In the previous article we looked at designing a lock-free ring buffer (LFRB) in Ada, contrasting and comparing it with the C++-based version which it is based on, and highlighting the Ada way of ...

One of the most prevalent types of attack on networked computers is the buffer overflow. Searching for such vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Knowledge Base returns many hundreds of examples -- it's the ...

The Morris worm of 1988 was one of those industry-shaking experiences that revealed how quickly a worm could spread using a vulnerability known as a buffer overflow or buffer overrun. Around 6,000 of ...