#infosec breach

[soulmatesinc-if]

Hi! Just played your demo and thought it was cute especially with how Wyatt was resistant to being mean to us even if just for show XD Just have a question, soul-links are human right? Does that mean they have soulmates too? What if one day they encounter a soul and its their name that's matched with theirs?

thought it was cute especially with how Wyatt was resistant to being mean to us even if just for show XD

The lines had to be MC-sanctioned or they wouldn't have done it 😄

Just have a question, soul-links are human right?

Yes.

Does that mean they have soulmates too? What if one day they encounter a soul and its their name that's matched with theirs?

In what concerns them personally, they are as "blind" to the situation as other souls that end up being a soul-link's job. They won't ever get themself as one of the souls to match.

To put this in perspective, it is not always necessary for the soul-links to intervene, i.e. they don't do this for the entire population. Some people find their happiness on their own, others do just as well without a soulmate, and some still need to wait.

#soulmatesinc if #asks #infosec breach

[nyancrimew]

OUT NOW: my most in depth investigation yet

in this article we see just HOW little a company handling highly sensitive data can care about security and yes it's even worse than you think

content warning: mentions of abuse/controlling behaviour

support me on ko-fi if you like my work and want to read (non-hacking) articles early!

#FuckStalkerware #maia arson crimew #stalkerware #security #infosec #data breach #investigative journalism

[unopenablebox]

being the communications person for this team has made me like unto christ on the fucking cross

#''hey it's me the guy who sent out an unapproved announcement the other day! i don't think your final edits used enough of my contributions #and this represents a severe breach of morality and disregard for consensus'' MOTHERFUCKER I WILL KILL YOU #guy who was the sworn enemy of comms left the team a few months ago and i thought we were done #and now i have a NEW EVEN SWORN-ER ENEMY #actually im not sure if 'needless risk of infosec breach followed by hypocritical accusation of anti-democratic sentiment' #trumps 'screamed at me in a meeting for ten minutes over a point i had already conceded then snidely tried to correct our grammar' #i can hate both. #box opener

[oldguardleatherdog]

Cybersecurity is my profession. This WaPo column about the recent LastPass password vault breach is solid and smart. About a 4-minute read. Highly recommended!

https://wapo.st/3IKsWck

[EDIT: This link should take you past the paywall - subscribers get to post free stories for all our fellow humans online]

WaPo has launched a column and email newsletter called "The Tech Friend" that's off to a good start. The tech journalists at the helm write about fairly complex day-to-day issues we all face with this infernal machine in a way that's accessible and engaging without sacrificing depth. They approach the reader as a peer, not as a novice, and their advice is straightforward, useful, and not difficult to put into practice. I dug it!

#infosec #cybersecurity #lastpass breach #information gladly given

[speakvulcantome]

Network: Vistra

Internetwork: Tvi-Vistra

Electric Data: Raf Faik

Data Network: Faik-Vistra

The internet is off.

Ska'raf'faik. (R'faik Ska)

#internet #cybersecurity #infosec #data security #electronics #computers #data #data breach #computer science #information #vulcan #vuhlkansu #vulcans #star trek #spock #conlang #meme #startrek #youtube #tumblr #hacking #wifi hacker #air gap

[cyberjulie]

I guess while we were slacking off during the holiday, some chose to pick up the slack. No pun intended. 😆

#cybersecurity #infosec #information security #data breach

[technica12]

#data breach #cybersecurity #ransomware #infosec #Youtube

[lamajaoscura]

#infosec #data breach #uber #hacker

[ariyogames]

Patreon has laid off their security team

I know this isn't an update on my interactive fiction game but I just wanted interactive fiction creators and other people who have Patreons to be aware about this issue.

Whitney Merrill on Twitter: "Whoa @Patreon laid off their ENTIRE security team. Wouldn’t trust my data there. Also there’s some amazing talent to scoop up." / Twitter

For creators with a Patreon, I would recommend using a password manager to generate a randomly generated password so that when Patreon has (another) security breach, your password will be unique.

For creators that are uncomfortable with using Patreon and do not want to lose their Patreon content, you can import your Patreon content to a WordPress website with a WordPress plugin that can be used with a WordPress membership plugin like Paid Memberships Pro that lets patrons subscribe to your content like on Patreon. However, please keep in mind that WordPress plugins are also very vulnerable to attack so it is very important that you update the plugins frequently if you choose to go this route.

Ko-fi is also a good alternative that I know a lot of interactive fiction creators use for their work. SubscribeStar is a good option for NSFW artists.

Hopefully there won't be any serious security breaches with Patreon but who knows what will happen...

UPDATE (10th September 2022 - 11:30AM BST):

Patreon has confirmed to reporters that they are hiring an external security team to handle Patreon's security.

Kevin Collier on Twitter: "Wild. Patreon confirms the layoffs in emailed statement to me, says it's ok, they're using third-party security. https://t.co/zV9zw9yOlh" / Twitter

What this means is that Patreon has decided to go for the cheaper option by outsourcing their security to a team abroad instead of spending more money and resources on an in-house security team. This is what is known to infosec/cyber security experts as MSSP/MSP.

However, a lot of cyber security professionals have criticised this decision by Patreon because historically, organisations that have outsourced their security to a team abroad have usually had a lot of security issues/security breaches later on down the line because they do not check/scan the security of the company as frequently as an in-house security team would.

This also conflicts with what a laid-off security employee has said about the situation where they disputed Patreon's claims of this decision not impacting their security by alleging that Patreon has cut down of its use of external security vendors in the past four months.

So what does this mean for Patreon's future and how am I affected?

What this means is that there are things going on behind the scenes at Patreon that we do not know about yet, all we know is that the leadership over there is making incredibly unwise business decisions by firing their entire internal security team and what this usually means is there will either be a huge security breach down the line or an announcement of a merger or acquisition.

Another potential risk is supporter deanonymisation, where attackers with malicious intent could blackmail subscribers that pledge to NSFW artists and kink content creators and threaten to reveal their Patreon pledges to an employer.

Your payment information (credit/debit card information) should be safe because Patreon do not process payment information themselves, they outsource it to Stripe and PayPal.

This blogpost by a cyber security professional is worth reading to know more on what to do about this situation.

Should I delete my Patreon account?

If you have no other option, then I would not delete my Patreon account especially if it is your only active source of income. What I would do is what I have listed above: by turning on two factor authentication through an app like Google Authenticator or Authy and changing your password to a randomly generated password so that you are not too much at risk when a security breach inevitably happens.

If you do have other options and are not as financially dependent on Patreon alone, then I would think about switching to other crowdfunding services like Ko-fi, SubscribeStar (I hear SubscribeStar is a good option for NSFW artists) and Comradery

I was originally going to create a Patreon for my interactive fiction/narrative game studio after I release the demo/first chapter of the interactive fiction game I'm currently working on (Mutants of Mayprice) but Patreon's lack of communication about this situation and their unwise decision of firing their entire internal security team (which wasn't many people to begin with, five people) does not leave me with a lot of confidence about the future of the platform.

#patreon #interactive fiction #crowdfunding

[lakesbian]

ok yes everyone i know alec could do autocannibalism i just didn't mention it in the post because i was too lazy to spoiler it. who do you take me for. and spiritually it's not quite the same as taylor and rachel having people eaten because it's about eating as an efficient murder method they would do if they weren't pulling punches not technical ability. alec would take too long to make someone eat themselves and he would find it gross too. if he wasn't pulling his punches he would just do more kidnapping/infosec breaching and then keep capes as thralls + have them kill themselves when a more useful option pops up

#worm spoilers

[soulmatesinc-if]

I had a question about the lore of the game. Are the workers at soulmates inc all normal people? like did they end up there because they thought they were applying for a normal corporate job, only to then get indoctrined into the mysticism and superpowers of the job?

is there a front that the company has to avoid suspicions? like what do the employees tell people about where they work?

Obvs im totally willing to suspend any disbelief because this game is a delight to play, but was just wondering if you had the world built all ready or if you were making it as you go!

The people who land the soul-link job have been approached about it, MC included. The whole mysticism part is usually gradually revealed over the course of the interviews. That's all I can say on this at the moment 😉

There is a front, and I've tried to sprinkle as many references to it as I could! The building they occupy boasts a sign with the name of the company quite openly, there is even branded merch (mugs, pens, notebooks, stickers, etc). To the public, they make and maintain a dating app, and they hire developers to work exclusively on it. MC is authorized to tell their family, friends, and even strangers that they work on the app's matching algorithm.

Obvs im totally willing to suspend any disbelief because this game is a delight to play, but was just wondering if you had the world built all ready or if you were making it as you go!

Honestly, this is so nice to hear, I genuinely appreciate this level of trust in me! I did spend a lot of time figuring out how (for lack of a better term) the soulmate system would function in the game and I have the plot structure figured out. At the same time, I am sure there will be questions that I haven't thought about and I will be improvising based on what I already have worked out. Or a character decision may nudge the plot rails a bit. But that's the fun of it and I'm open to it!

#soulmatesinc if #asks #infosec breach

[cyber-sec]

Infosec in brief: Nissan infosec in the spotlight again after breach affecting more than 50K US employees

Source: https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/20/in_brief_security/

[ericvanderburg]

Infosec experts divided over 23andMe's 'victim-blaming' stance on data breach

http://securitytc.com/T0yfhB

[sasquapossum]

"We just had a breach."

Infosec: 😢

Obstetrics: 😢

Whale watcher: 🙂

[kalilinux4u]

RT @TheHackersNews: A novel #Bluetooth relay attack could allow attackers to remotely unlock and operate cars, open smart locks in residential buildings, and breach secured areas more easily than ever before. Read: https://t.co/q1BFFg4riH #infosec #cybersecurity #privacy #hacking #technology (via Twitter https://twitter.com/TheHackersNews/status/1527675750643400704)

#EthicalHacking KaliLinux Security Hacking

[gisblogs203658]

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