‘Memsad’ software rot threatens to leak your digital secrets
The Parallax
APRIL 2, 2019
VANCOUVER—If coding and updating software is like building and maintaining a house, one might say software that leaks passcodes is like a home with a rotting foundation—but you don’t know it. The first vulnerability stems from compilers’ failure to always instruct software to clear mission-critical data from the computer’s memory.
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