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Difference Between Binary Exploitation and Reverse Engineering?
I am a beginner in Reverse Engineering and am trying to improve my skill by participating in any CTF's I can and solving CrackMe's. I am trying to find out why Binary Exploitation and Reverse ...
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Do disassemblers detect standard functions?
Do disassemblers detect the use of C/C++ standard functions and specify them in the output code, adding the #include line to the appropriate header file (such as stdio.h or even windows.h)?
If not, ...
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Fuzzer causes crash. Now what?
Can anyone point me in the direction of some good tutorials regarding how to identify the type of vulnerability as reported by !exploitable and where to go from there?
Essentially I've got myself a ...
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Explaining a buffer overflow vulnerability in C
Given this C program:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
char buf[1024];
strcpy(buf, argv[1]);
}
Built with:
gcc -m32 -z execstack prog.c -o ...
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Stack buffer overflow confusion
I am trying to dig deeper into the nuts and bolts a stack buffer overflow using the classical NOP-sled technique.
Reading some articles and watching videos brought me to a confusion which can be ...
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Why does Assembly seem so important in IT security? [duplicate]
As I watch a lot of tutorials, read answers, and just in general interact with the IT security community I find that a high percentage of them know assembly. I'm wondering why this percentage is so ...
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Study roadmap to write a crypter / backdoor
Recently I came across a site called SecurityTube.net, which has a ton of amazing security stuff. I'm following their Python Scripting Expert videos which are totally worth it. I also came across the ...
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Is it possible to write shellcode in C++?
Usually I write assembly programs and then dump their contents to get the shellcode. What I was wondering is whether I could write a C++ program instead of assembly, then dump and use that instead of ...
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Stack Smashing problem
I'm currently reading the popular article "Smashing the Stack for fun and profit" by Aleph One but I have a problem. I will try to isolate the problem and present to you only that detail.
Even if I ...
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Processor microcode manipulation to change opcodes?
I had recently thought of an extreme way of implementing security by obscurity and wanted to ask you guys if it's possible.
Would a person with no access to special processor documentation be able ...
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Better way to import Win32 APIs from injected shellcode
I'm injecting native x86 code into a .NET application, via a TLS callback in the binary image. Unfortunately, .NET executables only import mscorlib.dll within the PE, and have kernel32.dll mapped ...
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Why do complex viruses tend to be written in assembly? [closed]
For example Simile is extremely complex and is written in assembly. If something is going to be complicated isn't it best NOT to write it in assembly?
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Are there any tools that focus on shellcode analysis?
Shellcode presents certain challenges for disassembly. It often self-modifies, jumps to the stack (where the shellcode will likely be placed), and relies on certain unusual tricks that standard ...
