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15Nov 2024 by

Retrofitting Spatial Safety to hundreds of millions of lines of C++ (Google Online Security Blog)

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Posted by Alex Rebert and Max Shavrick, Security Foundations, and Kinuko Yasada, Core Developer Attackers regularly exploit spatial memory safety vulnerabilities, which occur when code accesses a memory allocation outside of its intended bounds, to compromise systems and sensitive data. These vulnerabilities represent a major security risk to users.  Based on an analysis of in-the-wild exploits tracked by Google's Project Zero, spatial safety vulnerabilities represent 40% of in-the-wild memory safety exploits over the past decade: Breakdown of memory safety CVEs exploited in the wild by vulnerability class Google is taking a comprehensive approach to memory safety. A key element of our strategy focuses on Safe Coding and using memory-safe languages in new code. This leads to an exponential decline in memory safety vulnerabilities and quickly improves the overall security posture…
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15Nov 2024 by

Iranian Hackers Deploy WezRat Malware in Attacks Targeting Israeli Organizations

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Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new remote access trojan and information stealer used by Iranian state-sponsored actors to conduct reconnaissance of compromised endpoints and execute malicious commands. Cybersecurity company Check Point has codenamed the malware WezRat, stating it has been detected in the wild since at least September 1, 2023, based on artifacts uploaded to the
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15Nov 2024 by

Retrofitting Spatial Safety to hundreds of millions of lines of C++

Actualités
Posted by Alex Rebert and Max Shavrick, Security Foundations, and Kinuko Yasada, Core Developer Attackers regularly exploit spatial memory safety vulnerabilities, which occur when code accesses a memory allocation outside of its intended bounds, to compromise systems and sensitive data. These vulnerabilities represent a major security risk to users.  Based on an analysis of in-the-wild exploits tracked by Google's Project Zero, spatial safety vulnerabilities represent 40% of in-the-wild memory safety exploits over the past decade: Breakdown of memory safety CVEs exploited in the wild by vulnerability class Google is taking a comprehensive approach to memory safety. A key element of our strategy focuses on Safe Coding and using memory-safe languages in new code. This leads to an exponential decline in memory safety vulnerabilities and quickly improves the overall security posture…
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