Author Archives: FlatAssembler

Why don’t Internet browsers allow me to fetch a JSON file from raw.githubusercontent.com, but they allow me to fetch .psm files from there?

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When I was making my PicoBlaze Simulator in JavaScript, I added 6 examples of how to use it. Those examples are on my GitHub profile, they are the .psm (PicoBlaze Assembly) files. I decided not to hard-code the links to those .psm files in… Continue reading Why don’t Internet browsers allow me to fetch a JSON file from raw.githubusercontent.com, but they allow me to fetch .psm files from there?→

Are there some viruses that write assembly code instead of machine code, and use an external assembler?

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Like the question says, I am wondering if there are some viruses that do not write machine code themselves, but instead output assembly code and invoke an external assembler? That sounds like a plausible attack on Linux systems, where as (… Continue reading Are there some viruses that write assembly code instead of machine code, and use an external assembler?→