Why x86 Needs To Die
As I’m sure many of you know, x86 architecture has been around for quite some time. It has its roots in Intel’s early 8086 processor, the first in the family. …read more Continue reading Why x86 Needs To Die
Collaborate Disseminate
As I’m sure many of you know, x86 architecture has been around for quite some time. It has its roots in Intel’s early 8086 processor, the first in the family. …read more Continue reading Why x86 Needs To Die
[Raymond Chen] wondered why the x86 ENTER instruction had a strange second parameter that seems to always be set to zero. If you’ve ever wondered, [Raymond] explains what he learned …read more Continue reading x86 ENTER: What’s that Second Parameter?
Lenovo, AMI and Insyde have released patches for LogoFAIL, an image library poisoning attack. Continue reading Widespread Windows and Linux Vulnerabilities Could Let Attackers Sneak in Malicious Code Before Boot
The world once ran on hardcopy, and when the digital age started to bring new tools and ways of doing things, documents were ripe for change. Today, word processors and …read more Continue reading Wandering Through Old Word Processors Yields a Beast
You might know [Evan Martin] as the developer of retrowin32. It’s a Windows and x86 emulator designed to run on a Mac or on the web. He’s recently been exploring …read more Continue reading Emulating x86 on Apple’s AARCH64 x64 Emulator
I have started with the book ‘Hacking: The art of exploitation!’. I know some of you might suggest that it’s pretty old… But I think great buildings withstand due to their strong foundational base. So, I have to get into what happened ba… Continue reading How do I prevent the random alignment of the instructions during debugging using gdb? Even tried turning off the optimization with -O0 in gcc
I have started with the book ‘Hacking: The art of exploitation!’. I know some of you might suggest that it’s pretty old… But I think great buildings withstand due to their strong foundational base. So, I have to get into what happened ba… Continue reading How do I prevent the random alignment of the instructions during debugging using gdb? Even tried turning off the optimization with -O0 in gcc
We’ve often heard that modern x86 CPUs don’t really execute x86 instructions. Instead, they decode them into RISC instructions that are easier to schedule, pipeline, and execute. But we never …read more Continue reading Behind the x86 Pipeline Curtain
A computer’s BIOS includes basic diagnostic tools for troubleshooting issues. Often, we rely on the familiar beeps from the POST system for this reason. However, error codes are also available …read more Continue reading BIOS POST Card Built Using Raspberry Pi Pico
In a move that has a significant part of the internet flashing back to the innocent days of 2001 when Intel launched its Itanium architecture as a replacement for the …read more Continue reading Intel Suggests Dropping Everything But 64-Bit From X86 With Its X86-S Proposal