BeepFeb 25

Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown

https://lemmus.org/post/20437949

Show threadINeedMana
Fortunately this has already been patched but still, what a fuckup
Windows 11 Notepad Bug Let Markdown Links Run Files Without Warning - gHacks Tech News

Microsoft has patched a high-severity flaw in Windows 11 Notepad that let specially crafted Markdown links execute local or remote files without triggering standard Windows security warnings.

gHacks
Feb 25 at 10:10pmWeb
Show thread11111one11111Feb 25
Jesus fucking christ so the fucking idiots really full on dont even try to test any of the shit they facefuck into 1.4 billion innocent pc’s with every update they release.
Show threadJayGray91🐉🍕Feb 26
they let Copilot run tests and it all passed, no worries
Show threadunwarlikeExtortionFeb 27
Well the situation explained is a glaring oversight assuming the average Windows user’s opsec common sense, but I’m amazed Notepad isn’t auto-running every single linked file automatically during parsing
Show threadINeedManaFeb 27
That feature was moved to displaying icons (this is old stuff, don’t worry)
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-046 - Critical