Patrick

Software Engineer originally from Tennessee now living in Virginia. Been #Coding for well over a decade, primarily in the .Net world, but also some Flutter and Ruby. I enjoy #gaming, #SteamDeck, #Disney, #StarWars, #StarTrek, and #SciFi (not in a particular order).

#videogames
#playstation
#nintendo
#xbox
#programming
#technology
#apple
#microsoft
#linux
#privacy
#infosec
#nixos
#homeserver
#blog

Backup Mastadon Account: @ppb1701@infosec.exchange

Patrick
ppb1701@ppb.social

@AAKL ok...he didn't get the memo---again. woot for content ideas lol 🍿 πŸ’»

seriously though he is sooooo out of touch

June 02, 2026
ppb1701 shared a status by kagihq
Kagi HQ
kagihq@mastodon.social

This is a cool custom CSS for Kagi from a community member that visually demotes slop results:

https://gist.github.com/andy0130tw/cf7ea286a19417ab1a9a2de074c77cd6

#Kagi #CSS #Slop

June 02, 2026
ppb1701 shared a status by EUVD_Bot
EUVD Bot
EUVD_Bot@mastodon.social

🚨 EUVD-2026-33933

πŸ“Š Score: 5.4/10 (CVSS v3.1)
πŸ“¦ Product: Elementor Website Builder
🏒 Vendor: Elementor
πŸ“… Updated: 2026-06-02

πŸ“ Missing Authorization vulnerability in Elementor Elementor Website Builder allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.

This issue affects Elementor Website Builder: from n/a through 4.1.0.

πŸ”— https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-33933

#cybersecurity #infosec #euvd #cve #vulnerability

June 02, 2026
Patrick
ppb1701@ppb.social

@AAKL @TheNewStack they had tweaked them i think, but this is the big change. The previous one had swapped to where from what I read some of the usage was "costing" you more. this one though will likely really hurt users. If I'm not mistaken buried in there also removes the fallback simpler models if you run out.

June 02, 2026
ppb1701 shared a status by BleepingComputer
BleepingComputer
BleepingComputer@infosec.exchange

Multiple Instagram users had their accounts hijacked after attackers convinced Meta's AI-powered support tools that they were the legitimate owners.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/instagram-users-locked-out-after-meta-ai-abused-to-steal-accounts/

June 02, 2026
Patrick
ppb1701@ppb.social

@AAKL @TheNewStack And in a month or two it will be interesting to see if suddenly there's a decrease here and increases elsewhere as even though announced, the new billing catches people off guard and suddenly running out of usage with the change

June 02, 2026
Patrick
ppb1701@ppb.social

@AAKL ahhh just wasn't who I expected to run with it first πŸ˜‚

June 02, 2026
Patrick
ppb1701@ppb.social

OpenAI is being sued by a state AG. That is not too surprising after all the dirty laundry aired in the Altman V. Musk aka Evil v. Evil trial. The actual surprise is it is Florida's leading the charge, not California or Massachusetts or Connecticut.

https://blog.ppb1701.com/wait-florida

#openai #chatgpt #ai #aipolicy #bigtech #florida #blog #userhostile #theranasai

June 02, 2026
ppb1701 shared a status by cmconseils
Lady Laura :bongoCat:
cmconseils@mastodon.social
June 02, 2026
ppb1701 shared a status by Tutanota
Tuta
Tutanota@mastodon.social

Tuta joins Euro-Office πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί - one week before its first launch! πŸ”₯

➑️ https://tuta.com/blog/tuta-joins-euro-office

Let's bring freedom from #Microsoft and #Google to Europe, @nextcloud @openproject @xwikiorg @soverin #EuroStack

Let's build a better web! πŸ’ͺ🏼 πŸŽ‰

June 02, 2026
ppb1701 shared a status by dilyora01
Dilyora
dilyora01@mastodon.social

Hello world πŸ‘‹
No algorithms , no ads , just people.
Let's see how this goes .
#Introduction

June 01, 2026
ppb1701 shared a status by nixCraft
nixCraft 🐧
nixCraft@mastodon.social

Heads up! Several packages in the redhat-cloud-services npm scope were found to carry malicious payloads that fire via a preinstall hook on every npm install. The affected versions span multiple packages across the RedHat Cloud Services frontend ecosystem. If you or your pipelines have installed any of the affected versions, assume that your CI/CD environment or developer machine is already compromised, and rotate exposed credentials immediately https://github.com/RedHatInsights/javascript-clients/issues/492

June 01, 2026
ppb1701 shared a status by NetscapeNavigator
Netscape Navigator
NetscapeNavigator@social.vivaldi.net

🚨 Upgrade or be hacked. 🚨

There is a "hacker" group (script kiddies) targeting Mastodon sites that are not yet running Mastodon 4.5.10.

Version 4.5.10 fixes several security vulnerabilities that are relatively easy to exploit and were discovered in earlier versions of Mastodon.

If you're not running 4.5.10 (or newer), you are at risk. ⚠️

If you're using a nightly build of Mastodon, make sure you're running one that was released after the release date of 4.5.10. And yes, I said release date, not version number β€” earlier 4.6 nightly builds do not include the security patch. ⚠️

If you're delaying the update because you're running a modified version of Mastodon, consider whether maintaining those modifications is worth the security risk. ⚠️

#Mastodon #Security #CyberSecurity #MastoAdmin #FediAdmin #OnlineSafety

June 01, 2026
ppb1701 shared a status by 9to5Mac
9to5Mac
9to5Mac@mastodon.online
June 01, 2026
ppb1701 shared a status by nixCraft
nixCraft 🐧
nixCraft@mastodon.social

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June 01, 2026
ppb1701 shared a status by Techmeme
Techmeme
Techmeme@techhub.social

Hackers say they used Meta's AI support chatbot to change emails tied to Instagram accounts amid a wave of high-profile account takeovers; Meta fixed the issue (Jason Koebler/404 Media)

https://www.404media.co/hackers-simply-asked-meta-ai-to-give-them-access-to-high-profile-instagram-accounts-it-worked/
http://www.techmeme.com/260601/p50#a260601p50

June 01, 2026
Patrick
ppb1701@ppb.social

Nvidia just announced their first ARM laptop chip at Computex. Everyone's talking about the specs. But why is Jensen Huang β€” the man projecting $1 trillion in AI chip demand β€” suddenly care about your next laptop?

Spoiler Alert: it's not altruism.

https://blog.ppb1701.com/jensens-new-math-why-the-man-who-wanted-1-trillion-is-suddenly-interested-in-your-laptop

#nvidia #arm #computex2026 #rtxspark #microsoft #adobe #windowsonarm #ai #gpu #dlss #gaming #bigtech #blog

June 01, 2026
ppb1701 shared a status by craiggrannell
Craig Grannell
craiggrannell@mastodon.social

I also wrote about using Kagi on iPhone a while back: https://www.tapsmart.com/features/about-kagi-search/

And there was a piece for Stuff, leading with its excellent approach to subscriptions: https://www.stuff.tv/features/hate-app-subscriptions-heres-a-new-way-that-adobe-apple-and-others-should-adopt-but-wont/

June 01, 2026
Patrick
ppb1701@ppb.social

RE: https://flipboard.com/@flipgaming/latest-gaming-news-vjl2p565z/-/a-qC_-ie2cQECOfT0Pi6Rplw%3Aa%3A10307799-%2F0

@tech Well given past several years I agree with the skepticism of MS handling Xbox in Xbox's best interests....that said it's usually same day or within days you see the same game pop up on the other system's feeds or being listed showing all the platforms on a multiplatform game. The only thing that previously would be shocking would been Halo 2027 Xbox, PS5, and Switch 2. not so much given the recent older arrivals on PS, but any other commonly multiplat....we already know or will shortly.

June 01, 2026
ppb1701 shared a status by happygeek

Dashlane is β€˜monitoring’ brute force campaign, some accounts already disabled as a security precaution.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2026/06/01/dashlane-confirms-brute-force-password-attacks-targeting-some-users/

June 01, 2026