Risk: Informational
The US National Security Agency has helped put together a list of the world's most dangerous coding mistakes.
The list of 25 entries contains errors that can lead to security holes or vulnerable areas that can be targeted by cyber criminals.
More than 30 organisations, including the US National Security Agency, the Department of Homeland Security, Microsoft and Symantec published the document.
"The top 25 list gives developers a minimum set of coding errors that must be eradicated before software is used by customers," said Chris Wysopal, chief technology officer with Veracode.