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Critical Delphi and C++Builder VCL library bug found
A buffer overflow vulnerability that could be exploited to execute malicious code has been discovered in the Visual Component Library (VCL) library of Embarcadero’s …
API security for connecting the enterprise cloud
In this interview, Don Bergal, COO at Managed Methods, answers questions regarding security around API based connections between an enterprise and the hybrid cloud. What …
New game sharpens secure coding skills
Today at Black Hat, Checkmarx launched Game of Hacks, a challenging game for software developers and security professionals to test their application hacking skills, improve …
Security contest rewards builders of secure systems
More often than not, computer security competitions come in the form of Capture The Flag (CTF) contests, and the emphasis is on breaking systems. This approach helps defenders …
Scan of Google Play apps reveals thousands of secret keys
A team of researchers from Columbia University has downloaded and decompiled over 880,000 applications found on Google Play, and has discovered – among other things …
NIST guidelines help developers build security in from the start
A new initiative by computer security experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks to bring widely recognized systems and software engineering …
Code analysis and app security testing simplified
Quotium announced the release of Seeker Enterprise 3.0, whose innovative technology correlates application behavior with simulated hacker’s attacks to pinpoint …
OpenBSD team forks OpenSSL to create safer SSL/TLS library
For all the talk about how something should be done to fix OpenSSL so that a Heartbleed situation is never again repeated, there has been little to no concrete action so far. …
ESET launches secure authentication SDK
ESET launched the ESET Secure Authentication Software Development Kit (SDK). With this release, ESET provides system architects with a comprehensive developer guide in three …
The security of the most popular programming languages
A new WhiteHat Security report takes a deeper look into the security of a number of the most popular programming languages including .Net, Java, ColdFusion, ASP and more. …
10,000 GitHub users inadvertently reveal their AWS secret access keys
GitHub developers who are also Amazon Web Services users are advised to check the code they made public on their project pages and to delete secret access keys for their AWS …
New free online software security training courses
The Software Assurance Forum for Excellence in Code (SAFECode), a non-profit organization working to increase trust in technology products and services through the advancement …