Reading Phrack 61
Phrack 61 has appeared. Continued reading discipline.
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Reading Phrack 60
Phrack 60 has appeared. The articles continue the trajectory of increasingly-sophisticated exploitation techniques.
Phrack 59 read carefully
Phrack 59 has appeared with several useful articles. A short writeup of what is worth reading and what it teaches.
Phrack 58 read carefully
Phrack 58 has appeared with several articles worth careful reading. Two in particular — on heap exploitation and on advanced kernel-level techniques — have shifted my mental model.
Phrack 57, read carefully
The latest Phrack landed in late September. Two articles in particular have shifted my thinking about advanced exploitation. The format-string article from Phrack 55 has a meaningful sequel.
Phrack 56, read carefully
The latest Phrack arrived in January. Two articles in particular deserve patient reading: one on kernel rootkits, one on a generalised technique for bypassing non-executable stack defences. Both shift my mental model of what defenders should be paying attention to.
Phrack 55, read carefully
The latest issue of Phrack arrived in September. I have spent the last two months reading it properly, line by line, and the technique articles in particular have changed how I think about a class of vulnerability I thought I understood.