Dangling pointers might not create as many security issues as they used to, but this common programming error can still crash systems and present a serious threat ...

An issue largely ignored because the security risk was deemed only theoretical might soon become a significant and dangerous security risk, according to Web application security vendor Watchfire Inc.

In the past, fairly common programming errors called dangling pointers were often seen as quality control problems rather than security issues. In 2005, for example, a dangling pointer in Internet ...