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Research Update for src/linux-hardening/privilege-escalation/wildcards-spare-tricks.md

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✅ The file wildcards-spare-tricks.md has been updated.

Key additions:
• Up-to-date introduction explaining wildcard argument-injection (2023-2025 context).
• Expanded Tar section – added macOS/bsdtar --use-compress-program technique.
• Added quick-list of other lately abused binaries (flock, git, scp, etc.).
• New Detection & Hardening section including 2025 Elastic rule reference.
• Refreshed 7-Zip explanation and clarified chown/chmod, rsync and zip examples.
• Added concise References section.

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