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Combining Control-Flow Integrity and Static Analysis for Efficient and Validated Data <endeca_term>Sandboxing</endeca_term>

Combining Control-Flow Integrity and Static Analysis for Efficient and Validated Data Sandboxing

...whether CFI-enabled static analysis can help build efficient and validated data sandboxing. Previous systems generally sandbox memory writes for integrity, but avoid protecting confidentiality... Read more

21 October, 2011
ADsafety Type-Based Verification of JavaScript <endeca_term>Sandboxing</endeca_term>

ADsafety Type-Based Verification of JavaScript Sandboxing

...page. These sources must be protected from one another, which requires robust sandboxing. The many entry-points of sandboxes and the subtleties of JavaScript demand... Read more

31 May, 2011
ADsafety: Type-Based Verification of JavaScript <endeca_term>Sandboxing</endeca_term>

ADsafety: Type-Based Verification of JavaScript Sandboxing

...page. These sources must be protected from one another, which require robust sandboxing. The many entry-points of sandboxes and the subtleties of JavaScript demand... Read more

31 May, 2011
Adapting Software Fault Isolation to Contemporary CPU Architectures

Adapting Software Fault Isolation to Contemporary CPU Architectures

Software Fault Isolation (SFI) is an effective approach to sandboxing binary code of questionable provenance, an interesting use case for native plugins... Read more

1 June, 2010

Windows RT browsers and the point of Windows RT

It's no surprise that Firefox and Chrome won't run as desktop browsers on Windows RT devices; Microsoft has been saying... Read more

10 May, 2012

Hacker wins $60,000 in contest to find Chrome holes

...Pwnium contest, revealing a 'Full Chrome Exploit' that bypassed the browser's sandboxing security. The exploit makes it possible for a malicious hacker to do... Read more

9 March, 2012 by Don Reisinger

Google offers 'up to $1 million' to hack Chrome

...vulnerability and exploit techniques we can enhance our mitigations, automated testing, and sandboxing. This enables us to better protect our users." Or at least, it... Read more

28 February, 2012

The Last Windows?

All good things, they say, must come to an end. And so, looking at the guts of Windows 8, and casting the runes and... Read more

27 September, 2011

Apple patches critical Safari holes

...to know where in memory to install itself. Safari 5.1 supports sandboxing in OS X Lion, a feature that quarantines websites to stop those... Read more

21 July, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Adobe fixes critical Flash Player bug

...the company said, also noting that Adobe Reader X Protected Mode, a sandboxing technique, prevents an exploit of this type from executing. The bug has... Read more

22 March, 2011 by Elinor Mills
Chrome 10: a first look

Chrome 10: a first look

Google's Chrome 10 delivers a full range of competitive features, and is among the most standards-compliant and fastest browsers available. Read more

10 March, 2011 by Seth Rosenblatt

Chrome 10 release improves security and boosts speed

...browser," Google said on its blog. The release also extends Chrome's sandboxing technology to the integrated Flash player, meaning users of Windows Vista or... Read more

9 March, 2011 by Ben Woods

Google launches Chrome OS, aiming for the enterprise

Google has finally shown off its browser-based operating system, which it says is suited to business use due to its security and other features Read more

8 December, 2010 by David Meyer

Cloudbuilding

Last week, at both Adobe’s MAX and Microsoft’s PDC I kept flashing on the last seconds of Kate Bush’s Cloudbusting... Read more

3 November, 2010

RHEL 6 Release Candidate opened up to partners

...an easier to use interface, increased coverage of system resources and application sandboxing, the process of isolating system components from potentially malicious code. Red Hat... Read more

19 October, 2010

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apexwm

JW, Thanks as always for the great review on these new releases. One thing that I've also read is that Fedora 17 will include GIMP 2.8 which is...

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SoapyTablet

'Cut Price' Data Roaming? The price has been cut, but it is certainly not 'cut price' in the sense of the phrase, and nowhere near local EU data...

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apexwm

BrownieBoy: "Such crashes are normally down to the OS and/or a rogue application, which could be fixed by re-imaging. Everybody knows how Windows...

3 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Thomas Gellhaus

I've just started using it too, and like you I feel that Fedora is a fine GNOME 3 showcase distribution. I am torn, though, because I checked out...

3 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
pjc158

Why is it that Newzealand has the guts to stand up to the USA and ask to see the evidence and we don't!

3 hours ago by pjc158 on Judge orders US to share MegaUpload evidence
Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

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SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

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Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

9 hours ago by Lonnie on Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta
BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

16 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

17 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

18 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

21 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

22 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

22 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

1 day ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

1 day ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

1 day ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

1 day ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

1 day ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC