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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a security hole" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a vulnerability or weakness in a system that could be exploited by attackers.
Example: "The recent software update addressed a critical security hole that could have allowed unauthorized access to user data."
Alternatives: "a security vulnerability" or "a security flaw".
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A decade ago, hackers found a security hole in the company where he registered a website and stole his domain "just because they could," he said.
The new format allows for cross-realm authentication without introducing a security hole.
App Ops doesn't exploit a security hole; it just exposes something that's already there.
"Anyone who knows who and where you are is a security hole," he told me.
Breaking into other people's systems is inappropriate, and the existence of a security hole is no excuse.
We have found a security hole in Javasoft's HotJava browser and JDK 1.1.2, the latest Java implementation from Javasoft.
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In contrast, hardly a week passes without headlines about a new security hole in a Microsoft program.
Security experts say it also left a gaping security hole on every computer, in the form of a self-signed root certificate.
This is not only an operational and cost issue, but it is a huge security hole.
Facebook would probably just consider this a feature, but the rest of us will definitely consider this a big security hole.
Heroku customers are getting first access to a critical update to the PostgreSQL database system that will patch a major security hole.
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