DeepSec 2023 Talk: Nostalgic Memory – Remembering All the Wins and Losses for Protecting Memory Corruption – Shubham Dubey
Memory corruption, a vulnerability that emerged in the 1980s and gained prominence with the discovery of the first buffer overflow in the fingerd Unix application exploited by the Morris worm in 1988, has since become a significant concern in the field of information security. Its prevalence was further underscored by the influential Phrack edition 49 titled “Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit” in 1996. Today, memory corruption remains one of the most pressing security challenges, compelling the entire defensive security industry to develop robust countermeasures. This session aims to delve into the progress made by the security industry in mitigating and protecting against different types of memory corruption, as well as the current state of these efforts. During the talk, I will explore various techniques that have been introduced worldwide to safeguard against