Tag: software security
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Hacker News: Eliminating Memory Safety Vulnerabilities at the Source
Source URL: https://security.googleblog.com/2024/09/eliminating-memory-safety-vulnerabilities-Android.html Source: Hacker News Title: Eliminating Memory Safety Vulnerabilities at the Source Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Google’s approach to enhancing software security by addressing memory safety vulnerabilities through a strategy called Safe Coding. The emphasis on transitioning to memory-safe languages for new development has significantly…
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The Register: Google’s Rust belts bugs out of Android, helps kill off substantial unsafe code
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/25/google_rust_safe_code_android/ Source: The Register Title: Google’s Rust belts bugs out of Android, helps kill off substantial unsafe code Feedly Summary: Memory safety flaws used to represent 76% of ‘droid security holes. Now they account for 24% Google’s effort to prioritize memory-safe software development over the past six years has substantially reduced the number…
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Slashdot: CrowdStrike Overhauls Testing and Rollout Procedures To Avoid System Crashes
Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/24/195217/crowdstrike-overhauls-testing-and-rollout-procedures-to-avoid-system-crashes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: CrowdStrike Overhauls Testing and Rollout Procedures To Avoid System Crashes Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: CrowdStrike has enhanced its testing, validation, and update processes following a significant July outage affecting Windows systems globally. The company’s vice president emphasized new protocols designed to ensure more controlled software…
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Hacker News: Zep AI (YC W24) Is Hiring Standout AI Engineers
Source URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/zep-ai/jobs/llCvskY-ai-engineer Source: Hacker News Title: Zep AI (YC W24) Is Hiring Standout AI Engineers Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a job opportunity at Zep, a startup focused on creating a long-term memory layer for LLM applications. It emphasizes the need for an experienced AI Engineer with…
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Alerts: CISA and FBI Release Secure by Design Alert on Eliminating Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/09/17/cisa-and-fbi-release-secure-design-alert-eliminating-cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilities Source: Alerts Title: CISA and FBI Release Secure by Design Alert on Eliminating Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: Today, CISA and FBI released a Secure by Design Alert, Eliminating Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities, as a part of our ongoing effort to reduce the prevalence of vulnerability classes at scale. Vulnerabilities like cross-site scripting…
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The Register: The empire of C++ strikes back with Safe C++ blueprint
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/16/safe_c_plusplus/ Source: The Register Title: The empire of C++ strikes back with Safe C++ blueprint Feedly Summary: You pipsqueaks want memory safety? We’ll show you memory safety! We’ll borrow that borrow checker After two years of being beaten with the memory-safety stick, the C++ community has published a proposal to help developers write…
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Hacker News: CrowdStrike ex-employees: ‘Quality control was not part of our process’
Source URL: https://www.semafor.com/article/09/12/2024/ex-crowdstrike-employees-detail-rising-technical-errors-before-july-outage Source: Hacker News Title: CrowdStrike ex-employees: ‘Quality control was not part of our process’ Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights significant operational issues at CrowdStrike leading to a catastrophic software failure that resulted in widespread outages for major services. Former employees indicated that rushed development processes…
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Scott Logic: Evolving with AI from Traditional Testing to Model Evaluation I
Source URL: https://blog.scottlogic.com/2024/09/13/Evolving-with-AI-From-Traditional-Testing-to-Model-Evaluation-I.html Source: Scott Logic Title: Evolving with AI from Traditional Testing to Model Evaluation I Feedly Summary: Having worked on developing Machine Learning skill definitions and L&D pathway recently, in this blog post I have tried to explore the evolving role of test engineers in the era of machine learning, highlighting the key…
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The Register: ServiceNow moves its backend off MariaDB to homebrew Postgres
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/10/servicenow_xanadu_postgres_raptordb/ Source: The Register Title: ServiceNow moves its backend off MariaDB to homebrew Postgres Feedly Summary: Xanadu release also adds a Pro tier, along with lots more AI SaaSy workflow vendor ServiceNow has opted for a different database to back its applications, and will introduce it this week along with the new “Xanadu"…
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Hacker News: Google says replacing C/C++ in firmware with Rust is easy
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…