Reverse engineering starts with a notebook, not a guess
An evidence-first approach to undocumented protocols: controlled observations, stream boundaries, state machines and fixtures that challenge your assumptions.
Engineering notes / Alexandru Talnaci
Notes from
between the layers.
Development, reverse engineering and AI in the workflow.
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Reverse engineering a dead MMORPG protocol with nothing but the client
How I went from an unreadable, protected game binary to a working server emulator, with no servers, no documentation and no prior experience.
IP camera vulnerabilities: leaked credentials and live audio
A January 2018 look at CVE-2017-8225 and CVE-2017-8221: exposed camera credentials, live audio access, FTP command injection and insecure cloud traffic.
Netis WF2416: a router with an unexpected backdoor
A November 2017 look at the Netis WF2416: accessible Telnet, the Netis/Netcore backdoor on UDP port 53413 and recoverable administration credentials.
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