In a press release published, the National Security Agency (NSA) says it's making a strategic shift toward security-safe programming languages μνήμη.
The service advises organizations to explore such changes themselves using languages such as C#, Go, Java, Ruby or Swift.
The cybersecurity fact sheet “Software Memory Security” (PDF) highlights how malicious cyber actors can exploit memory mismanagement issues to gain access to sensitive information, run unauthorized code and cause other adverse effects.
"Memory management issues have been exploited for decades and are still very common today," said Neal Ziring, Cybersecurity CTO. "We must consistently use memory-safe languages and other protections when developing software to eliminate these weaknesses from malicious cyber actors."
Microsoft and Microsoft Google have stated that software memory security issues are behind about 70 percent of their vulnerabilities. Poor memory management can also lead to technical issues such as incorrect program results, degradation of program performance over time, and various other errors.
The NSA recommends that organizations use memory-safe languages where possible and harden it protection of the code, with compiler options, tool options and operating systems settings.
The full report is available here (PDF).