#Reverse Engineering

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Client-Side Password Validation Explained: When Your Password Checker Builds Its Own Tiny CPU
August 12, 2026 • 15 min read • 🌐 AR / EN • 🎧 Audio
A password checker can look wonderfully complicated, decrypt code at runtime, and even run a custom virtual machine. That still does not make the secret unbreakable. Here is how to pull the VM apart, recover its instructions, and reverse the final checks.
#Reverse Engineering #Virtual Machine #Obfuscation #Binary Analysis #Password Validation #GD
Encrypted C2 Loader Explained: Correlating PCAP, Memory, and a Hidden Stage
August 11, 2026 • 17 min read • 🌐 AR / EN • 🎧 Audio
This challenge started with exactly two artifacts: `capture.pcapng` and `DbgInfo.DMP`. From there, the investigation moved through C2 decryption, screenshot and binary recovery, and reverse engineering of a loader that hid an encrypted in-memory stage.
#Reverse Engineering #Forensics #PCAP #Shellcode #Windows #Malware Analysis

Client-Side Password Validation Explained: When Your Password Checker Builds Its Own Tiny CPU