This is a fully revised and updated security bestseller - complete with five new sins. Michael Howard and David LeBlanc, who teach Microsoft employees and the world how to secure code, have partnered again with John Viega, who uncovered the original 19 deadly programming sins. They have completely updated their book to address the most recent vulnerabilities and have added five brand-new sins affecting mobile devices. "24 Deadly Sins of Software Security" reveals the most common security coding errors and explains how to fix each one - or better yet, avoid them from the start. Essential for all software developers, the book covers all platforms, languages, and types of applications. 'Ninety-five percent of software bugs are caused by the same 19 programming flaws' - Amit Yoran, Former Director, Department of Homeland Security's National Cyber Security Division.

Table of Contents

Part I: Web Application Sins; Chapter 1: SQL Injection; Chapter 2: Server Side Cross-Site Scripting; Chapter 3: Web-Client Related Vulnerabilities; Part II: Implementation Sins; Chapter 4: Use of Magic URLs Chapter 5: Buffer Overruns; Chapter 6: Format String Problems; Chapter 7: Integer Overflows; Chapter 8: C++ Catastrophes; Chapter 9: Catching All Exceptions; Chapter 10: Command Injection; Chapter 11: Failure to Handle Errors; Chapter 12: Information Leakage; Chapter 13: Race Conditions; Chapter 14: Poor Usability; Chapter 15: Not Updating Easily; Part III: Cryptographic Sins; Chapter 16: Not Using Least Priveleges; Chapter 17: Weak Password Systems; Chapter 18: Unauthenticated Key Exchange; Chapter 19: Random Numbers;Part IV: Networking Sins; Chapter 20: Wrong Algorithm; Chapter 21: Failure to Protect Network Traffic; Chapter 22: Trusting Name Resolution; Part V: Stored Data Sins; Chapter 23: Improper Use of SSL/TLS; Chapter 24: Failure to Protect Stored Data

About the Author

Michael Howard is is a principal security program manager on the Trustworthy Computing Group's Security Engineering team at Microsoft. He is the author or coauthor of many well-known software security books and is an editor of IEEE Security & Privacy. David LeBlanc, Ph.D., is a principal software development engineer on the Microsoft Office security team. He is a coauthor, with Michael Howard, of Writing Secure Code (Microsoft Press). John Viega is CTO of the SaaS Business Unit at McAfee and was previously their chief security architect. He is the author of five other security books. Mr. Viega first defined the 19 deadly sins of software security for the Department of Homeland Security.