The R language for statistical computing has creeped back into the top 10 in Tiobe’s monthly index of programming language popularity. “Programming language R is known for fitting statisticians and ...

We did an informal poll around the Hackaday bunker and decided that, for most of us, our favorite programming language is solder. However, [Stephen Cass] over at IEEE Spectrum released their annual ...

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was initially called Altair BASIC before becoming Microsoft BASIC, and it was ...

Attackers are targeting operational technology (OT) networks via a critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw in a popular set of Erlang libraries used for critical infrastructure and OT development.

A max-severity RCE vulnerability in Erlang’s OTP SSH daemon, CVE-2025-32433, was actively exploited in OT networks across six countries, targeting firewalls in critical infrastructure sectors. A ...

The recently patched Erlang/OTP flaw CVE-2025-32433 has been exploited since early May, shortly after its existence came to light. An Erlang/OTP vulnerability whose existence came to light in ...

Ada, a programming language born in the late 70s, has managed to break into the top 10 of the TIOBE Index for July 2025. The sudden return of this old-timer has developers debating whether it’s a ...

Every so often, someone creates or changes a programming language. In the process, these language creators make a number of design choices. They may wonder whether to ...

Erlang/OTP is a set of libraries for the Erlang programming language. Prior to versions OTP-27.3.3, OTP-26.2.5.11, and OTP-25.3.2.20, a SSH server may allow an attacker to perform unauthenticated ...

Cisco is investigating the impact of a recently disclosed Erlang/OTP vulnerability and it has confirmed that several of its products are affected by the critical remote code execution flaw. It came to ...

Each year, the code-sharing platform GitHub releases its ‘State of the Octoverse’ report, which among other things ranks the popularity of programming languages. The latest report, released in October ...

A critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in the Erlang/Open Telecom Platform (OTP) SSH implementation that could permit an attacker to execute arbitrary code sans any authentication under ...