What is Firmware Reverse Engineering Every embedded device, including cameras, routers, smart watches, and other devices, comes with pre-installed firmware, which has its own set of instructions executing on the hardware’s processor. It makes it possible for the device’s hardware and other software to communicate. The designer or developer can make changes at the root …
Hardware hacking is frequently viewed as a highly sophisticated subject that is cloaked in mystery. Even though there are many intricate and difficult hardware hacking components, getting started is actually quite easy. Modern computers are quite strong. This enables them to incorporate more functions and security safeguards into their communication protocols to guarantee messages are …
Threat Detection Cyber threats and criminals utilize cutting-edge strategies to steal information and wreak havoc. There are numerous ways to accomplish this, as you have already seen throughout the previous days. Security teams can prepare their defenses and recognize these threats in a number of ways. It would be clear that the majority of blue-team …
Input Validation Foundations Generally, an effective way to validate input is first to know how a specific piece of data is going to be processed by the rest of your application. Data then goes through syntax and semantic validation checks to ensure that the user-provided values are both proper in their syntax (the answer follows …
The standard language for querying databases is called Structured Query Language (SQL). Any application you construct that uses a database must be able to instantly generate SQL statements and send them to the database engine in order to retrieve the data it needs to function. Fortunately for you, SQL was designed with simplicity in mind, …
Input Validation One of the major security problems for web applications is insufficient input validation. When user input is implicitly trusted by the application, a problem arises. Given that user input can potentially be manipulated by an attacker, it is clear how this inherent trust might result in a wide range of issues. The problem …
Web Application A software program that we may access using a web browser is known as a web application. The user does not need to install a web application on their machine in order to use it, in contrast to computer programs and smartphone applications. We only need a web browser, such Firefox, MS Edge, …
Packets and Packet Analysis? The most fundamental unit of network data carried through a network is a packet. A message is transported from one host to another in little pieces, each of which is referred to as a packet. In packet analysis, prerecorded traffic files are used to extract, evaluate, and discover network patterns such …
Malware, a common term in cybersecurity, is software designed to harm a computer or a network as a whole. Threat actors create malware to accomplish particular objectives, such as breaking into networks, stealing sensitive data, or interfering with operational services. If you were to examine numerous malware samples found in the wild, a common pattern …
What is Memory Forensics? Analysis of the volatile memory that is active when a computer is turned on is known as memory forensics. Computers employ specialized storage units called Random Access Memory (RAM) to keep track of the tasks they are currently performing. RAM is the primary method of data storage and access since it …
AoC 2022 Day 11: Memory Forensics – Not all gifts are nice Read More »
