floofloof@lemmy.ca to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 25 days agoMalicious VSCode extensions with millions of installs discoveredwww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: programming@beehaw.org
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkMalicious VSCode extensions with millions of installs discoveredwww.bleepingcomputer.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square48fedilinkcross-posted to: programming@beehaw.org
minus-square30p87@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·25 days ago But why can a theme make web requests?! Why can a Word or Excel file execute shell code? Why does M$ SQL Server have xp_cmdshell? Because we live in a broken world and nothing matters. Because devs chose to live in this part of the world, dictated by M$ and other large companies, who just don’t care.
Why can a Word or Excel file execute shell code? Why does M$ SQL Server have xp_cmdshell?
Because devs chose to live in this part of the world, dictated by M$ and other large companies, who just don’t care.