In computing, Address Space Layout Randomization, or ASLR, is a function that randomly assigns data to the memory to make it more difficult for hackers to locate the critical operating system functions. Charlie Miller of Baltimore-based Independent Security Evaluators and hacker-extraordinaire claims to have found di... |
18 September 2009
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A notorious Mac white hacker has put the latest iterations of client operating systems from both Apple and Microsoft in the balance and, after weighing, found the most recent cat from Cupertino inferior in terms of security compared to the rival from Redmond. Charlie Miller, of Baltimore-based Independent Security Ev... |
17 September 2009
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The gold version of Internet Explorer 8 was bulletproofed against techniques designed to attack Internet Explorer 7 by leveraging inconsistencies in Windows Vista's memory protection mechanisms. Vista brought to the table a number of mitigations, additional security layers including Data Execution Prevention (DE... |
25 March 2009
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While Microsoft, Mozilla and Google are laboring to finalize Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 3.1 and respectively Chrome 2.0, Opera is cooking Opera 10.0, the next iteration of its proprietary browser. But at the same time, the Norway-based security company is delivering updates for its current release of Opera, namely ... |
3 March 2009
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In a new move designed to add anti-hacking features to its solutions, Apple is contradicting the general perspective that its products offer security by default, in contrast with Microsoft's software. The Cupertino-based hardware company is working to bulletproof its own software against hacking attempts and, in... |
8 April 2008
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Windows Vista is no stranger to security scrutiny. In this respect, Symantec welcomed the operating system even from 2006 with a series of white papers detailing its analysis on the operating system. The new Windows Vista network stack, user-mode security defenses, kernel-mode security technologies, and the Teredo pr... |
6 March 2007
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