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Category Archives: buffer-overflow
What happens when you add one to an integer?
It depends. You saw in the previous post that there are plenty of different integer types, some with known sizes and some where the size is set by the implementation. Well for each size of integer type there are two … Continue reading
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On the top 5 iOS appsec issues
Nearly 13 months ago, the Intrepidus Group published their top 5 iPhone application development security issues. Two of them are valid issues, the other three they should perhaps have thought longer over. The good Sensitive data unprotected at rest Secure … Continue reading
Posted in buffer-overflow, code-level, Crypto, Data Leakage, Encryption, iPad, iPhone, ssl, Updates, user-error, Vulnerability
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On localisation and security
Hot on the heels of Uli’s post on the problems of translation, I present another problem you might encounter while localising your code. This is a genuine bug (now fixed, of course) in code I have worked on in the … Continue reading
Posted in buffer-overflow, l10n, Mac, Vulnerability
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