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Buffer Overflows and Exploit Development

4 years ago 2 min read Write Ups Security Challenges

So after making my video for my "Can You Hack It" series on the system Smasher from hack the box I realized that there is a lot of room to dig deeper and

HackTheBox.eu - 3 Month Update

5 years ago 2 min read Blog Security Coding Security Challenges

Three months into hackthebox.eu and still loving it. I decided to post a quick story on my experiences thus far for others that are interested in learning about computer security.

Can you hack it?

5 years ago 2 min read Security Blog Write Ups Security Challenges Getting Started

It's early on a Friday afternoon, the beautiful weather we've had all week long has now been replaced by gray skies and drizzle. Temperatures have dropped from the mid 80's down into the

Decrypting an Encoded Message

5 years ago 7 min read Security Challenges

Challenge Overview: This challenge on HackThisSite is about decoding a message that is "encrypted" using a custom encryption algorithm. The requestor for the challenge asks. Decrypt a heavily encoded message from

Breaking a custom encryption algorithm

5 years ago 4 min read Security Challenges Security Coding Write Ups

Challenge Overview: This challenge is about breaking a custom designed encryption algorithm. In order to do that you need to reverse engineer how the algorithm works then once you figure that out you