The most promising resource was a post in Russian language by the blogger “axe_chita”, coincidentally published just some days before the start of my efforts. It is a long post that leads the reader into the secrets of QuickBASIC 4 and its compilation model, all in the form of emotional rant. The comments are also insightful, especially this conversation between the author and “firehacker”, which features a side-by-side comparison between a sample BASIC program and its exe form. Was all of this useful? Not at all! Because, spoiler, QuickBASIC 3 compiles programs in a totally different way than its follower! The post links an article from BYTE magazine that confirms this finding.
Scott Mills made the announcement on his Radio 2 breakfast show
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The attack is trivial. An attacker visits your website, views the page source, and copies your AIza... key from the Maps embed. Then they run:
A system tray in the top right corner.