Open Source Security Shakeup: US and Allies Push for Memory-Safe Coding Crusade!

US, Canadian, and Australian cyber experts ring the alarm: 52% of open source projects flirt with danger, using memory-unsafe languages. Government report pushes for a love affair with safer code—will devs swipe right on memory safety?

Published: Added: June 27, 2024 at 9:29 amAssembled by: J J
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Open source, more like open sore, am I right? The US and its cybersecurity pals just gave the digital world a collective facepalm by pointing out that half of open source projects are coded in the digital equivalent of leaving your car unlocked... in a zombie apocalypse. Memory-unsafe languages are the leaky cauldrons in the code-witch's brew, and it's high time we switched recipes.

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