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 Exploit writing tutorial part 5 : How debugger modules & plugins can speed up basic exploit development

In the first parts of this exploit writing tutorial, I have mainly used Windbg as a tool to watch registers and stack contents while evaluating …

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 WPA TKIP cracked in a minute - time to move on to WPA2

Just a quick note to let you know that 2 Japanese scientists (from Hiroshima and Kobe Universities) have found a practical way to crack WPA TKIP in …

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 Exploit writing tutorial part 4 : From Exploit to Metasploit - The basics

In the first parts of the exploit writing tutorial, I have discussed some common vulnerabilities that can lead to 2 types of exploits : stack based …

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 Exploit writing tutorial part 3b : SEH Based Exploits - just another example

In the previous tutorial post, I have explained the basics of SEH based exploits. I have mentioned that in the most simple case of an SEH based …

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 Exploit writing tutorial part 3 : SEH Based Exploits

In the first 2 parts of the exploit writing tutorial series, I have discussed how a classic stack buffer overflow works and how you can build a …

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Corelan Research is a long-running cybersecurity research project focused on exploit development, vulnerability research and Windows internals.   Since 2009, we have published deep technical tutorials covering topics such as stack-based exploitation, heap exploitation, shellcoding, reverse engineering and debugging. 
These tutorials have helped thousands of security researchers, penetration testers, exploit developers and exploit dev trainers learn how modern memory corruption vulnerabilities work.