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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: 3, Touché) by Nerdfest on Monday April 24 2017, @02:36AM (1 child)

    by Nerdfest (80) on Monday April 24 2017, @02:36AM (#498631)

    No language *prevents* vulnerabilities (well, some prevent some types), but PHP seems to actively *encourage* them.

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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Monday April 24 2017, @09:53AM

    by kaszz (4211) on Monday April 24 2017, @09:53AM (#498749) Journal

    Some languages also seems to attract the lower end genepool like flies to shit ;)