windows security (advertising vector), zdnet.com link (sorry)
"A newly discovered form of malware delivered to victims via adverts in search results is being used as a gateway to stealing passwords, installing cryptocurrency miners and delivering additional trojan malware.
Detailed by cybersecurity company Bitdefender, the malware – which targets Windows – has been dubbed MosaicLoader and has infected victims around the world as those behind it attempt to compromise as many systems as possible.
MosaicLoader can be used to download a variety of threats onto compromised machines, including Glupteba, a type of malware that creates a backdoor onto infected systems, which can then be used to steal sensitive information, including usernames and passwords, as well as financial information.
Unlike many forms of malware, which get distributed via phishing attacks or unpatched software vulnerabilities, MosaicLoader is delivered to victims via advertising."
[muffled anticapitalist screaming 48hrs.flac]
consequences of link rot, Vice link (mentions of and adjacet to pornography but not actually porn, explicit language)
"As pointed out by Twitter user @dox_gay, hardcore porn is now embedded on the pages of the Huffington Post, New York magazine, The Washington Post, and a host of other websites. This is because a porn site called 5 Star Porn HD bought the domain for Vidme, a brief YouTube competitor founded in 2014 and shuttered in 2017. Its Twitter account is still up, but the domain lapsed.
Seemingly any vid.me embeds now redirect to the 5 Star Porn HD homepage. The site vid.me also redirects there. For example, if you check out this New York magazine article about former House Majority leader John Boehner's "creepy kissy face," you will see photos of Boehner but also images of a man with a gigantic penis fucking a woman.
Archived versions of this page show that there was formerly a vid.me embed on the page; the page's source code shows the same."
So, uh. Heads-up on that one, I guess.
My friend Sunyata, a queer disabled Black femme from NYC, has had their gofundme up for *2 years*, before the pandemic even, and it’s still unfulfilled.
This week, I’m asking you to get Sunyata up to $5350/$20,000. That’s $600 more that will go toward desperately needed mental health treatment, which longterm will support their career as a poet and artist.
From them: “Fundraisers that haven’t met their goal often get less donations. Please please please don’t let mine fall by the wayside. It’s already been two years. After I finish this degree program, I hope to be accepted into Brown University so I can be in a position to help other Black trans folks. Our liberation is bound together.”
https://bit.ly/2SLjWMB (this link to their gfm allows them to track who visits the page)
If you’d prefer to give not thru gofundme, Sunyata also has zelle, paypal, venmo, and cashapp:
Zelle: blackqueerbpd@gmail.com
Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/sunyatax
Venmo: @/liberationforall
Cashapp: $vsunnymoon
PS Remember to NEVER tip GoFundMe, because they already take a cut of all donations.
A thought:
The selkie myth, but applied to wyverns. The shawl is their wings, and if you can find where they've hidden it when they come down to the ground, then you have the wyvern as yours until they find where you've hidden their wings.
Probably best not to be around when they find it, a wyvern can do a lot more damage than a seal.
New Seattle alternatives to 911 Mobile Site
A new mobile site has launched to help you find alternatives to dialing 911 in the Seattle area!
https://not911.me/
It provides resources for categories such as:
- Housing
- Mental Health
- LGBTQIA+
- Health & Substance Abuse
- Violence
- Legal
- Youth
Please spread this resource!
animal care begpost
We took in a very pregnant feral cat during the massive PNW heatwave and she needs to get looked at to make sure she and her kittens are doing okay, since she hasn't given birth yet. We've got an appointment at the animal clinic but it'll be at least $150 to see her and get images taken and I'm currently still unemployed.
If you can help, we'd greatly appreciate it.
https://cash.app/$GaryBuddell
https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/alahmnat
New pill against celiac disease protects fully against the effects of gluten
https://sciencenorway.no/gluten/new-pill-against-celiac-disease-protects-fully-against-the-effects-of-gluten/1886151
asking for funds
Hello 💙
i am a disabled trauma survivor
Running low on funds for basic needs
I have food and shelter
But for everything else,
(clothes, etc)
help is deeply appreciated
https://ko-fi.com/oneironott
$oneironott
[love+flow+glow] 💙
Ever wondered how long it'd take to travel between two given locations in Roman times?
You can specify the season, and modes of transport, and whether your priority is fastest, cheapest, or shortest. It'll calculate viable routes likely to have been an option then, and their cost for people and various goods.
"Don't look at it as a deception," the king implored, "Look at it as an effort to protect you!"
The princess momentarily forgot her efforts to control her newly developed wings, eyes ablaze, "You told me the dragon was trying to steal me away!"
"Well, it is!"
"She's my mother! You. Stole. Me. From. Her!"
"I'm your real parent! I raised you!"
"You didn't give her the choice," the princess howled as she leapt defiantly from her balcony.
Rare coastal dragoness, often found by sunny sea cliffs. Nonbinary but fairly femme-leaning. If you're under 18 don't follow.