Widespread use of vulnerable open source components
Sonatype and Aspect Security collaborated on a study of the real-world use of vulnerable versions of open source libraries. Used by developers around the world, open source …
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Android security from the ground up
Georgia Weidman is a penetration tester, security researcher, and trainer. She’s also one of the speakers at the upcoming HITBSecConf 2012 Amsterdam conference. In this …
Risk across the phases of application security
A new Ponemon Institute study surveyed more than 800 IT Security and Development professionals from enterprise organizations to understand the perceptions both groups have …
Machine Learning for Hackers
If you’re an experienced programmer interested in crunching data, Machine Learning for Hackers will get you started with machine learning—a toolkit of algorithms that …
iOS 5 Programming Cookbook
Now you can overcome the vexing, real-life issues you confront when creating apps for the iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. By making use of more than 100 new recipes in this …
Programming Perl, 4th Edition
Adopted as the undisputed Perl bible soon after the first edition appeared in 1991, Programming Perl is still the go-to guide for this highly practical language. Perl began …
Comprehensive Java testing solution
Parasoft introduced a new release of Parasoft Jtest: a comprehensive Java testing solution that automates static analysis, unit testing, coverage analysis, runtime error …
Programmer steals US government software source code
A Chinese computer programmer has been arrested in New York for having allegedly copied and stolen the source code of software developed by the US Treasury Department, …
Reactions from the security community to the Trustworthy Computing Initiative
This week, Microsoft is celebrating 10 years of its Trustworthy Computing Initiative (TwC). One of the most well-known outcomes of Trustworthy Computing is the Microsoft …
10 years of Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing Initiative
Ten years ago this week, during a time when security problems were threatening trust in software products, Bill Gates sent an email to all Microsoft full-time employees …
Smart network cloud application platform
NETGEAR announced its Smart Network Cloud Application Platform, a new technology platform that enables consumers to purchase and download apps from the cloud for their home …
Biometric technologies for Android
Neurotechnology announced their new line of embedded biometric technologies, including VeriFinger Embedded SDK for fingerprint biometrics, VeriLook Embedded SDK for face …