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Pokémon developer Game Freak reels from unprecedented "gigaleak" of "significant internal data" (www.eurogamer.net)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I wouldn’t run it on original hardware but are there any known attack vectors where malware infects you via a ROM that runs in a trusted emulator?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There was a vulnerability in Project64 so a malicious ROM could escape outside of the emulator. So while unlikely, it's certainly possible.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I knew someone would have thought of this. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Just talking about the map editor if it's an executable