An issue largely ignored because the security risk was deemed only theoretical might soon become a significant and dangerous security risk, according to Web application security vendor Watchfire Inc.

A bit of commonly ignored, leftover code found in many applications could give attackers a chance to remotely control or load malware onto your systems, a research team said this week. Jonathan Afek ...

© All content copyright NBR. Do not reproduce, even if you have a paid subscription. A long-latent software glitch identified as a “dangling pointer” was ...