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  1. research· · 12 min read

    Virtual Assistant: Defeating Liveness Detection with the Help of Virtual Devices

    Explore how cybercriminals are leveraging virtual devices, which are affordable, accessible, and efficient means to defeat liveness detection in face, document, and voice verification systems.

  2. talks· · 1 min read

    [ROOTCON 18] Seeing is Not Believing: Bypassing Facial Liveness Detection by Fooling the Sensor

    A copy of the slides from my ROOTCON 18 talk demonstrating how to bypass facial liveness detection systems on different platforms.

  3. talks· · 1 min read

    [SANS HackFest 2022] Developing High-Impact Malware with Minimal Effort

    A copy of the presentation I presented on how to quickly and easily develop malware from the perspective of someone who has limited time and basic programming skills.

  4. redteam· · 10 min read

    Lessons Learned from Cloning Windows Binaries and Code Signing Implants

    Lessons learned and observed while experimenting with code signing and cloning file attributes.

  5. redteam· · 13 min read

    Writing an Independent Malware

    A quick guide and high-level discussion on how to remove runtime dependencies when writing malware.

  6. redteam· · 16 min read

    Making NtCreateUserProcess Work

    Here's my journey on how I developed a 'minimal' PoC to make NtCreateUserProcess work.

  7. redteam· · 14 min read

    Adventures with KernelCallbackTable Injection

    A walkthrough on how I made KernelCallbackTable process injection work according to what I wanted.

  8. redteam· · 14 min read

    Useful Libraries for Malware Development

    A list of some easy-to-use libraries and how to use them for malware development.

  9. redteam· · 10 min read

    Quick & Lazy Malware Development

    Quickly and lazily write malware from the perspective of a newbie and someone who has very basic programming skills.

  10. redteam· · 13 min read

    Picky PPID Spoofing

    Performing PPID Spoofing by targeting a parent process with a specific integrity level.

  11. redteam· · 13 min read

    When You sysWhisper Loud Enough for AV to Hear You

    Evading Windows Defender when SysWhisper got caught!

  12. mobile· · 7 min read

    Bypassing Android’s RootBeer Library (Part 2)

    How to bypass the different checks used by RootBeer library by changing the application’s process during runtime through dynamic instrumentation.

  13. mobile· · 7 min read

    Bypassing Android’s RootBeer Library (Part 1)

    How to bypass the different checks used by RootBeer library by changing the application’s process through code manipulation.

  14. mobile· · 7 min read

    Comparison of Different Root-Detection Bypass Tools

    This research shows the effectiveness of different root-detection tools. The goal is to have a “go-to” tool when bypassing an app’s root-detection implementation.

  15. mobile· · 3 min read

    Bypassing OkHttp Certificate Pinning

    Different methods I attempted to bypass OkHttp Certificate Pinning.

  16. pentest· · 3 min read

    Filtering the OPTIONS Method in Burp

    Removing the "unwanted" preflight requests that fills up Burp’s "HTTP history".

  17. mobile· · 10 min read

    Lesser-known Tools for Android Application PenTesting

    A list of not-so popular tools useful for android application assessment.

  18. pentest· · 7 min read

    Asset Enumeration: Expanding a Target's Attack Surface

    Expanding a target's attack surface by performing vertical and horizontal enumeration.

  19. pentest· · 24 min read

    Finding the Balance Between Speed & Accuracy During an Internet-wide Port Scanning

    A research on performing port scanning efficiently.

  20. pentest· · 8 min read

    OffSec Certs - Are They Still Worth the Money?

    My personal opinion regarding Offensive Security's courses and certs.

  21. pentest· · 5 min read

    Pwning Web Applications via Telerik Web UI

    A method of exploiting vulnerable versions of Telerik Web UI.

  22. exploitdev· · 10 min read

    [Backdoor 101] Backdooring PE File w/ User Interaction & Custom Encoder Using Existing Code Cave

    A walkthrough on how to backdooring PE files.

  23. exploitdev· · 11 min read

    [Backdoor 101] Backdooring PE File by Adding New Section Header

    A walkthrough on how to backdooring PE files.

  24. exploitdev· · 6 min read

    [VulnServer] Exploiting HTER Command using Hex Characters Only

    Exploitation of VulnServer's HTER command using Hex characters only.

  25. exploitdev· · 8 min read

    [VulnServer] Exploiting LTER Command using Restricted Characters

    Exploitation of VulnServer's LTE command with restricted characters.

  26. exploitdev· · 11 min read

    [VulnServer] Exploiting GMON Command via SEH and Egghunter

    Exploitation of VulnServer's GMON command via SEH and Egghunter.

  27. exploitdev· · 11 min read

    [VulnServer] Exploiting KSTET Command with Minimal Buffer Space Using Egghunter

    Exploitation of VulnServer's KSTET command with minimal buffer space using Egghunter.

  28. exploitdev· · 13 min read

    [VulnServer] Exploiting GTER Command with Limited Buffer Space Using Egghunter

    Exploitation of VulnServer's GTER command with limited buffer space using Egghunter.

  29. exploitdev· · 6 min read

    [VulnServer] Exploiting TRUN Command via Vanilla EIP Overwrite

    Exploitation of VulnServer's TRUN command using vanilla EIP overwrite method.

  30. pentest· · 4 min read

    Patching DoublePulsar to Exploit Windows Embedded Machines

    Patching DoublePulsar to make the exploit work against Windows Embedded devices.