Android Jelly Bean Much Harder To Hack 184
A reader tips this quote from an article at Ars:
"The latest release of Google's Android mobile operating system has finally been properly fortified with an industry-standard defense. It's designed to protect end users against hack attacks that install malware on handsets. In an analysis published Monday, security researcher Jon Oberheide said Android version 4.1, aka Jelly Bean, is the first version of the Google-developed OS to properly implement a protection known as address space layout randomization. ASLR, as it's more often referred to, randomizes the memory locations for the library, stack, heap, and most other OS data structures. As a result, hackers who exploit memory corruption bugs that inevitably crop up in complex pieces of code are unable to know in advance where their malicious payloads will be loaded. When combined with a separate defense known as data execution prevention, ASLR can effectively neutralize such attacks."
+1 headline (Score:5, Funny)
Android Jelly Bean Much Harder To Hack
I can't wait to show this headline to my non-computer-type friends and watch their heads explode.
4.2 Jelly Baby (Score:5, Funny)
Will be hackable with a sonic screwdriver.
Re:I love when people try and counter hackers (Score:1, Funny)
I was with you right up to your sig where you revealed you've suffered repeated mental breakdowns.
Re:I love when people try and counter hackers (Score:0, Funny)
You fucking IDIOT. This is not a Google press release you fucking retard. This is some security researcher tooting his horn and talking about what Google did months and months ago in Ice Cream Sandwich. Yes, ASLR was implemented in ICS you fucking moron. Nice shill attempt though.
Re:I love when people try and counter hackers (Score:4, Funny)
From my experience with hackers, if you say your platform is more challenging to hack, it attracts more hackers to try and hack it. Never taunt happy fun hackers.
Thats why all hackers target Linux/Unix and leave windows alone, because we all know Windows is nowhere near as secure (or can be as secured) as Linux. Therefore according to your theory, because windows is easy to hack it does not attract hackers.
oh wait...