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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Network World

JavaScript-based ASLR bypass 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 ...
Threat Post

US-CERT Warns of ASLR Implementation Flaw In Windows

US-CERT is warning of a vulnerability in Microsoft’s implementation of Address Space Layout Randomization that affects Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team ...
Threat Post

Bypassing ASLR in 60 Milliseconds

An academic paper demonstrates a new ASLR bypass executed through a side-channel attack against the branch target buffer in an Intel Haswell CPU. Address Space Layout Randomization was a champion ...