Tag: memory safety
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Google Online Security Blog: Retrofitting Spatial Safety to hundreds of millions of lines of C++
Source URL: https://security.googleblog.com/2024/11/retrofitting-spatial-safety-to-hundreds.html Source: Google Online Security Blog Title: Retrofitting Spatial Safety to hundreds of millions of lines of C++ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the exploitation of spatial memory safety vulnerabilities in C++ code, representing a significant security risk. Google’s initiative to enhance memory safety through the implementation…
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The Register: The US government wants developers to stop using C and C++
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/08/the_us_government_wants_developers/ Source: The Register Title: The US government wants developers to stop using C and C++ Feedly Summary: Does anyone want to tell Linus Torvalds? No? I didn’t think so Opinion I must be a glutton for punishment. Not only was my first programming language IBM 360 Assembler, my second language was C.…
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The Register: Google claims Big Sleep ‘first’ AI to spot freshly committed security bug that fuzzing missed
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/05/google_ai_vulnerability_hunting/ Source: The Register Title: Google claims Big Sleep ‘first’ AI to spot freshly committed security bug that fuzzing missed Feedly Summary: You snooze, you lose, er, win Google claims one of its AI models is the first of its kind to spot a memory safety vulnerability in the wild – specifically an…
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Hacker News: Feds: Critical Software Must Drop C/C++ by 2026 or Face Risk
Source URL: https://thenewstack.io/feds-critical-software-must-drop-c-c-by-2026-or-face-risk/ Source: Hacker News Title: Feds: Critical Software Must Drop C/C++ by 2026 or Face Risk Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI have issued a critical report warning software manufacturers about dangerous security practices, especially concerning the use of…
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Hacker News: The empire of C++ strikes back with Safe C++ blueprint
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/16/safe_c_plusplus/ Source: Hacker News Title: The empire of C++ strikes back with Safe C++ blueprint Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The C++ community has proposed the Safe C++ Extensions to enhance memory safety in the language, responding to increasing pressure from public and private sectors for more secure coding…
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The Register: Google’s memory safety plan includes rehab for unsafe languages
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/16/google_legacy_code/ Source: The Register Title: Google’s memory safety plan includes rehab for unsafe languages Feedly Summary: Large C and C++ codebases will be around for the ‘foreseeable future’ Google has revealed that its approach to making programming code more memory safe involves both the adoption of memory safe languages and making unsafe languages…