After two years of being beaten down with memory-safety warnings, the C++ community has published a proposal to help developers write less vulnerable code. The Safe C++ Extensions proposal addresses the vulnerable programming language's Achilles' heel, ensuring that code is free of memory safety bugs. "This is a revolutionary proposal that adds memory safety features to the C++ programming language," said the president and executive director of the C++ Alliance last week. "This collaboration
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The Internet runs on open-source software (OSS). It is probably fair to say that open source is everywhere. The Linux kernel, one of the building blocks of open source, is embedded in everything from most supercomputers, cloud computing, billions of phones, and most operating systems. “Open Source” software, as its name suggests, is available to anyone, and it poses a particular challenge in tracking what is happening at all times. This, in turn, leads to the potential for unique and serious
No, the current US presidential administration has not created a game show, but it has launched a competition offering millions of dollars in prize money for creating new artificial intelligence systems that can defend critical software from hackers. Competitors vying for some of the $18.5 million in prize money will need to design novel AI systems that quickly find and fix software vulnerabilities in electric grids, subways or other key networks that could be exploited by hackers, a Biden admi
