🚀 Wow, Windows 95 had defenses against file overwrites? That's as effective as trying to stop a meteor with an umbrella! ☂️💾 Meanwhile, the article drowned us with a Microsoft buzzword salad on a Dev Blog that forgot to include anything relevant. 🥗🙄
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260324-00/?p=112159 #Windows95 #MicrosoftBuzzword #FileOverwrite #TechHumor #DevBlog #HackerNews #ngated
Windows 95 defenses against installers that overwrite a file with an older version - The Old New Thing
A very primitive version of recovery.
Windows 95 defenses against installers that overwrite a file with an older version - The Old New Thing
A very primitive version of recovery.
“Dirty Pipe” Linux kernel bug lets anyone to write to any file - Even read-only files can be written to, leading to a dangerously general purpose elevatio...
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2022/03/08/dirty-pipe-linux-kernel-bug-lets-anyone-to-write-to-any-file/ #vulnerability #cve-2022-0847
#fileoverwrite #android #google #kernel #splice #linux #eop
“Dirty Pipe” Linux kernel bug lets anyone to write to any file
Even read-only files can be written to, leading to a dangerously general purpose elevation-of-privilege attack.
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