Tag: secure coding practices
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The Register: CISA boss: Makers of insecure software are the real cyber villains
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/20/cisa_sloppy_vendors_cybercrime_villains/ Source: The Register Title: CISA boss: Makers of insecure software are the real cyber villains Feedly Summary: Write better code, urges Jen Easterly. And while you’re at it, give crime gangs horrible names like ‘Evil Ferret’ Software developers who ship buggy, insecure code are the real villains in the cyber crime story,…
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The Register: The empire of C++ strikes back with Safe C++ blueprint
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/16/safe_c_plusplus/ Source: The Register Title: The empire of C++ strikes back with Safe C++ blueprint Feedly Summary: You pipsqueaks want memory safety? We’ll show you memory safety! We’ll borrow that borrow checker After two years of being beaten with the memory-safety stick, the C++ community has published a proposal to help developers write…
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Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Forrest Brazeal
Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Aug/31/forrest-brazeal/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Forrest Brazeal Feedly Summary: I think that AI has killed, or is about to kill, pretty much every single modifier we want to put in front of the word “developer.” “.NET developer”? Meaningless. Copilot, Cursor, etc can get anyone conversant enough with .NET to be productive…
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Hacker News: New 0-Day Attacks Linked to China’s ‘Volt Typhoon’
Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/08/new-0-day-attacks-linked-to-chinas-volt-typhoon/ Source: Hacker News Title: New 0-Day Attacks Linked to China’s ‘Volt Typhoon’ Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a zero-day vulnerability in Versa Director, a software product leveraged by Internet service providers, which is currently being exploited by the Volt Typhoon hacking group, allegedly linked to…