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...

SLAE: Dissecting Msfvenom Payloads (Linux/x86)

One very common tool among penetration testers is Metasploit, which includes a lot of nice exploits and payloads. The 5th assignment of the SecurityTube Linux Assembly Expert certification is about Metasploit shellcode analyses for Linux/x86 target systems. The...

Modern Lords of War

The Wassenaar Arrangement. Maybe you have already heard about that. With the implementation of this multilateral export control regime on conventional arms, dual-use goods and technologies, security researchers like me could be called lords of...

SLAE: Custom RBIX Shellcode Encoder/Decoder

Anti-Virus and Intrusion Detection Systems could become really nasty during a penetration test. They are often responsible for unstable or ineffective exploit payloads, system lock-downs or even angry penetration testers 😉 . The following article is about a...

City of Cons: 31C3 Meets BSidesHH

While the year 2014 comes to an end, two very interesting conferences have taken place in Hamburg. The annual Chaos Communication Congress 31C3 occupied the Congress Center of Hamburg (CCH) for 4 days and the first BSidesHH was held...

SLAE: Egg Hunters (Linux/x86)

Happy Easter everyone! Have you already found all your hidden eggs? No? Then I’ve got the ultimate solution for everyone who’s still missing some eggs 😉 ! This assignment in my SecurityTube Linux Assembly Expert certification covers egg hunters! My...