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On Linux (and maybe UNIX), you can access and even modify process’s stack with things like ptrace, process_vm_ready, etc., but is there a way to access the copy of the binary that’s being executed that is paged to memory? Not the executabl… Continue reading accessing ELF in memory (Unix/Linux)
As far as I understand, usually the game anti-cheat runs in another process from the game client. This makes it obvious to try to simulate anti-cheat, for example, to replace it with your program, which interacts with the game client and t… Continue reading How does anti-cheat prevent mocking itself?
I have noticed that both browsers Firefox and Chromium on linux do open the file /proc/self/mem for reading. No other program on my system reads this file, as far as I can tell.
/proc/self/mem is notorious for being vector for endless priv… Continue reading what are legitimate reason for a program to need access to /proc/self/mem [migrated]
Some Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC users may experience the Windows Error Reporting (WerFault.exe) high CPU/Disk usage issue on their devices. This post is intended to help affected PC users with practical solutions to this issue. Fix Windows Error Repor… Continue reading Fix Windows Error Reporting (WerFault.exe) high CPU, Disk. Memory usage in Windows 11/10
The following process overview schematic is derived from IBM’s Security in Development The IBM Secure Engineering Framework, but I think I’ve seen a very similar process diagram before, though I cannot find it or remember it. Would this IB… Continue reading Is IBM’s "Security and Privacy by Design" practices based on any earlier standard or guideline?
There may come a time when you might want to find out what a process does on your Windows computer. This post will show you how to proceed. We have already covered several Windows processes like rundll32.exe, winlogon.exe, Service Host SysMain, AppVShN… Continue reading How to find out what a Windows process does?
If CDpusersvc process displays Failed to Read Description, Error Code 15100 in its Properties box and causes high CPU & memory usage on your Windows 11/10 computer, then this post may be able to help you. What is CDPUserSvc? The CDPUserSvc Service … Continue reading CDpusersvc Failed to Read Description, Error Code 15100
Whenever Windows slows down or freezes continuously, the first culprit is assumed to be a troublesome task in the Task Manager window pushing the CPU usage high. If the task is Wifitask.exe, then here are steps you can take to resolve the issue. What i… Continue reading How to fix Wifitask.exe High CPU Usage in Windows 11/10
Microsoft Console IME or Input Method Editor has a file called conime.exe. Some users reported that this file is enabled on startup and they want to know why. In this post, we are going to know what is conime.exe in the startup list, whether is it safe… Continue reading What is conime.exe in startup in Windows 11/10?
This was found in Activity Monitor – when the process is quit, it constantly reboots and there was more than one, it’s the last one that reboots all the time.
Parent Process: launchd(1)
User: root(0)
Process Group: AirPlayXPCHelper (21506… Continue reading Is AirPlayXPCHelper a normal process? It keeps restarting [closed]