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Re:Ask HN: SWEs how do you future-proof your career in light... by raincole on Monday December 16, 2024 @06:06PM (#42436507)
There was a vulnerability of 7-zip found in Nov, 2024.

Yes, 7-zip.

https://cert.europa.eu/publications/security-advisories/2024...

Re:Ask HN: SWEs how do you future-proof your career in light... by m_ke on Monday December 16, 2024 @07:33PM (#42437093)
1. If everyone is running custom written software that's not shared with anyone else if will be really hard to find vulnerabilities in them

2. I'm sure LLMs are already way better at detecting vulnerabilities than the average engineer. (when asked to do so explicitly)