Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard
Researchers have checked 64,000+ GitHub projects, and found 117 vulnerabilities introduced through the use of code from popular programming tutorials.
Things like this are why I would never hire a professional programmer without an online portfolio of source code to check for Blatant Stupidity.
Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2017/04/21/programming-tutorials-vulnerabilities/
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday April 23 2017, @08:51PM
Why steal code from a repo when you could just go to the site and view the source?