AndroidApplication SecurityBuffer OverflowInfographicStagefright Another Android Stagefright Vulnerability is Exposed Apr 6, 2016 by Paul Curran In mid March, the advanced software researchers at NorthBit released a video and detailed research PDF demonstrating proof of concept of a notorious exploit that can essentially offer hackers control over device hardware and data of certain Android phones. This latest exploit of Android’s Stagefright is referred to as “Metaphor.” Read More › AndroidApplication SecurityBuffer OverflowInfographicStagefright
Application SecurityBuffer OverflowStatic Application Security Testing Buffer Overflow: The Mother of All Vulnerabilities Dec 28, 2015 by Sharon Solomon The Buffer Overflow vulnerability has been around for almost 3 decades and it’s still going strong. Hackers all around the world continue to name it as their default tactic due to the huge number of susceptible web applications. But what steps are organizations (devs) taking to combat this vulnerability? What role does secure coding play in eliminating this threat? This article Read More › Application SecurityBuffer OverflowStatic Application Security Testing
AppleBuffer OverflowFormat String AttackInteger OverflowiOS Application SecurityObjective COS XStack overflowSwiftWWDC 2014 Swift Vulnerabilities: What the New Language Did Not Fix Aug 20, 2014 by Sharon Solomon Swift is a new language developed by Apple for iOS and OS X development. Introduced at Apple’s developer conference WWDC 2014, the language is designed to eventually replace Objective-C and provide several important benefits, one of which is greater resilience against erroneous code. This research, published originally on Dr.Dobb’s, covers how Swift compares with Objective-C Read More › AppleBuffer OverflowFormat String AttackInteger OverflowiOS Application SecurityObjective COS XStack overflowSwiftWWDC 2014