Check if a file is really a file, whether a string contains anything, and whether you can run a program with these vital patterns.

A bill proposed by Gov. Kim Reynolds and advanced from a House subcommittee Thursday would perpetuate the state’s restrictions on food items that can be purchased with federal nutrition assistance.

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When Microsoft patched a vulnerability last summer that allowed threat actors to use Windows’ shortcut (.lnk) files in ...

You can infect your PC with malware without ever leaving Notepad, thanks to recent updates and additions. Hooray.

Microsoft has fixed a "remote code execution" vulnerability in Windows 11 Notepad that allowed attackers to execute local or ...

By putting conflicting metadata in LNK files, a researcher found four new ways to spoof targets, hide arguments, and run unintended programs in Windows Explorer.

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