<![CDATA[The chill I got when I downloaded the repo and realized the “exploit” was a zero byte file with a magic filename…]]>RE: https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/116565662607962457

The chill I got when I downloaded the repo and realized the “exploit” was a zero byte file with a magic filename…

The charitable interpretation is that Microsoft accidentally shipped an internal test build to global production. The less charitable one isn’t very pleasant

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/f859b2a3-8b41-44e4-8c7f-55a14303e1ef/the-chill-i-got-when-i-downloaded-the-repo-and-realized-the-exploit-was-a-zero-byte-file-with-a-magic-filenameRSS for NodeThu, 14 May 2026 01:06:56 GMTWed, 13 May 2026 11:57:11 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to The chill I got when I downloaded the repo and realized the “exploit” was a zero byte file with a magic filename… on Wed, 13 May 2026 13:43:58 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea This would be pretty serious if BitLocker was a security feature, not a user annoyance one. 🙃

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/landelare/statuses/116567561893041238https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/landelare/statuses/116567561893041238Wed, 13 May 2026 13:43:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The chill I got when I downloaded the repo and realized the “exploit” was a zero byte file with a magic filename… on Wed, 13 May 2026 13:39:48 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea this is what you get when you do disk encryption without user input 🤷

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/oilheap/statuses/116567545521281033https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/oilheap/statuses/116567545521281033Wed, 13 May 2026 13:39:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The chill I got when I downloaded the repo and realized the “exploit” was a zero byte file with a magic filename… on Wed, 13 May 2026 13:32:35 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea Maybe their new LLM forgot to remove the code before shipping a new production version.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furry.engineer/users/jackemled/statuses/116567517165955355https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furry.engineer/users/jackemled/statuses/116567517165955355Wed, 13 May 2026 13:32:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The chill I got when I downloaded the repo and realized the “exploit” was a zero byte file with a magic filename… on Wed, 13 May 2026 13:23:16 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea shiiiiiiiiiit that's cool

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/SomeVeganCheeseIsOk/statuses/116567480487760881https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/SomeVeganCheeseIsOk/statuses/116567480487760881Wed, 13 May 2026 13:23:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The chill I got when I downloaded the repo and realized the “exploit” was a zero byte file with a magic filename… on Wed, 13 May 2026 13:15:24 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea
> windows 10 is not [affected]

🤗

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/jbiserkov/statuses/116567449595135499https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/jbiserkov/statuses/116567449595135499Wed, 13 May 2026 13:15:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The chill I got when I downloaded the repo and realized the “exploit” was a zero byte file with a magic filename… on Wed, 13 May 2026 13:13:32 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea It's microsoft. They get no charity at all; they should be paying alms to the lot of us, everyone who ever booted 95 or higher...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/stonebear2/statuses/116567442247165441https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/stonebear2/statuses/116567442247165441Wed, 13 May 2026 13:13:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The chill I got when I downloaded the repo and realized the “exploit” was a zero byte file with a magic filename… on Wed, 13 May 2026 12:53:11 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea i am sorry WHAT

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.plus/users/coosis/statuses/116567362233351698https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.plus/users/coosis/statuses/116567362233351698Wed, 13 May 2026 12:53:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The chill I got when I downloaded the repo and realized the “exploit” was a zero byte file with a magic filename… on Wed, 13 May 2026 12:29:32 GMT]]>@rst well, yes actually, having seen tons of firmware code, that’s quite normal and non-suspicious functionality does this all the time. it’s presumably just a guid

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/0xabad1dea/statuses/116567269196534792https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/0xabad1dea/statuses/116567269196534792Wed, 13 May 2026 12:29:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The chill I got when I downloaded the repo and realized the “exploit” was a zero byte file with a magic filename… on Wed, 13 May 2026 12:26:25 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea it already stored the passkeys to the cloud and they give to authorities when asked i guess one bypass wasnt enough

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kafeneio.social/ap/users/116562473038016641/statuses/116567256932162044https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kafeneio.social/ap/users/116562473038016641/statuses/116567256932162044Wed, 13 May 2026 12:26:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The chill I got when I downloaded the repo and realized the “exploit” was a zero byte file with a magic filename… on Wed, 13 May 2026 12:25:14 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea The charitable interpretation also assumes that in choosing the trigger for this debug behavior, they'd select a filename including a very large number of apparently random digits.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rst/statuses/116567252298094894https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rst/statuses/116567252298094894Wed, 13 May 2026 12:25:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The chill I got when I downloaded the repo and realized the “exploit” was a zero byte file with a magic filename… on Wed, 13 May 2026 12:18:49 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange once upon a time they would've employed people to catch this stuff before it goes out, and ensure the CIA pay for such privileges

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mk.absturztau.be/notes/am7lbmfplg9u00m0https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mk.absturztau.be/notes/am7lbmfplg9u00m0Wed, 13 May 2026 12:18:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The chill I got when I downloaded the repo and realized the “exploit” was a zero byte file with a magic filename… on Wed, 13 May 2026 12:17:48 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea I'm sure Copilot will be very apologetic once it's called out.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lediva.masto.host/users/LeDiva/statuses/116567223102356759https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lediva.masto.host/users/LeDiva/statuses/116567223102356759Wed, 13 May 2026 12:17:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The chill I got when I downloaded the repo and realized the “exploit” was a zero byte file with a magic filename… on Wed, 13 May 2026 12:12:47 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea

How else would feds get the data of these pesky criminals?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/kallisti/statuses/116567203332438677https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/kallisti/statuses/116567203332438677Wed, 13 May 2026 12:12:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The chill I got when I downloaded the repo and realized the “exploit” was a zero byte file with a magic filename… on Wed, 13 May 2026 12:10:15 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea jesus fucking christ

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/MiaWinter/statuses/116567193406009237https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/MiaWinter/statuses/116567193406009237Wed, 13 May 2026 12:10:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The chill I got when I downloaded the repo and realized the “exploit” was a zero byte file with a magic filename… on Wed, 13 May 2026 11:59:38 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea holy fuck

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/116567151628693135https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/116567151628693135Wed, 13 May 2026 11:59:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The chill I got when I downloaded the repo and realized the “exploit” was a zero byte file with a magic filename… on Wed, 13 May 2026 11:58:53 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea obviously we'll all be charitable, given how much reason they've given us to trust them recently.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/dysfun/statuses/116567148685362930https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/dysfun/statuses/116567148685362930Wed, 13 May 2026 11:58:53 GMT