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Microsoft Windows ‘Best Fit’ character conversion ‘ripe for exploitation’

Security researchers have outlined a novel attack vector that exploits the “Best Fit” character conversion technology built into Windows. The technology comes into play in string conversions, particularly when characters cannot be directly represented in a target character set. However, application security experts Orange Tsai and Splitline Huang from Taiwanese firm DEVCORE used a presentation…

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