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Chrome Succumbs to Pwn2Own Contest Hack


V.T. Eric Layton

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V.T. Eric Layton

The first to succumb. Oh darn. Google is mad. ;)

 

While Chrome went untouched in the last two years of "Pwn2Own," it was the first to fall to researchers Wednesday when a French team demonstrated a two-vulnerability attack on the browser running in Windows 7.

 

https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/922...omputerworld%29

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DEP, for data execution prevention, and ASLR, or address space layout randomization, are anti-exploit defenses baked into Windows.

 

Redmond won't be happy. :whistling:

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