Introduction
Understand the root causes of software vulnerabilities through an analogy that explains injection attacks. Learn how attackers exploit flaws where data is misinterpreted as executable instructions, setting the stage for defending against threats like SQL injection and XSS.
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Where do vulnerabilities come from?
Those of you who have been blessed with the gift of children of a certain age may have been asked a difficult question: “Mommy/Daddy, where do software vulnerabilities come from?”
It’s a good question. Why do we have software vulnerabilities at all? Computers are fast and getting faster all the time. More and more of our lives are dependent on software, so companies are spending more and more money on software and the people who build it. We have tools like antivirus software and machine learning. So why do computers keep getting broken into?
In many ...