The article Secure Coding: Preventing unauthorized access through path traversal (CWE-22) has already described the dangers posed by the critical vulnerability CWE-22 (path traversal) in software ...

A group of secure-programming experts plans a series of documents that outline the skills coders need to write Web applications that are better able to withstand attacks. The first of these is being ...

Self-modifying code changes its own instructions during execution. In practice, this approach certainly offers advantages, for example in terms of adaptability or code optimization. It is not ...

As with other aspects of cybersecurity, the level of programming language security depends on what we mean by “secure.” It’s true that Java has fewer identified vulnerabilities than some other ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. There’s really nothing new under the sun when it comes to addressing security vulnerabilities in ...

One of the most common problems identified by static code analysis tools is the presence of plain text passwords written directly into configuration files. It's ...