Windows 8 Heap Intervals

This course delves into Windows 8 heap intervals, focusing on the transition of heap exploitation mitigations from Windows 7 to Windows 8. The learning outcomes include understanding the inner workings of the Windows memory manager, heap-related security features in Windows 8, and tips for achieving high levels of heap determinism. The course teaches skills such as analyzing back-end and front-end mitigations, pool types, kernel pool attacks, safe unlinking, cache-aligned allocations, and block size attacks. The teaching method involves in-depth exploration of heap exploitation techniques in both user-land and kernel-land perspectives. This course is intended for cybersecurity professionals, particularly those interested in memory management and heap exploitation on Windows operating systems.