A blog about software development, reverse engineering, and technology written by a self-taught hacker, engineer, author, educator, and public speaker.
To warm up for DEFCON quals, my team and I decided to give PlaidCTF a shot. We knew it was going to bring some hard, fun challenges, and it did not disappoint. I immediately jumped into my comfort zone by tackling a pwn challenge, and got my first flag of
Time for episode two of How to Hack! The challenge in this episode is a harder version of the one from episode one, so make sure to check it out first. If you missed it, you can find it here. Link here
So I've recently started streaming again, and pwnables are of my favorite things to stream. Twitch nukes my recordings after only two weeks, but they contain really good, detailed breakdowns of the attacks I use. They're like my write-ups, but in a different medium. I just put together the first
It's been a few months since me and my team started practicing CTF again, and we finally played in a live CTF over the weekend. It was a a fun CTF, and we actually managed to place above PPP with a team of only three people. I mean, it's clear
I'm on vacation in Mexico this week, which essentially means blow off pool time and hack stuff. I decided a relatively simple challenge would be a good starting point for the week, since I've never CTFed on this laptop and I was expecting to be constantly interrupted by vacation conversation
