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MITRE shares 2024’s top 25 most dangerous software weaknesses
MITRE has shared this year’s top 25 list of the most common and dangerous software weaknesses behind more than 31,000 vulnerabilities disclosed between June 2023 and June 2024. Software weaknesses refer to flaws, bugs, vulnerabilities, and errors found in software’s code, architecture, implementation, or design. Attackers can exploit them to breach systems where the vulnerable software is running, enabling them…
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10 Best Free Project Management Software and Tools
There is no doubt that project management solutions can help streamline workflows and boost team productivity. While the advanced features available have a wide variety of use cases, for many people a basic or free version is enough to get the job done. A solopreneur or small team may opt-in for the free version of a project management tool as…
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AI tools aren’t helping developers save time on software testing – but small teams are reaping the rewards
AI is doing little to help developers with the most time-consuming and painful parts of their daily workflows, according to new research. In a survey commissioned by Rainforest, three-quarters of developers using open source frameworks for test automation said they were using AI to assist with test writing and/or maintenance, both of which are notoriously time-consuming tasks. However, the productivity…
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7 Best CRM Software for Startups
Investing in a CRM tool can be a big jump from managing customer information in worksheets and loose documents, but startups can greatly benefit from implementing this type of software. Top providers like HubSpot, Pipedrive, and Zoho CRM can help startups create and fine-tune effective marketing and sales processes and workflows, monitor team performance, and solidify and secure data organization.…
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Want developers to build secure software? You need to ditch these two programming languages
The memory safety of programming languages has been a hot topic for a number of years in the development community. Popular, high-performance languages like C and C++ suffer from the same weakness, namely they are vulnerable to bugs associated with how they use memory, which threat actors can take advantage of. Common classes of memory safety vulnerabilities are buffer overflow,…
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Sundar Pichai says more than 25% of Google’s code is now AI-generated – and it’s a big hint at the future of software development
Over a quarter (25%) of Google’s internal source code is AI-generated, according to CEO Sundar Pichai, hinting at what’s in store for the future of development at big tech firms. Speaking during a recent earnings call, Pichai explained that the firm is using AI within its development teams to improve coding processes, as well as to boost productivity and efficiency.…
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How the channel helps organizations curb software sprawl by focusing on process
The economic conditions in the years following the COVID-19 pandemic offered many organizations access to incremental capital and additional funding, which led them to increase their spending on software to enable remote work and increase digital transformation. The rapid adoption of specialized software left many organizations with an overcrowded and disconnected technology stack, however, negatively impacting their productivity and efficiency.…
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5 Key Call Center Software Features + How to Judge Them
Many call center software features have no major impact on performance. Only a select few capabilities separate top vendors from the rest, and those are the ones to focus on. In this guide, we’ll break down the five essential features that define effective call center software — covering everything from must-have communication tools to analytics that drive real insights. We’ll…
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Software Makers Encouraged to Stop Using C/C++ by 2026
The federal government is encouraging software manufacturers to ditch C/C++ and take other actions that could “reduce customer risk,” according to the Product Security Best Practices report. In particular, CISA and the FBI set a deadline of Jan. 1, 2026, for compliance with memory safety guidelines. The report covers guidelines and recommendations rather than mandatory rules, particularly for software manufacturers…
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Thoughtworks Reports Rapid Growth in AI Tools for Software Dev
AI tools and techniques are rapidly expanding in software as organisations aim to streamline large language models for practical applications, according to a recent report by tech consultancy Thoughtworks. However, improper use of these tools can still pose challenges for companies. In the firm’s latest Technology Radar, 40% of the 105 identified tools, techniques, platforms, languages, and frameworks labeled as…
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