Exploits. In most information technology circles these days,the term exploits has become synonymous with vulnerabilities or in some cases,buffer overflows. It is not only a scary word that can keep you up at night wondering if you purchased the best firewalls,configured your new host-based intrusion prevention system correctly,and have patched your entire environment,but can enter the security water-cooler discussions faster than McAfee’s new wicked anti-virus software or Symantec’s latest acquisition.
Exploits are proof that the computer science,or software programming,community still does not have an understanding (or,more importantly,firm knowledge) of how to design,create,and implement secure code.