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Old 07-17-2012, 05:30 PM
Craig Horlacher
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Default Google Improves Android Security with Jelly Bean

http://arstechnica.com/security/201...ard-to-exploit/

"In an analysis published Monday, security researcher Jon Oberheide said Android version 4.1, aka Jelly Bean, is the first version of the Google-developed OS to properly implement a protection known as address space layout randomization."

Diagram showing attacker overwriting a return address with a pointer to the stack that contains attacker-supplied dataWikipedia

It's great to know that Google is taking mobile security seriously and working to improve it.  This sounds like a large step in the right direction.  I was also surprised this was the first I had heard of this change being in Android 4.1, Jelly Bean.  Another feature new in Jelly Bean I heard of recently is a "Safe Mode" to make sure a problem you're having is not app related.

What's your favorite new feature in Jelly Bean?

 

 
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