From the course: Developing Secure Software (2015)
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Threats to software security
From the course: Developing Secure Software (2015)
Threats to software security
- [Instructor] What do you think are the major threats to software security? The first thing that comes to your mind maybe hackers with malicious intentions. Yes, they're clearly a threat, but there are many others out there you may not have even thought about. Take software engineers. If they develop computer applications that are inherently vulnerable to tempering, we can consider them a software security threat vector too. Here, the term threat vector refers to a means through which cyber security criminals gain unauthorized access to protected resources. There are well-documented real-life stories in which some disgruntled employees plant logic bombs into their code, which cause malfunctions or trigger backdoors at a later time. Therefore, it's critical to conduct code review by peers to avoid future attacks at the code level. Hardware could also present a threat. You must have heard horror stories about hostile…
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