Category: Trojan

‘Trojan Source’ Bug Threatens the Security of All Code

krebsonsecurity.com

2025-12-302021-11-01 by recentic librarian

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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 targeted vulnerabilities into any software without being detected, new research released today warns. … Read more

Trojan Source: Invisible Vulnerabilities

lightbluetouchpaper.org

2025-12-302021-11-01 by Ross Anderson

Today we are releasing Trojan Source: Invisible Vulnerabilities, a paper describing cool new tricks for crafting targeted vulnerabilities that are invisible to human code reviewers. Until now, an adversary wanting to smuggle a vulnerability into software could try inserting an … Read more