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This content explores a new attack surface on Windows by exploiting the Best-Fit character conversion feature. It discusses the history of encoding in Windows, transitioning from ANSI to Unicode, and the challenges of handling non-ASCII characters. The research uncovers how Best-Fit behavior can lead to critical vulnerabilities, including Filename Smuggling, Argument Splitting, and Environment Variable […]
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Major wildfires are wreaking havoc in Los Angeles County, forcing 70,000 people to evacuate as hurricane-force winds spread flames over thousands of acres. Over 400,000 residents are without power, and water pressure to fight the fires is failing. Two deaths have been reported, 1,000 structures destroyed, and Governor Newsom declared a state of emergency. The […]
The author embarked on bringing SerenityOS to real hardware by starting with UEFI support. Focusing on a Dell 3100 Chromebook, they encountered challenges with Cr50’s debugging capabilities due to hardware limitations. After exploring alternatives and digging into chips inside the laptop, they made modifications to enable closed-case debugging using EEPROM flashing. Using CircuitPython, they implemented […]
Christopher Payne is known for his meticulous, striking photography of industrial spaces, showcasing processes from factory production to infrastructure development. His work captures the essence of manufacturing and maintenance, highlighting the complex systems and human effort involved in creating everyday items. While observing the MTA’s 207th Street repair shop, Payne’s keen eye for detail and […]
This web content discusses the implementation of a Chunk type with a fixed size in C programming. It highlights the use of unions, which allow variables to hold objects of different types and sizes. The Chunk type is defined with a union containing a next pointer and an array of size CHUNK_SZ. The article explains […]
Stagehand is an AI web browsing framework that simplifies browser automations through three simple AI APIs: act, extract, and observe. It is compatible with Playwright, making web automation more accessible to non-technical users. Stagehand allows users to perform various tasks on websites, such as extracting top stories from Hacker News or getting stats on a […]
The author, JD Kaim, is facing expulsion from the University of Washington after creating a helpful app called HuskySwap to assist students in finding partners to trade spots in classes. Despite his intentions to contribute something cool for everyone and receiving positive feedback on his MVP, he was threatened with expulsion for violating registration tampering […]
The author has been living on a 28-hour day schedule for over a year now and considers it the second best thing they have done for their health, right after regular exercise. Despite the initial challenges of adapting to the new schedule, such as sleepiness and confusion with meal times, the author has found that […]
Tel Aviv University and MIT CSAIL have developed NeuralSVG, a groundbreaking technology that generates vector graphics from text prompts. This method allows for dynamic conditioning, enabling the generation of multiple color palettes for a single learned representation. By utilizing an implicit neural representation and Score Distillation Sampling, NeuralSVG encourages a layered structure in the SVG […]
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