Modern cybersecurity threats involve a wide range of methodologies, from social engineering (e.g., phishing) to technical exploits (e.g., SQL injection and Ransomware that subvert everything by defeating the operating system). While these attacks often follow a typical lifecycle of reconnaissance and exploitation, the most sophisticated techniques, such as Return-Oriented Programming (ROP), exploit specific hardware architectures to hijack system control without triggering an illicit border crossing.
Stealth attacks use automated scanners to find usable code snippets called gadgets, though the difficulty of this process varies between Intel’s complex instruction sets and ARM’s fixed-length formats. To overcome defensive layers like library versioning, hackers may even utilise Just-In-Time ROP to map out memory on the fly.
Ultimately, newer security frameworks like CLOOMC aim to stop these threats by replacing traditional linear memory addresses with token-based access, effectively neutralising the "physics" that these exploits rely on.
This blog offers a comprehensive overview of the constant arms race between dynamic attack vectors and the only architectural innovations CLOOMC designed to counter them.
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