Can your coding style predict whether your code is vulnerable?

Developers leave fingerprints in the code they write. Naming choices, indentation patterns, preferred APIs, and the way someone structures a loop or handles a pointer all carry traces of individual habit. Researchers have used these stylistic signals for years to identify the authors of anonymous code samples, sometimes with surprising accuracy. A team at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is now applying the same idea to a different question: can stylistic patterns also reveal which … More →

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