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Flare-On 6 CTF WriteUp (Part 6)

This is the sixth part of the Flare-On 6 CTF WriteUp Series. 6 - bmphide The challenge reads Tyler Dean hiked up Mt. Elbert (Colorado's tallest mountain) at 2am to

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Flare-On 6 CTF WriteUp (Part 5)

This is the fifth part of the Flare-On 6 CTF WriteUp series. 5 - Demo The challenge reads Someone on the Flare team tried to impress us with their demoscene skills. It

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Flare-On 6 CTF WriteUp (Part 4)

This is the fourth part of the FlareOn 6 CTF WriteUp series. 4 - Dnschess The challenge reads > Some suspicious network traffic led us to this unauthorized chess program running on an

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Flare-On 6 CTF WriteUp (Part 3)

This is the third part of the Flare-On 6 CTF WriteUp series. 3 - Flarebear The challenge reads > We at Flare have created our own Tamagotchi pet, the flarebear. He is

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Flare-On 6 CTF WriteUp (Part 2)

This is the second part of the Flare-On 6 CTF WriteUp series. 2 - Overlong The challenge reads > The secret of this next challenge is cleverly hidden. However, with the right

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Flare-On 6 CTF WriteUp (Part 1)

Flare-On is a CTF style reverse engineering challenge organized by the FLARE team at FireEye Labs annually. There are a series of 12 challenges with increasing difficulty. This year the challenges

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android security

Protecting Your Internet of Things- The Ultimate Security and Privacy Guidelines

With the best set of security protocols, cybersecurity communities and government could bolster the technology's security, thus providing consumer protection.

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IP cameras

The State of IoT IP Cameras - Someone could be watching you!

With an increase in their implementation and usage, IoT IP cameras have also been at the forefront of massive attacks, thus exposing major security flaws.

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iot bots, malwares

How Mirai Botnet Hijacks Your IoT Devices

Here's a closer look at the infamous Mirai Botnet's evolution, structure, and an analysis of how it infects and hijacks our IoT devices.

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recent cyber attacks

Increasing IoT Attacks: Why You Should Learn About ARM Exploitation

With the increasing number of ARM devices being hacked each year, let's look at examples that stress on the importance of knowing about ARM Exploitation.

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cybersecurity

11 Reasons to Become a Cybersecurity Expert

Increasing cyber attacks and the subsequent rise in demand for security professionals makes cybersecurity one of the most sought after professions.

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exploitation

Demystifying "Return-to-Zero-Protection" on ARM

Many of the techniques of x86 exploitation like Return-to-Libc doesn't map one-to-one with ARM. Here, we are going to explore Return-to-Libc and why it fails on ARM. We also show an alternate technique - Return to Zero Protection which overcomes all the limitations of ret2libc as applied to ARM.

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