Auto-inferring error specifications is the next frontier of security
mboehme_ · x · 2026-11-02
Researcher mboehme argues that what constitutes a security issue is often domain- and even program-specific, and automatically inferring these "error specifications" will be security's next frontier. Defensive security defends against known attack classes; offensive security reveals which attacks exist in the first place.
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