HamburgSides 2016: Magic Superpowers!

The year 2016 comes to an end quickly and so it was time for another Sides conference. This year’s HamburgSides, formerly known as BSidesHH, was held in the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg next to the 33C3. I’ve been supporting this event since the very...

44CON London 2016: When Hackers Meet a Corgi!

Have you ever been to 44CON in London? In case you haven’t, you need to go there in 2017! To be honest it was my first time attending, but it took just one 44CON for me to become excited and that not only because of the Corgi crew member...

SLAE Course and Exam Review

As you may have noticed, I have posted a couple of articles about my SecurityTube Linux Assembly Expert exam during the last months. Now that I have successfully completed the course, I just want to share my thoughts about it for those of you who...

SLAE: Custom Crypter (Linux/x86)

Do you want to fool antivirus software? When you look through hacking forums for a solution to this, you will likely encounter the term “crypter”. You will also find this tool in the arsenal of every advanced penetration tester and it is the obvious...

SLAE: Polymorphic Shellcodes (Linux/x86)

Question: How can signature-based Intrusion Detection systems be defeated? Answer: Using polymorphic shellcodes! This might sound really crazy and cyber, but it has nothing to do with inventing fancy new hacking techniques, it’s rather about...

BSidesHH: Ambiguity is Insecurity

Hamburg – just about one year ago, the first BSides was organized by Arron and Caroline. Now, one year later on 28th December, just after a relaxed Christmas time, they invited again –  for the next #BSidesHH. It was powered by the...