Is the Seed-And-Key Challenge-Response used in Automotive Security really secure?

As an Automotive Security Professional, my state of the art approach to implement a Secure Access would be to have an ECU generate a challenge (nonce + ID), forward it to the tester who can pass the challenge to the backend system which si… Continue reading Is the Seed-And-Key Challenge-Response used in Automotive Security really secure?

If the stack grows downwards, how can a buffer overflow overwrite content above the variable?

I realize how a buffer overflow works but I have a problem understanding the direction in which the overflow is directed. So if the stack grows downwards, that means that the return address is above the variable’s reserved sp… Continue reading If the stack grows downwards, how can a buffer overflow overwrite content above the variable?