The Morris worm of 1988 was one of those industry-shaking experiences that revealed how quickly a worm could spread using a vulnerability known as a buffer overflow or buffer overrun. Around 6,000 of ...

In mid-May, a nasty security bug was discovered in popular messaging app WhatsApp that allowed hackers to install powerful malware on iPhone and Android devices. Interestingly, to exploit the bug, ...

In 1978 VAX/VMS was the operating system of choice on the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) VAX processors. (Berkeley Unix was also an option). VAX/VMS and its successor OpenVMS includes virtual ...

ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization) is a memory exploitation mitigation technique used on both Linux and Windows systems. Learn how to tell if it's running, enable/disable it, and get a view of ...

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A lot of the recent MS security patches are buffer related. "Unchecked buffer" this, "buffer overflow" that, etc, etc...<BR><BR>This may be a very deep question, but I'm going to ask it anyway in ...

The BSD libc library was updated recently to address a buffer overflow vulnerability that could have allowed an attacker to execute arbitrary code. The BSD libc library was updated recently to address ...

A person who we think is a lady with her HP printer in happier times. HP has confirmed that a large number of its printer models are vulnerable to a new "Critical" buffer overflow bug with a CVSS ...