New Hack Exploits Common Programming Error

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday July 23, 2007 @05:27AM from the gibson-unavailable-for-comment dept.

buzzardsbay writes "TechTarget's security editor, Dennis Fisher is reporting that researchers at Watchfire Inc. have discovered a reliable method for exploiting a common programming error, which until now had been considered simply a quality problem and not a security vulnerability. According to the article, the researchers stumbled upon the method for remotely exploiting dangling pointers by chance while they were running the company's AppScan software against a Web server. The good folks at Watchfire will detail the technique in a presentation at the Black Hat Briefings in Las Vegas in August, Fisher writes."

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does anyone know by Anonymous Coward · 2007-07-23 05:33 · Score: -1, Troll

why slashdot sucks so much?

the fucked up moderation system.

fuck you all. this website fails.
yeah by the+magnificent+mist · 2007-07-23 06:28 · Score: -1, Troll

fuck it fuck this faggot shit