Moving forward with the picoCTF challenge platform, after completing the General Skills room I opted for the Reverse Engineering room. This room actually stood out first, even before General Skills. I’ve dabbled in reverse engineering (RE) and it’s a fun but complex and challenging process. Fret not, I committed to it and, well, read further to see what I thought about … [Read more...]
My CTF Ventures: picoCTF, General Skills
The next few installments in this series will focus solely on the picoCTF 2019 challenge platform. This post in particular will cover what the introduction is all about, provide some brief details about how the game is set up, and then dive into the “General Skills” challenge room. I will also expand on a few technical concepts along the way for those who may not know and to … [Read more...]
My CTF Ventures: Introduction
The sheer amount of info regarding information systems (computers and other electronic devices and how they work, programming, etc.) is mind boggling, honestly. How do you read through it all, hoping to understand at least a sliver of what you’ve read, and then apply it from a security research standpoint? From encodings to encryption algorithms and the tools available to do … [Read more...]
