Secure Coding in C and C++ Summary.pptVIP

Secure Coding in C and C++ Secure Coding with C and C++ Gauging the Threat Security Concepts C and C++ Development Platforms Running With Scissors The W32.Blaster.Worm Discovered on August 11, 2003. Infected unpatched system connected to the Internet without user involvement. At least eight million Windows systems have been infected by this worm [Lemos 04]. Economic Damage $500M$ The W32.Blaster.Worm Blaster: Checks to see if the computer is already infected. Adds “windows auto update” = “msblast.exe” to registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Run Ru