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Top-Ranked Programming Web Tutorials Introduce Vulnerabilities Into Software

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday April 23 2017, @08:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the then-again-it's-PHP dept.

MrPlow writes:

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/

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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 23 2017, @08:54PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 23 2017, @08:54PM (#498509)

    https://github.com/TheMightyBuzzard

    232 contributions in the last year

    Only 232?? What the fuck is wrong with you, Niggery?

    Why the Wimpy fucking Buzzard ain't gaming the fucking system like a real rockstar coder?

    Shit, you got no excuse!

    https://github.com/avinassh/rockstar [github.com]

    Get your fucking ShitHub profile pimped out, stupid black ass cocksucker!!!

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  • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday April 24 2017, @04:28PM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday April 24 2017, @04:28PM (#498921) Homepage Journal

    That's prairie nigger, thank you very much.

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