Think that software library is safe to use? Not so fast!

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10 Top Career Stories of 2014. View it in your browser The rise of China's smartphone makers. View it in your browser Network World Daily News AM January 02, 2015 Think that software library is safe to use? Not so fast! In today's world of agile software development and fast release cycles, developers increasingly rely on third-party libraries and components to get the job done. Since many of those libraries come from long-running, open-source projects, developers often assume they're getting well-written, bug-free code. They're wrong.The major patching efforts triggered by the Heartbleed, Shellshock and POODLE flaws this year serve as examples of the effect of critical vulnerabilities in third-party code. 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