Buffer overrun attack is a very common attack utilized by hackers.  This type of attack is not new.  This attack utilizes poor coding practices in C and C++ code, with the handling of string functions. The following code is an example of a buffer ...

The term "bespoke" comes from England where it originally referred to custom or tailor-made clothing. In recent years, however, the term has been applied to information technology (IT), and refers to custom services or products. For example, bespoke software is software customized for a specific purpose. Bespoke programs may include custom ...

Lots of programs are written with the pervasive assumption that enough resources will be available. Many programs don't even think about what will happen if not enough resources are available, and sometimes they do the wrong thing. So look to see what happens if there's not enough memory and some allocations ...

A buffer overflow occurs when you write a string (usually a string of characters) into an array, and keep on writing past the end of the array, overwriting whatever happened to be after the array. Security-problem buffer-overflows can arise in several situations: when reading input directly into a buffer; when copying ...

If a program has a bug in it that manifests under extreme circumstances, then normally, it's a minor annoyance. Usually, you can just avoid the extreme circumstances, and the bug isn't a problem. You could duplicate the effect of tickling the bug by writing your own program, if ...

Formalization is the process of making explicit the entire deductive structure of an argument / proof, in such a way that a computer could easily* check that it follows. (*: "easily", according to the de Bruijn criterion, means that the proof checker is small. ) Note: "deductive" does not imply ...