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  • I Was Attacked, Linux Was Rooted, and GPT Emitted Too Many Goblins

    A mixed week, overshadowed by the fact that I was the target of a violent hatecrime on Wednesday evening. Bruised, bloodied, and quite badly shaken. Not an ideal week overall for me. Linux Local Pwnage: Copy-Fail CVE-2026-31431 “Copy-Fail” is powerful & remarkably reliable local privilege escalation to UID 0. It was found using a specialised…

  • “Left of Bang”

    The term “Left of Bang” may be familiar to those with military background or experience, especially if that includes experience of the US military. But the concept is simple enough. There’s even a decade-old book all about it with the same title (ISBN-13: 978-1936891306, published June 2014, easily obtainable). What is “Left of Bang”? Once…