The Memory Corruption Safety Dance
Explore the evolution and effectiveness of memory safety vulnerability mitigation strategies in this 34-minute conference talk by Mark Dowd from Azimuth Security. Delve into the explosive growth of technologies aimed at combating memory corruption vulnerabilities over the past decade. Examine traditional and new approaches to thwarting exploitation techniques, and evaluate their impact on cybersecurity. Gain insights into the future of preventing wide-scale exploitation of memory corruption vulnerabilities through a comprehensive analysis of defense-in-depth strategies, including bug minimization, exploit mitigations, and isolation. Learn about the costs associated with vulnerability discovery and exploit development through real-world browser exploit walkthroughs from 2009 and 2015.