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Tag: C/C++

  • Google Online Security Blog: Leveling Up Fuzzing: Finding more vulnerabilities with AI

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    Source URL: http://security.googleblog.com/2024/11/leveling-up-fuzzing-finding-more.html Source: Google Online Security Blog Title: Leveling Up Fuzzing: Finding more vulnerabilities with AI Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses significant advancements in automated vulnerability discovery utilizing AI, specifically highlighting the OSS-Fuzz project’s recent successes with AI-powered fuzzing, which led to the identification of critical vulnerabilities, including…

  • The Register: To kill memory safety bugs in C code, try the TrapC fork

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/12/trapc_memory_safe_fork/ Source: The Register Title: To kill memory safety bugs in C code, try the TrapC fork Feedly Summary: Memory-safe variant is planned for next year Exclusive C and C++ programmers may not need to learn Rust after all to participate in the push for memory safety.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…

  • Hacker News: Feds: Critical Software Must Drop C/C++ by 2026 or Face Risk

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    Source URL: https://thenewstack.io/feds-critical-software-must-drop-c-c-by-2026-or-face-risk/ Source: Hacker News Title: Feds: Critical Software Must Drop C/C++ by 2026 or Face Risk Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI have issued a critical report warning software manufacturers about dangerous security practices, especially concerning the use of…

  • The Register: Codasip opens up SDK for CHERI protection on RISC-V chips

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/23/codasip_sdk_riscv_chip/ Source: The Register Title: Codasip opens up SDK for CHERI protection on RISC-V chips Feedly Summary: Alliance commits to Integrating the architecture into all high-tech products Processor design outfit Codasip is donating an SDK it developed for the CHERI security architecture to the industry body that promotes the technology, saying this will…

  • Hacker News: Google says replacing C/C++ in firmware with Rust is easy

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/06/google_rust_c_code_language/ Source: Hacker News Title: Google says replacing C/C++ in firmware with Rust is easy Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google is pushing for the adoption of the Rust programming language in firmware development, particularly in its Android Virtualization Framework. The transition from C and C++ to Rust is…

  • Google Online Security Blog: Deploying Rust in Existing Firmware Codebases

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    Source URL: http://security.googleblog.com/2024/09/deploying-rust-in-existing-firmware.html Source: Google Online Security Blog Title: Deploying Rust in Existing Firmware Codebases Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the integration of memory-safe programming languages, specifically Rust, into firmware development to enhance security and reduce vulnerabilities in Android and related systems. This approach to adopting Rust incrementally aims…