Flutterby™! : More evidence that Microsoft doesn't know how to write software

More evidence that Microsoft doesn't know how to write software

2026-09-09 21:07:54.88487+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

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microsoft fucks with hacker, hacker makes it their life mission to ruin microsoft, hacker is winning

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Nightmare Eclipse is such a hero tbh. if you haven't been following this saga, a bunch of the backstory is here:

https://www.theregister.com/se...2026/05/28/microsoft-0-day-feud- escalates-as-researcher-threatens-another-windows-exploit-dump/5248085

they've been dropping exploits right after microsoft's patch tuesdays, where microsoft patches their previous exploit. in many cases, they negate microsoft's "secure" patches to make the new exploit. which is such an incredible flex.

https://www.theregister.com/se...9/serial-microsoft-0-day-hunter- drops-yet-another-defender-exploit/5295335

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