The Underhanded C Contest

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Author: ccabraldev

Date: 7/1/2026

Article Summary:

The article discusses the 2015 Underhanded C Contest, where participants were challenged to write innocent-looking C code that implements a malicious function, specifically a bug in a nuclear verification program.