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Archive for May 19th, 2026

the 90 day disclosure policy is dead :: Himanshu Anand :: Threat Notes

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/05/19

15 minute important read: [Wayback/Archive] the 90 day disclosure policy is dead :: Himanshu Anand :: Threat Notes

TL;DR: (not sugar coated; read the full post and their follow-ups on the why and how)

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Posted in AI and ML; Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Blue team, Development, LLM, Power User, Red team, Security, Software Development | Leave a Comment »

You thought Windows drivers from 2006 were old, wait’ll you see the Intel drivers from 1968! – The Old New Thing

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/05/19

ImageInteresting strategy that driver vendors use to prevent their drivers to be installed when newer versions are installed [Wayback/Archive] You thought Windows drivers from 2006 were old, wait’ll you see the Intel drivers from 1968! – The Old New Thing

Or in other words: with this mechanism drivers can be a generic alternative to be installed when no more specific or newer driver is available.

Via [Wayback/Archive] ⚜ 8-bit Hero (aka Sven) ⚜ on Twitter: “Wow, Intel has been writing windows divers for a long time! Had no idea.”

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Intel Drivers dated 1970 shown by [Wayback/Archive] Kevlin Henney (@KevlinHenney) in his Keynote streamed at around the 1200 second mark: [Wayback/Archive] KotlinConf’23 – Effectenbeurszaal Day 2 – YouTube.

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