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Knowledge Base

Reusable technical notes, methodology and reference material extracted from practical vulnerability research and exploit development.

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Web Applications

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Web ApplicationsREFERENCE

Command Injection Analysis

A hands-on way to trace user-controlled input into operating-system commands, prove whether it is really exploitable, and capture the conditions that matter.

Command InjectionData FlowShell ExecutionValidation
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Web ApplicationsREFERENCE

PHP Deserialization and Object Injection

A practical guide to working out what attacker-controlled PHP deserialization actually gives you, which classes are reachable, and how that can grow into real impact.

PHPDeserializationObject InjectionGadget Chains
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Exploit Development

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Exploit DevelopmentREFERENCE

Metasploit Exploit Module Development

Hands-on notes for turning a working proof of concept into a Metasploit module that checks the target, handles failure properly and cleans up after itself.

MetasploitExploit EngineeringCheck MethodReliability
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Infrastructure

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IoT & Embedded

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IoT & EmbeddedREFERENCE

Router Firmware Analysis Workflow

My practical workflow for moving from a firmware image to the web interface, native helpers, emulation and targeted validation on embedded Linux routers.

FirmwareEmbedded LinuxRoutersReverse EngineeringEmulation
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