Monthly Archives: June 2017

Reversing the Balong M3/MCU Console – Lightning the Path to Ring 0

Posted on June 19, 2017 by

This weekend, I spent some time continuing my investigation of a Huawei E5573 modem. In this, I was able to identify and briefly PoC a process by which an attacker can gain privileged code execution on this device, without resorting … Continue reading →

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Arduino-to-Arduino Voltage Glitching (look ma, no FPGA!)

Posted on June 12, 2017 by

Recently, I have been delving into the magical world of hardware hacking. One target has given me cause to learn voltage glitching, among other things. On the advice of friends, I ordered a ChipWhisperer kit but while it made it’s … Continue reading →

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Writeups – Ping, A Temple Jest (securityfest.ctf.rocks)

Posted on June 2, 2017 by

One hour ago, I competed in the securityfest.ctf.rocks CTF. In the time I had to participate, I was able to solve two challenges. Without further ado: Ping The “ping” challenge was presented as a binary file, which you can download … Continue reading →

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