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New JavaScript Code Could Make Drive-By Exploits Much Worse

         

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7:01 pm on Feb 16, 2017 (gmt 0)

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According to researchers the decades old protection of major operating systems, known as address space layout randomization (ASLR), could be reaching the point of vulnerability thanks to a simple JavaScript code.
Now, researchers have devised an attack that could spell the end of ASLR as the world knows it now. The attack uses simple JavaScript code to identify the memory addresses where system and application components are loaded. When combined with attack code that exploits vulnerabilities in browsers or operating systems, the JavaScript can reliably eliminate virtually all of the protection ASLR provides. New JavaScript Code Could Make Drive-By Exploits Much Worse [arstechnica.com]

keyplyr

1:06 am on Feb 18, 2017 (gmt 0)

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Well lets hope the other browsers follow Safari's lead to mitigate such attacks.

I tried NoScript for a while but found I spent too much time allowing/disallowing sites to run JS. Not a problem on my handful of favorite sites, but I do a lot of research to new sites and it became tedious.
 


 


 


 

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