Vibe coding. Overuse of H-1B visas. Microsoft specifically seems to rely a lot on foreign workers because a lot of them will do whatever their employer asks without question because their employer has a lot of control over whether they are even allowed in the US. Even if they are natural citizens it seems a lot of them don't have the same privileges & a bad review by an employer has more potential to ruin their career. Also, the caste system exists here even in the US.
the compiler stops you from compiling most of incorrect code. unless AI learns to use unsafe blocks liberally, it will still prevent memory corruption bugs and such
Rather impressive how quickly the hackers reverse-engineered Microsoft's patch and used the vulnerability whilst the opportunity was still available:
The threat group, tracked under names including APT28, Fancy Bear, Sednit, Forest Blizzard, and Sofacy, pounced on the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-21509, less than 48 hours after Microsoft released an urgent, unscheduled security update late last month, the researchers said. After reverse-engineering the patch, group members wrote an advanced exploit that installed one of two never-before-seen backdoor implants.
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m3t00@piefed.world · 47 pts · 228d
no worries copilot has screenshots
Tramort@programming.dev · 13 pts · 228d
That's so fucking on target
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 227d
and onedrive has all your documents too in original form
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 45 pts · 228d
Slopper companies like MS, Google, and Spotify are all having massive vulnerabilities. I wonder why.
Zink@programming.dev · 15 pts · 228d
It sounds like they've gotten fat, rich, and complacent. Just like some societies I know!
timewarp@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 228d
Vibe coding. Overuse of H-1B visas. Microsoft specifically seems to rely a lot on foreign workers because a lot of them will do whatever their employer asks without question because their employer has a lot of control over whether they are even allowed in the US. Even if they are natural citizens it seems a lot of them don't have the same privileges & a bad review by an employer has more potential to ruin their career. Also, the caste system exists here even in the US.
very_well_lost@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 228d
It's literally a system of indentured servitude and corpos are just free to abuse it with impunity.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 227d
Obviously the problem is that office was not written in a safe language. rewrite office in rust!
dejpivo@lemmings.world · 5 pts · 227d
I genuinely wonder if rust helps guarding against slop coding vulnerabilities, at least statistically.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 227d
the compiler stops you from compiling most of incorrect code. unless AI learns to use unsafe blocks liberally, it will still prevent memory corruption bugs and such
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 227d
Don't forget Linux.
(XZ not technically Linux)
Australis13@fedia.io · 25 pts · 228d
Rather impressive how quickly the hackers reverse-engineered Microsoft's patch and used the vulnerability whilst the opportunity was still available:
frongt@lemmy.zip · 22 pts · 228d
And this is why quickly applying security updates is important.
Prove_your_argument@piefed.social · 6 pts · 227d
Who needs a maintenance window or to test updates? Just roll the dice constantly.
Damage@feddit.it · 1 pts · 226d
Yeah if your OS is a fucking sieve