A type of security flaw in Perl applications that experts thought could lead only to a denial-of-service attack is now believed to be much more serious. Dyad Security on Tuesday warned of a so-called ...

As the Internet of Things develops, embedded devices are being deployed in environments where attackers can take advantage of source code level security vulnerabilities. Embedded software developers ...

The Perl Foundation has toned down a warning on a type of vulnerability commonly found in applications written in the Perl programming language. Two weeks after experts sounded an alarm on so-called ...

With version 10.10 (Opera Unite) of its browser, Opera has fixed a format string vulnerability which can potentially be exploited to compromise systems. Read the full article. [The H Security] With ...

Topic ===== Format string vulnerability in gnupg. Problem Description ===== GnuPG contains a format string vulnerability which can be triggered simply by attempting to decrypt a file with a specially ...