World’s Most Dangerous Coding Mistakes Uncovered

The world’s most dangerous coding mistakes have been put together by the US National Security Agency which contains 25 entries that can lead to security holes or vulnerable areas that can be targeted by cyber criminals.

Experts say many of these errors are not well understood by programmers.

According to the SANS Institute in Maryland, just two of the errors led to more than 1.5m web site security breaches during 2008.

It is thought that this is the first time the industry has reached agreement on the worst things that can creep into software as it is being written.

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World's Most Dangerous Coding Mistakes Uncovered