Category Archives: code injection

Hacking Flappy Bird By Playing Mario

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This is a hacking and gaming tour de force! [Seth Bling] executed a code injection hack in Super Mario World (SMW) that not only glitches the game, but re-programs it to play a stripped-down version of “Flappy Bird”. And he did this not with a set of JTAG probes, but by using the game’s own controller.

There are apparently a bunch of people working on hacking Super Mario World from within the game, and a number of these hacks use modified controllers to carry out the sequence of codes. The craziest thing about our hack here is that [Seth] …read more

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Guest Post: Martin Korman (VolatilityBot – An Automated Malicious Code Dumper)

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This is a guest post from Martin Korman, author of VolatilityBot.

Lately, I’ve found myself manually unpacking different versions of the same malware in order to perform static analysis with IDA and BinDiff. Therefore, I’ve decided to write a small s… Continue reading Guest Post: Martin Korman (VolatilityBot – An Automated Malicious Code Dumper)→

Guest Post: Martin Korman (VolatilityBot – An Automated Malicious Code Dumper)

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This is a guest post from Martin Korman, author of VolatilityBot.

Lately, I’ve found myself manually unpacking different versions of the same malware in order to perform static analysis with IDA and BinDiff. Therefore, I’ve decided to write a small s… Continue reading Guest Post: Martin Korman (VolatilityBot – An Automated Malicious Code Dumper)→

PlugX: Memory Forensics Lifecycle with Volatility

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At OSDFCon last week, we discussed a case study showing how we identified manipulated memory artifacts in an infected environment. We were then able to rapidly introduce new capabilities to Volatility that could be used proactively in other environment… Continue reading PlugX: Memory Forensics Lifecycle with Volatility→

PlugX: Memory Forensics Lifecycle with Volatility

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At OSDFCon last week, we discussed a case study showing how we identified manipulated memory artifacts in an infected environment. We were then able to rapidly introduce new capabilities to Volatility that could be used proactively in other environment… Continue reading PlugX: Memory Forensics Lifecycle with Volatility→