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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 24 2017, @06:39PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 24 2017, @06:39PM (#498988)

    (Emulating AC) The answer is that all antisocial nerds will be sent to the gas chamber because the rich won't fund universal basic income. The worth is one Greyhound bus ticket to the nearest gas chamber location.