The first thing I noticed about this pwnable challenge is that no source code was provided.... Uh oh. Connecting to the service returns <Simple loop greetings v1.3.3.7> [!] Type bye to quit Enter your name: The binary appears to take in your name and then tell you Hi. [...]
The EKOParty security conference ran a pre-ctf competition last week for a ticket to the con and some nifty swag. I didn't have time to look at many but I tried out a couple of the pwnables. I connected to Pwn100 ( Smashing the stack for fun and profit ) and [...]
Navigating to the web 200 challenge we are presented with a quirky little web app that simulates grass growing. I clicked grow a good number of times for funsies but didn't really see much useful as a result. My next step was to see if any of the input boxes appeared [...]
This was the first challenge I decided to take a crack at for this year's CSAW CTF. After an initial glance in IDA Pro, it appears this challenge is pretty straight forward. It appears this challenge contains a classic buffer overflow. The only noticeable difference is that [...]
This past weekend Japan's University of Electro-Communications hosted the 2015 MMACTF. I only had a few spare cycles this weekend, so I used that time to look at an easy one called RPS ( rock paper scissors ). The challenge consists of a basic server application that iteratively plays rock paper swissors with a [...]
