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07-23-2007, 01:26 PM
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| Security/Hacking Mod  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: USA
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|  New Hack Technique Exploits Common Programming Error New Hack Technique Exploits Common Programming Error Researchers say they have discovered a reliable method of exploiting a common programming error which has long been considered a quality issue, no a security issue. Jonathan Afek and Adi Sharabani of Watchfire stumbled upon the method for remotely exploiting dangling pointers by chance while they were running the company's AppScan software against a Web server. The server crashed in the middle of the scan and after some investigation, the pair found that a dangling pointer had been the culprit. |
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