Tom Scott

From Missingno to Heartbleed: Buffer Exploits and Buffer Overflows (2014x52)

Fecha de emisión: Abr 08, 2014

Buffer exploits are one of the basic bugs of computer science. They're responsible for glitches in games, for all sorts of viruses and exploits, and any number of technical disasters. Here's the basics of how they work, and a non-technical breakdown of Heartbleed, this week's rather startling attack.