Tooling
Ghidra, objdump, readelf, gdb, and the custom scripts written to answer questions the standard tools can't.
- •7 min read•elfreverse-engineering
Mini-Readelf: Gluing It All Together
The capstone. Four parts of pieces, headers, sections, symbols, relocations, joined into one tool that reads any ELF. The only new mechanic is the sh_link chain: offset into a table that holds offsets into a table that holds strings.
- •4 min read•binary-exploitationtooling
C from the trenches: breaking the stack
A deep dive into how C handles memory and how we can use buffer overflows to hijack program execution.
- •5 min read•toolingweb-security
cURL Exploitation - Hoperation Eggsploit TryHackMe
A hands-on walkthrough of TryHackMe's cURL exploitation room - learning HTTP requests, POST data, cookies, sessions, and brute force attacks from the command line.
- •2 min read•toolingcryptography
Advent of CTF 2025: Day 1 - The Mission Begins
A beginner-friendly cryptography challenge involving multi-step encoding conversion using CyberChef to decode binary data into the final flag.
- •5 min read•reverse-engineeringstatic-analysis
Advent of CTF 2025: Day 4 - The Elf's Wager
Reverse engineering challenge involving static analysis of a stripped ELF binary with anti-debugging measures and XOR-based authentication.
- •4 min read•elfreverse-engineering
Static Analysis of ELF x86 Binary - RootMe Challenge
Systematic reverse engineering approach for unprotected ELF binaries using static analysis techniques and Ghidra decompilation