Exploit Exercises - Protostar Stack 6 Unknown 6:02 AM No comments: The Stack6 challenge was definitely a learning experience for me. This actually went beyond my existing skills, and made me learn some n... Read more wargames
Exploit Exercises - Protostar Stack 5 Unknown 12:23 PM 12 comments: Wow, this challenge was a tough one for me. I ran into some huge problems that I had to work out. Considering this is a "standard buf... Read more wargames
Exploit Exercises - Protostar Stack 4 Unknown 5:52 AM 5 comments: With this challenge, I think things really start to get fun, and more real-world. We are provided with the following C program: #include ... Read more wargames
Exploit Exercises - Protostar Stack 3 Unknown 5:52 AM 3 comments: This challenge starts getting a little bit more involved than the previous ones. Instead of just providing a new value for the "modif... Read more wargames
Exploit Exercises - Protostar Stack 2 Unknown 5:08 AM No comments: This challenge is pretty much the same as the previous challenge , except that the buffer comes from an environmental variable: #include ... Read more wargames
Exploit Exercises - Protostar Stack 1 Unknown 6:12 AM No comments: This challenge is very similar to the previous one . The main difference is that instead of just validating that the "modified" ... Read more wargames
Exploit Exercises - Protostar Stack 0 Unknown 5:17 AM No comments: I'm still working on the Nebula chain of challenges, however, I've been stuck on Nebula 11 for a bit now, as well as busy outside w... Read more wargames
Exploit Exercises - Nebula 10 Unknown 7:48 AM 9 comments: Challenge 10 is another nostalgic one for me. Back when I was first starting with linux, I remember reading about overflows and race condi... Read more wargames
Exploit Exercises - Nebula 09 Unknown 5:46 AM 2 comments: Challenge 09 gave me the most issues out of any other challenge so far. This may just be because I haven't touched PHP since version 3 ... Read more wargames
Exploit Exercises - Nebula 08 Unknown 5:38 AM No comments: Challenge 08 is more of a real-world challenge than some of the others have been. It's also very dear to my heart, getting back to my n... Read more wargames
Exploit Exercises - Nebula 07 Unknown 6:10 AM 4 comments: This next challenge is a little bit more tricky than some of the previous ones. There's a lot more code involved, but it's not too... Read more wargames
Exploit Exercises - Nebula 06 Unknown 6:10 AM No comments: Nebula 06 is a retro challenge. The description of the problem says "The flag06 account credentials came from a legacy unix system.... Read more wargames
Exploit Exercises - Nebula 05 Unknown 5:24 AM 2 comments: So going forward to the Nebula 05 , we now have to find some sort of weak permissions somewhere to escalate from level05 to flag05. In sear... Read more wargames
Exploit Exercises - Nebula 04 Unknown 5:45 AM 4 comments: I really like Nebula 04 , because it is really easy, but still a commonly missed thing in programming. The object of this challenge is to ... Read more wargames
Exploit Exercises - Nebula 03 Unknown 3:22 PM 1 comment: In this challenge, we can see that there's no code for us to exploit, it's something in the system. I log in to the system, and lo... Read more wargames
Exploit Exercises - Nebula 02 Unknown 8:13 AM 6 comments: In this challenge, we're again provided with the source code to the vulnerable program. Only this time, they're not loading the ... Read more wargames
Exploit Exercises - Nebula 01 Unknown 6:18 AM 9 comments: Continuing from my previous post, I started tinkering with the next Nebula wargame: Nebula 01 . This one gives you some C code, which has ... Read more wargames
Exploit Exercises - Nebula 00 Unknown 6:40 AM No comments: Recently, I've been getting more and more back into computer security, one of my favorite topics. Part of this is research, and part is... Read more wargames
Fogbugz VIM Scrolling Unknown 6:24 AM No comments: At work , we use FogBugz for our trouble tickets, and internal tracking. We sometimes have some really long cases, so to make it easier to... Read more vim
The demise of "Fast Food" Unknown 10:22 AM No comments: Let's say you're on your way to church Sunday morning, or just wanting a easy meal after a long day of work. One option for food may... Read more rant
Finding DLL files in the GAC Unknown 7:20 AM No comments: So last night I was working on a project where I needed a specific version of a .net assembly that was installed somewhere on my system, but... Read more windows
Sprint iPhone 4S pre-order fiasco Unknown 8:09 AM No comments: So like many people, I wanted the new iPhone 4S. Since the wife unit is on Sprint, and I'm on AT&T, we started looking at plans. S... Read more ui
Origin of the name "Pentium" Unknown 9:35 AM No comments: I was reading about x86 assembly, and stumbled upon the origin of the name "Pentium". I never knew it was due to course disallowi... Read more TIL
Installing Guard gem causes tests to fail - Solved Unknown 9:14 AM No comments: I was tinkering with a new rails application, using RSpec2 and Cucumber for my testing. I was able to run all my tests by typing: rake sp... Read more rspec
Poor UI Experience Unknown 8:23 AM 3 comments: I was recently signing up for about.me because it sounded like a neat little simple blurb about yourself. When trying to sign up, after en... Read more ui
Cucumber testing woes - spaces Unknown 10:47 PM No comments: So I'm working along, writing my tests, and I run into an issue where my Cucumber test is failing. I go to check it out, and see why. ... Read more tdd