(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 ...

Over the years, medical devices have become increasingly dependent on software. They have evolved from the use of a metronome circuit for early cardiac pacemakers to functions that include ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A little while back, we were talking about utilizing compiler warnings as first step to make our C code less error-prone and increase its general stability and quality. We know now that the C compiler ...

Static analysis works on source code and tries to identify errors based on what it can tell about the program. For example, it can highlight “dead code” that will never execute. And sometimes it can ...

Qodana integrates into CI/CD pipelines and with JetBrains IDEs and uses static code analysis to flag code quality, security, and performance issues. JetBrains has just announced the public launch of ...