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PornHub extorted after hackers steal Premium member activity data by boatswain in c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

[-] boatswain@infosec.pub 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"Mixpanel is aware of reports that Pornhub has been extorted with data that that was allegedly stolen from us," Mixpanel told BleepingComputer.

"We can find no indication that this data was stolen from Mixpanel during our November 2025 security Incident or otherwise."

"The data was last accessed by a legitimate employee account at Pornhub’s parent company in 2023. If this data is in the hands of an unauthorized party, we do not believe that is the result of a security incident at Mixpanel."

So Mixpanel may well be just disclaiming responsibility here to limit exposure, but if they're correct, then it's not necessarily true that ShinyHunters are behind all the MixPanel stuff.

Which RSS are you using? by boatswain in c/technology@beehaw.org

[-] boatswain@infosec.pub 4 points 5 days ago

I've been using NewsBlur since I read Cory Doctorow's piece about RSS readers: https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/16/keep-it-really-simple-stupid/

It works fine, and I'm just on the free tier.

Hackers Went Looking for a Backdoor in High-Security Safes—and Now Can Open Them in Seconds by boatswain in c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

[-] boatswain@infosec.pub 68 points 4 months ago

Gotta love the EFF. Just threw a bunch of cash to them.

Researchers Scrape 2 Billion Discord Messages and Publish Them Online by boatswain in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] boatswain@infosec.pub 133 points 7 months ago

Seriously. It's beyond painful when some open source project only uses Discord for communication. You have to hope that you post your question at a time when the right people are online, and that there's not a more interesting conversation going on, otherwise it just gets lost. Index that whole dataset.

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New HHS nondiscrimination guidelines on AI use in Healthcare (infosec.pub)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by boatswain@infosec.pub to c/cybersecurity@infosec.pub

2 comments fedilink

Looks like they're pretty concerned with the possibility of mass discrimination by AI, perhaps in the wake of the news about United Healthcare using AI to decline coverage. This could be useful to people:

If you believe that you or someone you know has been subjected to unlawful discrimination due to a health care provider’s or health insurance plan’s use of AI, please let us know by submitting a complaint to my office: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/

What isn't illegal but should be? by boatswain in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] boatswain@infosec.pub 84 points 1 year ago

Making a profit from healthcare and health insurance.

Or even just make private health insurance illegal.

I Will Fucking Piledrive You if You mention AI Again by boatswain in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

[-] boatswain@infosec.pub 123 points 2 years ago

Hahaha:

if you continue to try { thisBullshit(); } you are going to catch (theseHands)

Stealing everything you’ve ever typed or viewed on your own Windows PC is now possible with two lines of code — inside the Copilot+ Recall disaster. by boatswain in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] boatswain@infosec.pub 68 points 2 years ago

Hardware controls are meaningless if an attacker gets you to click on a dodgy link in a phishing email or you fall for a social engineering scam when "Microsoft" calls you because your computer has a virus.

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Left hand keypad with D pad and scroll wheel? (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 years ago by boatswain@infosec.pub to c/ergomechkeyboards@lemmy.world

18 comments fedilink

Hi all, I recently got into the world of ergo mech by borrowing a friend's old Iris v2, and I really love how powerful and customizable things can be with QMK firmware.

Recently, my old n52te has started to show signs of age after a dozen or so years of abuse. If you're not familiar, they look like this:

There's definitely stuff that could be improved on--just being able to build your own firmware for it would be amazing. Having one or two more thumb buttons for layers would be sweet as well.

The community of ergo mech keyboard builders are doing some super cool things with 3d printed builds and all kinds of neat stuff. Since I've just been dipping my toes in, my question is: does anyone know of any good replacements for my n52te? Is this something anyone has tried tinkering around with?

Thanks!

If they're people, why aren't they in prison? by boatswain in c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

[-] boatswain@infosec.pub 69 points 2 years ago

I think you mean "than other thieves stole." Don't want to accidentally imply they aren't thieves.

What is your favorite paradox or conundrum? I am partial to can god kill god? by boatswain in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] boatswain@infosec.pub 70 points 2 years ago

Saw this a while ago and it solves that "paradox" nicely.

The Paradox of Tolerance disappears if you look at tolerance, NOT as a moral standard, but as a social contract. If someone does not abide by the terms of the contract, they are not covered by it. In other words, the intolerant aren't deserving of your tolerance.

Accurate? by boatswain in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

[-] boatswain@infosec.pub 169 points 2 years ago

People don't seriously try to use Kali as a daily driver, do they? That's just a meme, right? Right?

Welcome to Mozilla’s first-ever Annual Consumer Creep-O-Meter by boatswain in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] boatswain@infosec.pub 73 points 2 years ago

Seems like a weird and random assortment of items. Why was Google Hangouts mentioned, but not Gmail? What about Discord, Slack, etc? Or smart TVs? Almost felt more like guerrilla advertising for a few niche products.

What is the one most astonishingly dumb things that, as a child, you believed was absolute truth? by boatswain in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] boatswain@infosec.pub 112 points 2 years ago

I remember thinking that women gave birth to girls and men gave birth to boys, and being really worried because I (as a guy) didn't want to give birth.