security flaw

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security
noun
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/sɪˈkjʊə.rə.ti/us
/səˈkjʊr.ə.t̬i/
protection of a person, building, organization, or country against threats such as crime or attacks by ...
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flaw
noun[C]
uk
/flɔː/us
/flɑː/
a fault, mistake, or weakness, especially one that happens while something is being planned or made, or that causes something not to ...
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(Definition ofsecurityandflawfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That's about as serious as asecurityflawcan get.
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It was written in 1998 by a university student as a demonstration of self-replicating java code as a potentialsecurityflaw.
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This way, each ground setting was different and the new procedure avoided thesecurityflawof double encoded message settings.
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The second problem was the repetition of the indicator, which was a serioussecurityflaw.
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Previously, anothersecurityflawwas that a script could automatically be opened as an attachment.
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Thesecurityflawwas known by the manufacturer at the time the product were on the market, but not corrected.
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In the spring of 2004, during his freshman year, he pointed out asecurityflawon the computer science departments website to department administrators, offering to fix it.
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Miller again acknowledged that he had advance knowledge of thesecurityflawprior to the competition, and had done considerable research and preparation work on the exploit.
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Once developed, a knowledge database can reduce the amount of standard security flaws used by lambda hackers.
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The early alpha version contained many bugs and security flaws, but feedback on the free software led to quick improvements.
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Critics have accused kernel developers of covering up security flaws or at least not announcing them.
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The actions of this group re-provoked the debate on the disclosure of security flaws.
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It also allows the library to be updated to fix bugs and security flaws without updating the applications that use the library.
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He specialises in, "finding security flaws in hardware devices and educating engineers on how to increase the security of their designs".
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Furthermore, it can not be verified if the servers are free of intentional or accidental security flaws.
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They also claimed to be drawing attention to computer security flaws and holes.
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The security experts found significant security flaws in all of the manufacturers' voting systems, flaws that could allow a single non-expert to compromise an entire election.
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Many advocate using the more recent and nuanced alternate terms when describing criminals and others who negatively take advantage of security flaws in software and hardware.
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Revealing the security flaws in locks with techniques as simple and effective as lock bumping, his work has forced many companies back to the drawing boards.
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Online retailers, for example, can demonstrate multimillion dollar losses due to network problems such as security flaws or a network collapse after a denial of service attack.
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