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Tutorials (overflow, using debugers, exploits coding…)

* Stack based overflows (direct RET overwrite) : (Tutorial Part 1) http://www.corelan.be:8800/index.php/2009/07/19/exploit-writing-tutorial-part-1-stack-based-overflows/ * Jumping to shellcode : (Tutorial Part 2) http://www.corelan.be:8800/index.php/2009/07/23/writing-buffer-overflow-exploits-a-quick-and-basic-tutorial-part-2/ * Stack based overflows – SEH (Tutorial Part 3)

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Yahoo password recovery method

A friend of ours asked us “is it possible to retrieve yahoo password”. On further discussion we found out that he was waiting to get the password from an old

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SQL Injection Cheat Sheet

(wiki) SQL injection is a code injection technique that exploits a security vulnerability occurring in the database layer of an application. The vulnerability is present when user input is either

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