You may have seen this sensational bit of programming news over the last week.

Researchers have identified the top 25 mitakes that create the most common and deangerous security problems. Apparently, 2 of the most common errors are responsible for 80% of all problems. (em, sorry, I read that somewhere and can’t find the reference!)

More information about the errors, and the background of the research available here.

http://www.sans.org/top25errors/

Might be something worth passing along to students. What are some ways to engage students with this in class?

A programmer here in Ireland summarized the list here: João Rufino’s Blog

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