumprotocol.netlify.app/

Official Telegram: https://t.me/Spectrum_Protocol_SAYG
Living it like an eclipse,
Tags: Poetry, Moon, Love, Poem, Friendship

Living it like an eclipse,

Shimmering in the darkness and fading away when its golden hour,

She reappears aesthetically,

lustrous enough embolden hearts.

Mastering the art of masquerading,

she sketches herself into a cute Crescent.

Her darkness oblique and overlooked,

she sculpts herself into the pearl of heaven captivating every orb purely.

Heavenly bodies loved every inch.
The Moon Comes Home 6
By: Yeeve Rayne
Tags: Fineart Photography, Awakening, Moon, Divine Feminine, Poetry On Medium

The Moon Comes Home 6

Author’s own image. Photo credit Tony Hitchcock

But on this particularly dark night

even the condor wasn’t around

to cheer her up.

The only time the moon

really felt comfortable

was when she was alone

in the darkness,

where no one could see her.

*see previous. see next.
The Moon Comes Home 8
By: Yeeve Rayne
Tags: Fineart Photography, Awakening, Moon, Divine Feminine, Gaia

The Moon Comes Home 8

Author’s own image. Photo credit Tony Hitchcock

He was the golden king

of heaven, blazing hot

shining his never-ending light upon the world,

(even the lower world because he was so noble)

while she was the

dull gray rock that floated

passively around him.

Why had God compelled

her to orbit around him

day after day?

*see previous. see next.
The Moon Comes Home 3
By: Yeeve Rayne
Tags: Poetry, Moon, Divine Feminine, Menstruation, Fine Art Photography

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The Moon Comes Home
By: Yeeve Rayne
Tags: Poetry, Healing, Moon, Belonging, Divine Feminine

author’s own image. photo by Tony Hitchcock.

Once upon a time

when night was always dark

and the moon never shone in the sky,

she was crying.

*see next

— — — — — — — — — — — — —

I’m sharing the creation story “The Moon Comes Home”

bit by bit over this next moon cycle.

The story speaks of the beauty of the dark.

And the way the very wounds that seem to keep us separate

actually open us to the surrender of true belonging.

— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

The story is dedicated to Mother Earth.

To my mother, grandmothers, ancestors.

To my cousin, Teenah, and all of my relations,

biological, human and otherwise.

This story is for my inner child.

It is for the children not yet born.

This story is for all who go unseen.

Whose voices have been silenced.

Whose bodies have been stolen.

It is for anyone who feels alone.

Who doesn’t know what

they’re doing here.

Who feels there is

no place for them

in this world.

If you need a reminder…

A reflection of

your inherent value

your unique beauty.

This story is for you.

*see next
The Moon Comes Home 2
By: Yeeve Rayne
Tags: Poetry, Awakening, Moon, Divine Feminine, Fine Art Photography

The Moon Comes Home 2

Author’s Image. Photo credit Tony Hitchcock

She was so lonely

and tired of being left out.

The other celestial beings rejected her.

They called her ugly and told her to go

back to Earth where she belonged,

with the other dead rocks.

This was an especially cruel thing to say

in the sky realm where everyone had

the secret fear of one day falling

to the lower world.

*see previous. see next.
The Moon Comes Home 4
By: Yeeve Rayne
Tags: Poetry, Moon, Soul Searching, Divine Feminine, Fine Art Photography

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Shitpoem #1
By: Augusta Will
Tags: Creative Writing, Poetry, Space, Moon, Shitpost

What is the moon doing?

Why is it just hanging out up there in the sky?

So random

Just a giant chunk of rock

Cheese

What is it doing there?

Why?
Are we doing it wrong?
By: Kritika Neupane
Tags: Day And Night, Habits, Moon, Conspiracy Theories, Sun

Do you ever feel like we were supposed to sleep at Sunlight (what we call day time) and be awake at Moonlight (what we call night time) ? yeah me too.

We were supposed to be working at the night? Then why do we work at daytime? Because our ancestor started working at day time and took rest at night time and we forced to follow the same and it became a super habit and human body has started to adjust accordingly. we started to follow as a member of society what society decided at the time.

Everything is a social construct, the words and letters? A construct.

Here is why i think day was meant from sleeping and night for waking up.

The ultraviolet (UV) radiation is harmful to us, especially for the skin. Excessive exposure to the sun is known to be associated with increased risks of various skin cancers, cataracts and other eye diseases, as well as accelerated skin ageing. It may also adversely affect people’s ability to resist infectious diseases, and compromise the effectiveness of vaccination programmes.

We feel more calm at night time, night is peaceful, sky looks beautiful, our soul feels safe, we feel more productive. Let’s go back in the time and learn more about the moon. https://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/explore/does-the-moon-affect-humans-health-mood By the 16th century, tracking the Moon’s position had become an “essential part of medicine” according to Louise Devoy, curator of Royal Observatory Greenwich. In ancient Greece and Rome by contrast, girls were given crescent-shaped amulets on their birthday to protect them from evil spirits. Women also wore them to improve fertility and for protection during childbirth. Moon even has correlation with mental Health and moods. In an article on “ Does moon affect sleep” it is said that “The idea that a Full Moon may result in poor sleep is a consistent theme, but the scientific evidence remains inconsistent.”

Ummm…. Probably because we were supposed to be awake?

Maybe ancestors used to work by the moon and sleep by the sun but due to the advancement of the technology and change it people’s thinking brought a change to this, like the way people are losing the connection with the nature. We might have had night vision but we lost it due to the rays of sun, think about it this way ; our eyes burn while looking at a ball of burning fire (the sun) 92,900,000 miles away because we were not supposed to be looking at it, insted we should have been sleeping and be awake at the night.

Here is a little poem about the sun and moon by Nadia:

https://pin.it/20AdYtO

Everything around us can be questioned !! *don’t let it make you go insane though*

Think for a while, if our ancestors had started sleeping during sunlight and waking at moonlight. What would be our habit.

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Guardians, conjunctions, and the galactic federation
By: Nico Will
Tags: Space Force, Space, Moon, Great Conjunction, Uap

Guardians, conjunctions, and the galactic federation

finding outer space in the pop culture of 2020

Most of us have been home bound for the majority of 2020, but this year was still an exciting year for outer space. The United States Space Force has completed its first year in operation and creation. We are currently in a Saturn Jupiter conjunction that hasn’t occurred in 400 years. A former Israeli Space Security Chief was attributed to the claim of a Galactic Federation that is working with both the United States and Israel. 2020 has been unpredictable, and this unpredictability has extended outside our atmosphere.

Marking the first anniversary of the United States Space Force, VP Mike Pence announced the name for space professionals, Guardians. The military branch has grown to a size of 16,000 service members. Direct enlistment for guardians began in October of this year. Earlier this month, they re-designated Cape Canaveral and Patrick Air Force Base for Space Force operations. Next year, Space Force plans on expanding both their growth and operations. They hope to triple their size and add a reserve component.

December 21st 2020 is the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. The event is being hailed as a great conjunction due to its rarity. These planets have not appeared this close in our night sky in 400 years. Excitement has reached from the astronomy community to general population globally. It’s also being referred to as the Christmas Star due to its close correspondence to the holiday. While the peak of this conjunction is the 21st, the planets will still be visibly close until the 26th of December.

Interviewed earlier this month, former Israeli space security chief Haim Eshed told the Jerusalem Post the United States and Israel were working with a Galactic Federation. He also said humanity was not ready for contact. Given Esheds background, this was a claim that immediately spread across other news outlets and platforms. However, there has not be a follow up with the former security chief to substantiate these claims. While we don’t know if the Galactic Federation is real, there still has been some big news towards Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP). In April, the pentagon declassified three UAP videos. The creation of the Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon task force occurred in August of this year. We may not be connecting with a federation of extraterrestrials, but government confirmed phenomenon is a big step for UAP transparency.

NASA/Screenshot by NPR

October had us excited for a celestial object close to home. NASA was able to confirm water molecules in the craters of the moons surface. Using a modified boeing, researchers were able to observe these molecules using Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). Water had been previously discovered, but this new information shows it is wider spread that previously thought. The discovery is a welcome development in our understanding of the moon and its lunar surface.