Tag: safe languages
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Alerts: CISA and FBI Release Updated Guidance on Product Security Bad Practices
Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/01/17/cisa-and-fbi-release-updated-guidance-product-security-bad-practices Source: Alerts Title: CISA and FBI Release Updated Guidance on Product Security Bad Practices Feedly Summary: In partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), CISA released an update to joint guidance Product Security Bad Practices in furtherance of CISA’s Secure by Design initiative. This updated guidance incorporates public comments CISA received…
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The Register: Boffins carve up C so code can be converted to Rust
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/mini_c_microsoft_inria/ Source: The Register Title: Boffins carve up C so code can be converted to Rust Feedly Summary: Mini-C is a subset of C that can be automatically turned to Rust without much fuss Computer scientists affiliated with France’s Inria and Microsoft have devised a way to automatically turn a subset of C…
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Slashdot: What Happened After Google Retrofitted Memory Safety Onto Its C++ Codebase?
Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/11/16/0630218/what-happened-after-google-retrofitted-memory-safety-onto-its-c-codebase Source: Slashdot Title: What Happened After Google Retrofitted Memory Safety Onto Its C++ Codebase? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google’s transition to Safe Coding and memory-safe languages aims to enhance security within its extensive C++ codebase, notably in critical products like Chrome and its various services. By integrating hardened…
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Hacker News: Retrofitting spatial safety to lines of C++
Source URL: https://security.googleblog.com/2024/11/retrofitting-spatial-safety-to-hundreds.html Source: Hacker News Title: Retrofitting spatial safety to lines of C++ Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Google’s ongoing efforts to enhance memory safety in C++ through the implementation of hardened libc++, which introduces bounds checking to prevent spatial memory safety vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities, representing a…
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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…