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MIT's Yan Revitalizes ASLR with Groundbreaking Security Innovation

2/13/2025

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MIT's Mengjia Yan is on a mission to revitalize address space layout randomization (ASLR) with Oreo's innovative masking techniques. As ASLR's effectiveness has dwindled over the last decade, Yan's team has crafted a groundbreaking software-hardware co-design that fortifies modern systems against microarchitecture attacks, safeguarding sensitive information from prying eyes.

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Story summary

MIT's Mengjia Yan is on a mission to revitalize address space layout randomization (ASLR) with Oreo's innovative masking techniques. As ASLR's effectiveness has dwindled over the last decade, Yan's team has crafted a groundbreaking software-hardware co-design that fortifies modern systems against microarchitecture attacks, safeguarding sensitive information from prying eyes.