A blog about software development, reverse engineering, and technology written by a self-taught hacker, engineer, author, educator, and public speaker.
This past weekend, me and my team played CSAW CTF after taking quite a long break. We managed to hold top-20 for a good portion of the competition, even going as high as 12th place. Even though we lost our breath by the final day and finished in 40th, I
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
