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Some (more) thoughts on community…

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Norman

A week ago, I had the unique privilege of declaring the second Great Purge of the Platypus Initiative. Among the other Australian information security communities, this concept is unique to us – a time when all “idle” accounts are deleted from … Continue reading →

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Writeups – Shane and the Binary Files, MI6 (Pragyan CTF)

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Norman

Over the past few weeks, numerous side projects (including starting lecturing for the COMP6443 course at UNSW, as well as attempting to unravel the fucking magic carpet ride that is OpenBTS) have significantly reduced the time I’ve been able to … Continue reading →

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Writeup – pinlock (BSides San Francisco)

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Norman

This past weekend, I participated to some degree in the BSides San Francisco CTF, the HackIM CTF and Codegate Qualifier CTF. Due to the baleful glare of the Day Star pushing temperatures to above 40 degrees in Australia, my participation … Continue reading →

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Writeups – Catalyst, UnVM Me, Unknown Format, Mailclient

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Norman

This weekend, I participated in the AlexCTF competition, hosted by Alexandria University. Overall, this event was easier than many previous CTF’s, with the last challenges being released significantly spiking the difficulty. As always, I will present writeups for the challenges … Continue reading →

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Writeup – Simple Secret 2 (Break In CTF), grgsm_livemon Headless Mode

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Norman

During the last week, I participated in the Break In CTF. Unfortunately, I completely neglected to take notes or save binaries, therefore, I can only provide a single writeup, based on the only binary I saved. Simple Secret 2 This challenge … Continue reading →

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