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Re:I'm “still afraid to use spaces in file names” years old by sysadm1n on Thursday November 11, 2021 @10:47AM (#29189184)
> other unusual characters in file names

Saw a few hacks where malware authors used the RTL feature (which is baked into Windows) to obfuscate file extensions. It looked like .exe.innocuous-document.docx, but was actually .docx.innocuous-document.exe

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Re:I'm “still afraid to use spaces in file names” years old by masklinn on Friday November 12, 2021 @04:33AM (#29197631)
This exact vulnerability in most modern code editors just made the rounds, allowing smuggling malicious code right through review.
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