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Advanced attackers seen moving to sophisticated hacking technique

Sophisticated attackers could soon adopt an innovative technique for bypassing one of the most effective mechanisms for preventing a Windows security breach, researchers say. Current trends in malware show attackers moving toward an ASLR bypass technique that takes advantage of common programming errors that lead to memory corruption. Nearly 10 percent of application crashes on Windows systems are due to memory corruptions. The most likely attackers would be those who are paid handsomely to steal sensitive documents from large organizations, defense contractors and government agencies. Such vulnerabilities could exist in Internet Explorer or many other applications.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2134085/advanced-attackers-seen-moving-to-sophisticated-hacking-technique.html

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