With the proliferation of IoT devices come increased embedded security attacks. Historically, embedded system engineers have ignored device-layer security despite the many areas of embedded devices ...

Historically, embedded engineers have ignored device layer security. While chip vendors have added device lockdown and secure boot features, these represent only the first steps – embedded devices ...

Fuzz testing, commonly known as fuzzing, is an automated software testing strategy that involves providing invalid, unexpected, or random data as inputs to computer programmes. Its primary aim is to ...

[Michael Lynch]’s adventures in configuring Nix to automate fuzz testing is a lot of things all rolled into one. It’s not only a primer on fuzz testing (a method of finding bugs) but it’s also a ...

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Microsoft announced a cloud-based fuzz testing service called Project Springfield that identifies software bugs in applications that could turn into vulnerabilities. Microsoft announced a cloud-based ...

Fuzz testing is a highly effective technique for locating vulnerabilities in software. Malformed and unexpected inputs are delivered to the target software, and when failures occur, vulnerabilities ...