Memory corruption (e.g., buffer overflows, random writes, memory allocation bugs, or uncontrolled format strings) is one of the oldest and most exploited problems in computer science. Low-level languages like C or C++ trade memory safety and type safety for performance: the compiler adds no bound checks and no type …
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As you might have heard (or not) YouPorn Chat had a huge information leak on February 21st 2012. One of their servers served a directory with all registration log files from the last couple of years (http://chat.youporn.com/tmp). Apparently this chat server is not serviced by …
28c3 - 28th Chaos Communication Congress & Berlin Sides or a tough week in Berlin

Last week we celebrated that special time of the year again. For me it was the 8th time that we went to the Chaos Communication Congress and the 3rd time that I had a talk. This year we also had tokens for the BerlinSides, a side conference with only technical …
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