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ResearchBuzz: FirehoseArs Technica: Adult sites are stashing exploit code inside racy .svg files. “Dozens of porn sites are turning to a familiar source to generate likes on Facebook—malware that causes browsers to surreptitiously endorse the sites. This time, the sites are using a newer vehicle for sowing this malware—.svg image files.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/10/ars-technica-adult-sites-are-stashing-exploit-code-inside-racy-svg-files/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/10/ars-technica-adult-sites-are-stashing-exploit-code-inside-racy-svg-files/</a>

Bruno AmaralFree online vector editor & procedural design tool Open source free software. A vector graphics creativity suite with a clean, intuitive interface. Opens instantly (no signup) and runs locally in a browser. Exports SVG, PNG, JPG. <a href="https://graphite.rs/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://graphite.rs/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/image" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#image</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/open" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#open</a>-source <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/svg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#svg</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tools</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vector</a>

Roy #EatTheRich Pardee 🇺🇸All the free <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/QR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#QR</a> code generators I'm finding online first send you to their URL-shortener/tracker service rather than directly to the URL you specify. Does anybody know of one that doesn't do that? Bonus points if it exports to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SVG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SVG</a>...

OblomovProgress update on my <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/XSLT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XSLT</a> <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/SVG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SVG</a> <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/sparkline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sparkline</a> generator<a href="https://wok.oblomov.eu/tecnologia/plotting-sparklines-xslt/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wok.oblomov.eu/tecnologia/plotting-sparklines-xslt/</a>Another step in my path to revitalize usage of XSLT on the web. And before you ask, no, this is not to spite the <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/WHATWG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WHATWG</a> and their <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/XML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XML</a>-aversive <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/JavaScript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JavaScript</a> brainrot, it's something I've wanted to do for years, as documented by my previous posts on the subject.However, since the corporate-controlled WHATWG is using metrics as excuse to boycott the <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/openWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openWeb</a> and <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/indieWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indieWeb</a>, it becomes doubly important to do this now.

The New OilAdult sites are stashing exploit code inside racy .svg files<a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/08/adult-sites-use-malicious-svg-files-to-rack-up-likes-on-facebook/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/08/adult-sites-use-malicious-svg-files-to-rack-up-likes-on-facebook/</a><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/nsfw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nsfw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/cyberscurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cyberscurity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/svg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#svg</a>

News BeepShane van Gisbergen signs multi-year contract extension with TrackhouseShane van Gisbergen burst onto the NASCAR scene in 2023, winning the Cup race at the Chicago Street… <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/NewsBeep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewsBeep</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Headlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Headlines</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Chevrolet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chevrolet</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/ChicagoStreetCourse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChicagoStreetCourse</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Latvia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Latvia</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/LV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LV</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/NASCAR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NASCAR</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/ShanevanGisbergen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ShanevanGisbergen</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/SVG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SVG</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/TrackhouseRacing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrackhouseRacing</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/vanGisbergen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vanGisbergen</a> <a href="https://www.newsbeep.com/48645/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.newsbeep.com/48645/</a>

Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmarApparently we need a sign. Inkscape to the rescue.Dog and camera are from some public domain SVGs I found, the rest is easy. Supposedly they have to be those colours 🤷 I had to search where to enable grid snapping, because the button is in an obvious location that was not obvious.<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Inkscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Inkscape</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/SVG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SVG</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DIY</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Sign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sign</a>

OblomovI'm currently working on the <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/XSLT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XSLT</a> that generates the <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/sparkline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sparkline</a> <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/SVG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SVG</a> from raw <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/XML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XML</a> data to make it more flexible. This will make the code grow larger (especially singe I'm forced to use the 25-years old <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/XSLT1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XSLT1</a> because that's what browsers support, despite two major releases that would make everything easier and more compact), but I will be able to recycle the code to replace the pseudo-sparklines of index pages with _actual_ <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/sparklines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sparklines</a>.

Scott Murray :neurodiversity:Absolutely brilliant live demo with direct manipulation. I now see how one could render an entire season of “Dr. Katz” using only <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SVG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SVG</a>. 🏆EDIT: H/T to <a href="https://bne.social/@didoesdigital" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@didoesdigital</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@camillovisini/114874447310833844" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@camillovisini/114874447310833844</a>

DiWhat a great post. Explains "boiling lines", SVG filters, turbulence field, displacement map, all using cute visuals and interactive sliders to let you play. Even on a phone.More posts like this please.<a href="https://bne.social/tags/svg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#svg</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@camillovisini/114874447310833844" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@camillovisini/114874447310833844</a>

Peter KrönerHow frustrating: <foreignObject> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SVG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SVG</a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HTML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HTML</a> inherits the parent's color-scheme settings... but <source> in <picture> ignores it anyway 😭 <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/color-scheme" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/color-scheme</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#webdev</a>

FrictionFriction 1.0.0 RC 2 is now available 🥳<a href="https://friction.graphics/releases/friction-100-rc2.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://friction.graphics/releases/friction-100-rc2.html</a><a href="https://floss.social/tags/motiongraphics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#motiongraphics</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/motiondesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#motiondesign</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/mograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mograph</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/animation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#animation</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/svg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#svg</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/vector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vector</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/libregraphics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#libregraphics</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/artWithOpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#artWithOpenSource</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opensource</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/skia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#skia</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/friction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#friction</a>

OblomovMy small act of <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#resistance</a> against the <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enshittification</a> of the web today has been to use client-side <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/XSLT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XSLT</a> for something different that <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/RSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSS</a> styling: generating multiple <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/SVG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SVG</a> plots from the same <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/XML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XML</a> data:<a href="https://wok.oblomov.eu/tecnologia/plotting-xslt/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wok.oblomov.eu/tecnologia/plotting-xslt/</a><a href="https://sociale.network/tags/webdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#webdev</a> <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/openWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openWeb</a> <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/indieWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indieWeb</a>

NatyMade a new <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opengraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opengraph</a> image for my Hugo blog <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BurgeonLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BurgeonLab</a>! What do you think? It's less boring than the old one :blobcatwinktongue: No idea when or if <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Fosstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fosstodon</a> will pick up the new og:image for old posts (doubt it, due to caching). But at least I know it'll work with upcoming posts!I used this neat svg pattern generator: <a href="https://app.haikei.app/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://app.haikei.app/</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/svg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#svg</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/patterngenerator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#patterngenerator</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ogimage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ogimage</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/frontend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#frontend</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/webdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#webdev</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialmedia</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/blogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blogs</a>

Martin Owens :inkscape:I couldn't find a good pre-prepared gradient interpolation test which would obviously show the difference between RGB and CMYK interpolation. A lot of ranges look quite similar.So I did an 5^^8 search for the best range and this one is the top diff with the greatest difference between one of the two colours.{0.0, 0.75, 0.75, 0.75} to {0.75, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0};<a href="https://floss.social/tags/inkscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inkscape</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/cmyk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cmyk</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/color" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#color</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/cms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cms</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/svg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#svg</a>

Bytes EuropeLeostream Becomes SVG Sponsor to Advance Remote Sports Production Technology <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1260726/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.byteseu.com/1260726/</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DigitalWorkspaceManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalWorkspaceManagement</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LeostreamCorporation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LeostreamCorporation</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ProductionProfessionals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProductionProfessionals</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RemoteDesktopAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RemoteDesktopAccess</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SportsContentCreationAndDistribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SportsContentCreationAndDistribution</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SportsExperience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SportsExperience</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SportsLeagues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SportsLeagues</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SportsVideo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SportsVideo</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SportsVideoGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SportsVideoGroup</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SVG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SVG</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Technology</a>

OblomovTen years ago they tried this shit with <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/SMIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SMIL</a> <a href="https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/5o0yiO440LM/m/YGEJBsjUAwAJ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/5o0yiO440LM/m/YGEJBsjUAwAJ</a>the web standard for JS-less animations and interactions that can be used to build interactive <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/SVG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SVG</a> graphics. That one was luckily aborted. Now it's time to put pressure on them to keep <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/XSLT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XSLT</a> in.

Martin Owens :inkscape:We have a new person doing the Inkscape challenges this month and I was wondering if you guys would throw them a bit of attention for their first one? Draw a boat using <a href="https://floss.social/tags/inkscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inkscape</a> 🚣 <a href="https://inkscape.org/forums/competitions/inkscape-challenge-august-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://inkscape.org/forums/competitions/inkscape-challenge-august-2025/</a><a href="https://floss.social/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#competition</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#foss</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/vectorArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vectorArt</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/svg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#svg</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#drawing</a>

Mark B TomlinsonVector work done for the dial, a little longer on this as the original contained a fair bit of hand written lettering. Also an obscure font that needed tweaking. <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/mbt3d" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mbt3d</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/3D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#3D</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/b3d" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#b3d</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/blender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blender</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/modelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#modelling</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/blender3d" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blender3d</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/hardsurface" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hardsurface</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastoart</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/affinity_designer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#affinity_designer</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/svg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#svg</a>

Sara SoueidanTwo of my favorite and most frequently used <a href="https://front-end.social/tags/SVG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SVG</a> tools:SVG/URL encoder <a href="https://yoksel.github.io/url-encoder/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://yoksel.github.io/url-encoder/</a>SVG crop <a href="https://svgcrop.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://svgcrop.com</a>— I have certainly shared these tools before throughout the years, especially during the period I focused a lot on SVG. I love them and use them so much I wanted to reshare.

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