C and C++, two of the most widely used programming languages, are not memory-safe by default. And while developers can make them safer through diligent adherence to best practices and the application ...

Google's Chrome team is looking at heap scanning to reduce memory-related security flaws in Chrome's C++ codebase, but the technique creates a toll on memory – except when newer Arm hardware is ...

NSA to developers: Think about switching from C and C++ to a memory safe programming language For many developers, that could mean a shift towards C#, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust, and Swift.

The answer comes with a new generation of systems programming languages like Go and Rust, languages that have the memory-safe designs of .Net with the speed of C and C++.

A critical part of any parallel program is scalable memory allocation, which includes use of new as well as explicit calls to malloc, calloc, or realloc.Options include TBBmalloc (Intel Threading ...

How to Implement Memory-Safe Programming Languages. Memory safety vulnerabilities affect how memory can be accessed, written, allocated, or deallocated. They come in two broad categories: Spatial: ...

Use Rust or C#, abandon C++: Five Eyes agencies warn about memory safety in programming languages Software developers need to step up their secure-by-design game, and fast By Alfonso Maruccia ...