Hackaday

ASLR^CACHE

Researchers from VUSec found a way to break ASLR via an MMU sidechannel attack that even works in JavaScript. Does this matter? Yes, it matters. A lot. The discovery of this security flaw along with ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows 8 and Later Fail to Properly Apply ASLR, Here's How to Fix

Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and subsequent Windows 10 variations fail to properly apply ASLR, rendering this crucial Windows security feature useless. Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) is a ...
ZDNet

New BlindSide attack uses speculative execution to bypass ASLR

While robust passwords help you secure your valuable online accounts, hardware-based two-factor authentication takes that security to the next level. Read now Academics have developed a new technique ...
Semiconductor Engineering

SW-HW Co-Design Mitigation To Strengthen ASLR Against Microarchitectural Attacks (MIT)

“Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) is one of the most prominently deployed mitigations against memory corruption attacks. ASLR randomly shuffles program virtual addresses to prevent attackers ...
Hackaday

ASLR^CACHE Attack Defeats Address Space Layout Randomization

Researchers from VUSec found a way to break ASLR via an MMU sidechannel attack that even works in JavaScript. Does this matter? Yes, it matters. A lot. The discovery of this security flaw along with ...
Bleeping Computer

JavaScript Attack Breaks ASLR on 22 CPU Micro-Architectures

Five researchers from the Vrije University in the Netherlands have put together an attack that can be carried out via JavaScript code and break ASLR protection on at least 22 processor ...
Dark Reading

Researcher Finds Hole in Windows ASLR Security Defense

The latest versions of Microsoft Windows are vulnerable to attacks due to a newly discovered vulnerability in Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR). The vulnerability affects Windows 8, Windows ...
MCPmag

Microsoft: That Windows ASLR Flaw Is Actually a Feature

Microsoft is rationalizing that an apparent security flaw in the ASLR Windows protection scheme was placed there on purpose. The alleged flaw was described in a vulnerability note published this month ...
Computerworld

JavaScript-based attack simplifies browser exploits

Researchers have devised a new attack that can bypass one of the main exploit mitigations in browsers: Address space layout randomization (ASLR). The attack takes advantage of how modern processors ...
ZDNet

Opera plugs security holes; adds ASLR, DEP support

Opera Software has shipped a high-priority security patch for its flagship Web browser to plug at least three vulnerabilities that expose Windows users to code execution and cross-domain scripting ...
ExtremeTech

Key Windows 10 Anti-Malware Tech Critically Broken

Over a decade ago, Microsoft added support for a key malware mitigation technique that makes it harder for rogue applications to predict which code will be loaded into specific target addresses. This ...