<![CDATA[h/t @nyanbinary]]>h/t @nyanbinary

so let me get this straight
microsoft defender, the built-in antivirus tool for windows

has a heap based buffer overflow that leads to remote code execution

if you get it to scan a file, and that file is crafted the right way.

the antivirus tool is the carrier for the execution of malware.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/a01af2ba-c809-49a2-a8c6-818588b48ba4/h-t-@nyanbinaryRSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 18:28:52 GMTWed, 20 May 2026 22:08:50 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to h/t @nyanbinary on Thu, 21 May 2026 00:37:58 GMT]]>@Viss @jeffers00n @nyanbinary yay!

Vive la révolution!

(although, evolution preferably... i offer myself to the commons for the cause, lol)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116609594702103322/statuses/116609769715215609https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116609594702103322/statuses/116609769715215609Thu, 21 May 2026 00:37:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to h/t @nyanbinary on Thu, 21 May 2026 00:29:47 GMT]]>@mpc3032at @jeffers00n @nyanbinary yeah i wager youre probably in good company here

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Viss/statuses/116609737518051999https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Viss/statuses/116609737518051999Thu, 21 May 2026 00:29:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to h/t @nyanbinary on Thu, 21 May 2026 00:27:58 GMT]]>@Viss @jeffers00n @nyanbinary a couple years back i got depressed about softwaring because of this ~'AI' silliness coming down the pike, but of late it is SO BAD i feel incrementally fired up, renewed

riffing wildly, maybe software, because of its peculiar nature (this reified perfection of causality) is a good, stark example of why things should be done by people who love the things...because when not, the error compounds exponentially, and we get *this* (gestures wildly all around)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116609594702103322/statuses/116609730366737465https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116609594702103322/statuses/116609730366737465Thu, 21 May 2026 00:27:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to h/t @nyanbinary on Thu, 21 May 2026 00:27:19 GMT]]>@Viss @jeffers00n @nyanbinary aww i remember almost nothing about the book now, but the one lady hacking away feverishly on that was a standout for me at the time, it seemed so cool, in like a 'obvious in retrospect' way... but actually living it derpishly like this is... i dunno 😕

(also, hello fediverse! 2nd ~post, woo! and hello fediverse person... you gave me lovely positive feedback in *minutes*... i like this!)

more ->

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116609594702103322/statuses/116609727849104126https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116609594702103322/statuses/116609727849104126Thu, 21 May 2026 00:27:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to h/t @nyanbinary on Thu, 21 May 2026 00:24:01 GMT]]>@Viss @nyanbinary

Ah good. Now I don't have to deal with code signing my app any more. 😂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/argv_minus_one/statuses/116609714876441852https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/argv_minus_one/statuses/116609714876441852Thu, 21 May 2026 00:24:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to h/t @nyanbinary on Thu, 21 May 2026 00:09:57 GMT]]>@mpc3032at @jeffers00n @nyanbinary oh boy its been a while since i listened to snowcrash on audiobook.

s'too bad we cant have a "but they're sure to listen to reason" moment

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Viss/statuses/116609659540746742https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Viss/statuses/116609659540746742Thu, 21 May 2026 00:09:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to h/t @nyanbinary on Thu, 21 May 2026 00:08:30 GMT]]>@jeffers00n @Viss @nyanbinary also a subplot in Snow Crash iirc

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116609594702103322/statuses/116609653847718672https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116609594702103322/statuses/116609653847718672Thu, 21 May 2026 00:08:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to h/t @nyanbinary on Wed, 20 May 2026 23:03:46 GMT]]>@Viss @nyanbinary this isn’t even the first time this has happened with Defender

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ohai.social/users/slyborg/statuses/116609399298670872https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ohai.social/users/slyborg/statuses/116609399298670872Wed, 20 May 2026 23:03:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to h/t @nyanbinary on Wed, 20 May 2026 22:38:01 GMT]]>@Viss @nyanbinary straight out of Jennifer Government. (A good read if you haven't read it)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tiny.tilde.website/users/jeffers00n/statuses/116609298035785261https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tiny.tilde.website/users/jeffers00n/statuses/116609298035785261Wed, 20 May 2026 22:38:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to h/t @nyanbinary on Wed, 20 May 2026 22:37:26 GMT]]>@Viss @nyanbinary Can't make money doing that though... and that's all anyone cares about.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/apodoxus/statuses/116609295751547431https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/apodoxus/statuses/116609295751547431Wed, 20 May 2026 22:37:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to h/t @nyanbinary on Wed, 20 May 2026 22:36:59 GMT]]>@Viss @nyanbinary This is why we always advocated for MAC rather than addling layers of bullshit. Ya'll are just increasing the attack surface area all the time. You need to REDUCE it with a tiny thoroughly audited reference monitor.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/apodoxus/statuses/116609293972145535https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/apodoxus/statuses/116609293972145535Wed, 20 May 2026 22:36:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to h/t @nyanbinary on Wed, 20 May 2026 22:27:47 GMT]]>@Viss @nyanbinary

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Though that kinda is always the risk
Antivirus just had the biggest attack surface
@nyanbinary

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kinkycats.org/users/_GreyWolf/statuses/116609256258723165https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kinkycats.org/users/_GreyWolf/statuses/116609256258723165Wed, 20 May 2026 22:27:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to h/t @nyanbinary on Wed, 20 May 2026 22:17:04 GMT]]>@Viss @nyanbinary

Microsoft is an APT.
It is known

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/McCrankyface/statuses/116609215692216272https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/McCrankyface/statuses/116609215692216272Wed, 20 May 2026 22:17:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to h/t @nyanbinary on Wed, 20 May 2026 22:15:42 GMT]]>@jlin @nyanbinary i think france, denmark and germany have the right idea - just ditch windows entirely

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Viss/statuses/116609210271732670https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Viss/statuses/116609210271732670Wed, 20 May 2026 22:15:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to h/t @nyanbinary on Wed, 20 May 2026 22:15:03 GMT]]>@Viss @nyanbinary antivirus needs an antivirus

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/jlin/statuses/116609207734936158https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/jlin/statuses/116609207734936158Wed, 20 May 2026 22:15:03 GMT