NSA’s Plea: Stop Using C and C++ (Because You’re Idiots) - Security Boulevard

Don’t shoot the messenger: The C and C++ languages are unsafe. Instead, the U.S. National Security Agency would like devs to use memory-safe languages—because most security vulnerabilities are caused by bugs in memory usage.

3/ His prescription: Switch to languages such as @RustLang, like some of the #Linux kernel team are doing.

In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we’re only *slightly* sarcastic. At @TechstrongGroup’s @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/VL493if9l1 #Rust #NSA

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) November 11, 2022