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Google engineer posts sample code to show how to bypass DEP in Windows

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"The disclosure of a new exploit technique that bypasses an important Windows security feature may result in more successful attacks against Microsoft’s newer operating systems, researchers said today.

On Monday, Berend-Jan Wever, a Google security software engineer who goes by the moniker "Skylined" when he posts exploit research, published proof-of-concept code that bypasses DEP, or data error prevention, one of two major security enhancements Microsoft has added to Windows since 2004. The other: ASLR, for address space layout randomization" – Content courtesy of New exploit technique nullifies major Windows defense

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