(click to enlarge) The results page of a static analysis tool. In this example, the tool found 1400 uninitialized variables in less than 20 minutes. Recently the FDA software forensics lab announced ...

One of the best ways to protect your software project from avoidable bugs is the use of Java static code analysis tools. These tools can help identify and fix problematic code before it reaches ...

being a user of PCLINT for some years now (private and professional), I was thinking whether some static analysis tool could help our company to spot issues like 32 vs. 64bit discrepancies and - more ...

With the growing number of cybersecurity threats and stringent government policies, organizations are obliged to follow security measures to ensure robust protection at all times. This is where the ...

Static code analysis offers extensive insights into code that can help you improve code quality and security, the speed of development, and even team collaboration and planning. Here’s everything you ...

How exhaustive static analysis overcomes the limitations of traditional tests and static-analysis tools. How exhaustive static analysis identifies a buffer overflow by using code samples. How hardware ...

Static analysis has established itself as a "must-have" for the verification of critical software. Notably, it can find problems that are hard to uncover by testing, such as concurrency issues and ...

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Static analysis isn’t dead like some have suggested. Has static analysis lost some of it’s luster? Absolutely! Many of the studies would suggest that static analysis tools (commercial and open-source) ...

One of the problems with a standard C compiler is that it doesn’t look for potential flaws in a program's design, only in its coding. The use of a static code analyzer can help to improve firmware and ...