Collaborate Disseminate
For the majority of workloads, fiddling with assembly instructions isn’t worth it. The added complexity and code obfuscation generally outweigh the relatively modest gains. Mainly because compilers have become quite …read more Continue reading AVX-512: When The Bits Really Count
VirusTotal welcomes ELF DIGEST, the first integrated multi-sandox fully dedicated to only processing linux files. This addition helps put the spotlight on linux malware. In the words of the founder Tolijan Trajanovski: ELF DIGEST is … Continue reading VirusTotal Multisandbox+= ELF DIGEST
I’m learning about basic x86 overflows in C but normally I code with Python. Is there anyway that programs written in higher level languages can suffer from buffer/heap overflow?
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Arguably the biggest advantage of the Arduino ecosystem is how easy it is to get your code running. Type a few lines into the IDE, hit the button, and in …read more Continue reading Arduino IDE Creates Bootable x86 Floppy Disks
Just like with pre-touchscreen cellphones having fancy innovative features that everyone’s forgotten about, there’s areas that laptop manufacturers used to venture in but no longer dare touch. On Twitter, [Kiwa] …read more Continue reading When Dell Built A Netbook With an x86 System-on-Module
Have you ever had a program crash before your main function executes? it is rare, but it can happen. When it does, you need to understand what happens behind the …read more Continue reading The Linux x86 Journey to main()
Overview In the last blog post of the X86 Linux assembly series, we focused on how to make our Hello World payload friendly for use as a payload in exploits. However, we didn’t cover how to extract the payload itself for use in exploits. Sure you cou… Continue reading Linux X86 Assembly – How To Make Payload Extraction Easier
Everything is better when you can program it, right? We have software-defined radios, software-defined networks, and software-defined storage. Now a company called Ascenium wants to create a software-defined CPU. They’ve …read more Continue reading Software Defined… CPU?
If we were to think of a retrocomputer, the chances are we might have something from the classic 8-bit days or maybe a game console spring to mind. It’s almost …read more Continue reading Where Are All The Cheap x86 Single Board PCs?
Can a meltdown attack also violate data integrity of other processes by obtaining different passwords or is it just violating data secrecy by reading data it is unauthorized to do?