CATS: A New Communication and Telemetry System

CATS mobile transceiver in a 3d-printed case

CATS is a new communication and telemetry standard intended to surpass the current Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) standard by leveraging modern, super-cheap Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) transceivers rather than …read more Continue reading CATS: A New Communication and Telemetry System

Hackaday Links: March 10, 2024

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We all know that we’re living in a surveillance state that would make Orwell himself shake his head, but it looks like at least one company in this space has …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: March 10, 2024

White House Recommends Memory-Safe Programming Languages and Security-by-Design

A new report promotes preventing cyberattacks by using memory-safe languages and the development of software safety standards. Continue reading White House Recommends Memory-Safe Programming Languages and Security-by-Design

Can and should a penetration test report include an informational note about not having used a (by-design) memory-safe programming language?

Firstly, a quote from a good article about the importance of memory safety by memorysafety.org:

How common are memory safety vulnerabilities?
Extremely. A recent study found that 60-70% of vulnerabilities in iOS and macOS are memory safet… Continue reading Can and should a penetration test report include an informational note about not having used a (by-design) memory-safe programming language?

Google Contributes $1 Million to Rust, Says It Prevented Hundreds of Android Vulnerabilities

Google announces $1 million investment in improving Rust’s interoperability with legacy C++ codebases.
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