Computerworld

Buffer Overflow

Can there be too much of a good thing? That’s certainly true for computer input. Do an Internet search on the term buffer overflow, and you’ll come up with hundreds of thousands of links, most related ...
Linux Journal

Buffer Overflow Attacks and Their Countermeasures

Buffer overflow problems always have been associated with security vulnerabilities. In the past, lots of security breaches have occurred due to buffer overflow. This article attempts to explain what ...
Threat Post

Buffer Overflow in BSD libc Library Patched

The BSD libc library was updated recently to address a buffer overflow vulnerability that could have allowed an attacker to execute arbitrary code. The BSD libc library was updated recently to address ...
Ars Technica

Fixing a buffer overflow on the command line

This is a bit *nix and a bit programming, but I was hoping someone here could help me out. We're having a discussion over in the Ars Mac Ach about some recent security issues with OS X. One of them is ...
The Conversation

Buffer overflows are the ghosts that will always be among us

John Clark does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
Computer Weekly

High-performance computing and mainframe refresh limit server decline

Mainframe upgrades and high performance computing (HPC) have helped to limit the decline in server sales for Q2 2015, according to analyst IDC. In the second quarter of 2015 the EMEA server market saw ...
Ars Technica

Buffer overflow exploit can bypass Activation Lock on iPads running iOS 10.1.1

Apple's Activation Lock feature, introduced in iOS 7 in 2013, deters thieves by associating your iPhone and iPad with your Apple ID. Even if a thief steals your device, puts it into Recovery Mode, and ...