As said elsewhere,
"Still punk as fuck," I whisper as I fill my pill containers for the month and make sure to email my Mom with where I'm staying on an upcoming work trip.
Does organized crime still try to launder money through casino gambling?
Because I'm suddenly enamored with the idea of mafias and triads etc stomping up to ALPHV and going "What the fuck, dude?"
@ccb4768b yep, FTC definitely needs even bigger teeth. Biden gave Khan a pretty clear consumer info protection mandate though, and she's been usin' it.
I'm always in favor of bigger regulatory teeth, though. ;)
@ccb4768b Khan's been taking some pretty good steps during her tenure - personal consent decrees for CEOs, among other things.
I have mad respect for her but also she merits several slides in one of my recent internal training sessions.
@ccb4768b fair, but also, with both Caesars and MGM borked, you're looking at an off-strip motel if you want a last-minute Vegas room.
Can you imagine the exec's faces when they realized they checked Lina Khan in through this process, though?
there can be no clearer sign that the universe despises you than having Lina Khan engage with your business as a customer as your security is trashed and your consumer-facing information handling has been reduced to a shrug emoji.
So the State Department was the first to alert on the Microsoft key compromise thanks to canaries they instituted in their email system.
This is, frankly, a huge win for State - for a good few years around DC, State's email was considered constantly compromised.
Really nice to see that they upped their game and it paid off.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/15/digital-tripwire-helped-state-uncover-chinese-hack-00115973
Therapy appointment this afternoon - and not only do I recommend psychotherapy for folks that aren't in crisis, I ESPECIALLY recommend it for folks who aren't in crisis.
Therapy can not only help you avoid crises but build internal tools and increase quality of life regardless of where you're at right now.
If you are in a place where you can access therapy, maybe try it out!
Random observation: a handful of new IDN homograph whois entries possibly emulating Vietnamese blockchain firm bingx[.]vn
I'm kinda hoping these are just preemptive/prophylactic registrations by BingX because otherwise it looks like campaign infra spinning up.
xn--bngx-vpa.com[.]vn
xn--bngx-5w5a[.]vn
xn--bngx-5w5a.com[.]vn
xn--bngx-qpa[.]vn
xn--bngx-vpa[.]vn
these threat actor group names need to go, though. "Peach Sandstorm" sounds like something cold and refreshing that I should be enjoying on a beach somewhere.
@79adb0e9 I am pretty cloud averse, especially Google averse, but Obsidian's on-device encryption had me singing their praises. Works as it should as far as I can tell, but no frills
I fell in love with notetaking app Obsidian months ago but can understand some folk not taking to it.
This post highlights what looks like a good alternative!
https://mstdn.social/@redcrew/111058914522409440
Anyone have a recommendation for an Android-friendly smartwatch that isn't just corpo tracking augmentation?
I honestly don't care about steps or ekg or any of that stuff, really just want notifications on my wrist.
@b902f84f I am no fan of Google but Google Authenticator requires user interaction to upload OTPs to the cloud and the interaction is surprisingly clear.
New work blogpost is up - recently went through a situation where my aging father lost his cellphone.
I took the moment to review what we did ahead of time that helped, and what we could've done better.
If you're in a position of responsibility for aging loved ones, I hope this gives you some good pointers.
https://www.domaintools.com/resources/blog/smartphone-security-and-aging-parents/
@6b24927c When it's either got a typo homograph (like the CGS one) or has an MX record not pointing to the primary domain (like the riot games one) it raises my suspicion much, much higher.
yourokta[.]com - IONOS SE playing a supporting role
and let's take a peek at cgslnc-okta[.]com - that's an L - as software company CGS at cgsinc.com is probably a juicy target, with pivots to IBM, Microsoft, Dell, MasterCard, and more.
Registrars are the problem, people.
testokta[.]com brought to you from the fine folks at Google's registrar and hosting.
oktaDOD.com from Namesilo/Aws
Oh, oh, oh, someone go thank the discerning folks at Namecheap and Amazon for okta-riotgames.com (primary domain uses markmonitor/akamai)
yourokta[.]com - IONOS SE playing a supporting role
and let's take a peek at cgslnc-okta[.]com - that's an L - as software company CGS at cgsinc.com is probably a juicy target, with pivots to IBM, Microsoft, Dell, MasterCard, and more.
Registrars are the problem, people.
okta365dev[.]cloud is legit, i'm sure. Thanks Godaddy/Google.
okta-route[.]com, route-okta[.]com, outreach-okta[.]com look super great for everyone, thanks Amazon/Network Solutions.
testokta[.]com brought to you from the fine folks at Google's registrar and hosting.
oktaDOD.com from Namesilo/Aws
Oh, oh, oh, someone go thank the discerning folks at Namecheap and Amazon for okta-riotgames.com (primary domain uses markmonitor/akamai)
well i guess it's time to go through my Okta domain monitors again
Let's start with premera-okta[.]com, which differs from the primary domain across just about every profile factor.
Premera's a Blue Cross provider with 2.8M members.
okta365dev[.]cloud is legit, i'm sure. Thanks Godaddy/Google.
okta-route[.]com, route-okta[.]com, outreach-okta[.]com look super great for everyone, thanks Amazon/Network Solutions.
Random vouch:
Dad's in the kitchen making pancakes, using a high-power mixer to mix the batter. Because my auditory processing is screwed, I get misophonic shivers from it ("brain says bad noise, must rage!").
With "Calmer" ear inserts, no shivers, no rage, but can still hear. I don't *like* the sound of the mixer but it doesn't make me hate everything.
#neurodivergent #actuallyautistic
UPS Dispatch: "Yeah I know the driver was there at the address last night but I don't know what happened."
Me: "Guy, I'm not trying to jam anyone up, but I was sitting 10 feet from the front door until ten minutes after the delivery attempt was logged, my outside light was on, my driveway camera was on, and my doorbell records video locally when pressed. Nada. Zilch. Zero."
Was ordering Taco Bell smart for my health? Well, no.
But was it satisfying? Also, absolutely not.
don't know why I do this, my eyes insist on cursing my stomach and brain...
@0c1a9324 Back when Hale-Bopp was around the local police log of my sheltered hometown had the following entry:
"Comet-watchers mistaken for buddha worshippers."
Of course, why someone was calling the police about Buddha-worshippers is anyone's guess.
"oh for your convenience we're just going to make the wifi button disconnect for a day, because fuck you"
i want a mobile device with an electromagnetic shotgun duct-taped to its forehead at this point, and it's all the ad industry's fault.
i really am gonna be one of those nutters with a stripped-down foss phone soon aren't i
all purely on the basis of not wanting every move fed into databroker stuff.
@79adb0e9 not off the top of my head, sorry. I keep a pretty rigid folder hierarchy. But I wouldn't be surprised if a community plugin exists to solve this problem, or a plugin that enables scripting in order to automate your way out of it.
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Random vouch: Dad's in the kitchen making pancakes, using a high-power mixer to mix the batter. Because my auditory processing is screwed, I get misophonic shivers from it ("brain says bad noise, must rage!"). With "Calmer" ear inserts, no shivers, no rage, but can still hear. I don't *like* the sound of the mixer but it doesn't make me hate everything. #neurodivergent #actuallyautistic