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The hunt is on for file format bugs

Posted by Sachin Garg on 31st July 2005 | Permanent Link

ZDnet has this interesting article on how flaws in the way applications handle compressed file formats are drawing interest among security researchers, according to speakers at the Black Hat security conference here.

They have speculated that “There could be a significant increase in the discovery of such flaws” and one has to agree with this.

iDefense, a security intelligence company, is making available tools that let researchers automate the discovery of file format vulnerabilities. The company released the tools on Thursday in conjunction with Black Hat.