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Rust/C++ interop in the Android Platform

Google Security

As we discussed previously , we have too much C++ to consider ignoring it, rewriting all of it is infeasible, and rewriting older code would likely be counterproductive as the bugs in that code have largely been fixed. For Rust interoperability with C, the C application binary interface (ABI) is already sufficient.

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Android is slowly mastering memory management vulnerabilities

Malwarebytes

Recently we wrote about why the NSA wants you to shift to memory safe programming languages. And the best way to prevent memory management issues is to use a memory-safe language, which manages memory automatically instead of relying on a programmer to code things correctly. These are all memory management issues. The numbers.

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Taking the next step: OSS-Fuzz in 2023

Google Security

In addition, we’ve also established two new reward categories that reward wider improvements across all OSS-Fuzz projects, with up to $11,337 available per category. For more details, see the fully updated rules for our dedicated OSS-Fuzz Reward Program.

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News alert: Simbian launches with $10M to build autonomous, GenAI-powered security platform

The Last Watchdog

Its founding team comprises leading AI researchers and security veterans who have created security products in broad use across enterprises today, and have 150+ patents across large language models, cloud computing, encryption, scalable architecture, transistors, and hardware design.

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Bugs in open-source libraries impact 70% of modern software

Security Affairs

“The number of external libraries found in any given application varies quite a bit depending on the language in which the application is being developed.” In addition, most languages feature the same set of core libraries.” ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Android Trojan GriftHorse, the gift horse you definitely should look in the mouth

Malwarebytes

To enhance the effectiveness of the campaign, the group showed pages to users based on the geolocation of their IP address and addressed them in the local language. This social engineering trick is very successful, since users are always more comfortable sharing information on a website in their local language. How it works.

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GCHQ implements World War II cipher machines in encryption app CyberChef

Security Affairs

CyberChef is “a simple, intuitive web app for analyzing and decoding data without having to deal with complex tools or programming languages.” CyberChef is a powerful tool for data analysis that could be used by multiple categories of users, including mathematicians, data analysts, developers, and even casual puzzle solvers.