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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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Writeups – misc50 / playfake, for150 / strange_pdf.pdf, rev300 / Login.apk, rev100 / repairme.exe (SharifCTF)

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Norman

This weekend, I participated in the SharifCTF event. This was a 48-hour CTF organised by the Sharif University, and was an enjoyable event after two weeks of effectively not capturing any internet points at all. I will present three writeups (plus … Continue reading →

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Startcon 2016 (and Late Writeup – 12 / Format String)

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Norman

Last weekend, I attended the Startcon 2016 event. This event was a startup conference, pitched at both entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. As part of the event, there was also a “Security Cup” CTF, which lasted for most of Saturday. I decided to form an … Continue reading →

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