The man who found the flaw on computer code has a warning for the year it will be a danger again. BBC News & Current Affairs via Getty Images Peter de Jager had New Year’s Eve 1999 all mapped ...

Why do we call programming errors ‘Bugs’? Apparently we call them bugs because Grace Hopper found the first computer “bug”: a moth stuck between the relays o This morning my iPhone crashed.

Virtually all compilers -- programs that transform human-readable source code into computer-executable machine code -- are vulnerable to an insidious attack in which an adversary can introduce ...

If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then the computer science corollary must be "a picture is worth 1,000 lines of C++ code." That's certainly the case for the computer science students at the ...

Integer overflows are one of the most common bugs in computer programs -- not only causing programs to crash but, even worse, potentially offering points of attack for malicious hackers. Computer ...

The computer scientist who hunts for costly bugs in crypto code Programming errors on the blockchain can mean $100 million lost in the blink of an eye. Ronghui Gu and his company CertiK are trying ...

The Cyclone compiler will rewrite the code or suggest fixes to avoid potential bugs. Even if a bug still occurs, the compiled system will lead the program to halt safely, not crash. Scale up ...