Security Experts Released 25 Most Hazardous Programming Blunders

A report entitled "CWE/SANS TOP 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors", prepared by security experts from over 30 international and US cyber security companies, disclosed the 25 most dangerous programming blunders committed by software developers which led to the creation of security flaws allowing Internet spying and crime.

The report showed that only two blunders from the lot resulted in security breaches on over 1.5 Million websites in 2008. Those security breaches in turn compromised PCs of users visiting the infected websites, converting the systems into zombie machines.

Security specialists said that the blunders could have some serious implications. For instance, the 'CWE-89: Failure to Pr...

» SPAMfighter News - 19-01-2009