Everything is broken

in security on 2014-05-24 16:40 (#3MW)

Journalist Quinn Norton writes on the broken culture of computer security. From complex software flawed with 0-days to human error and general culture prone to feeling powerless, she explains how security is currently just a mirage.

Is computer security really just a wishful dream?

Learn from nature (Score: 1)

by gerty@pipedot.org on 2014-05-25 10:49 (#1WS)

Accidentally, an article in this week's Economist addresses the first issue, i.e. software implementation. If software can be ensured to be functionally equivalent with differences in underlying code, that would potentially restrict mass-targeted attacks.