Flare-On 11 Write-Ups

Washi publishes his Flare-On 12 write-ups, reflecting on the challenge set — praising it as fun but wanting more realistic, malware-oriented tasks — with links to the full solutions.

Offers a clean, organized reference architecture and automated tool-bootstrap script for CTF competitors, penetration testers, and security researchers.

A personal update from Washi: highlights from DEFCON 33 and a first visit to the Grand Canyon, plus an honest account of ongoing Long-COVID-like health issues limiting his work.

A DEFCON CTF Quals 2023 write-up for 'brinebid': combining a Python pickle-based client, a JavaScript VM server and a VM vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution and capture the flag.

Washi's first blog post: a short introduction to the author, a hobbyist programmer and reverse engineer focused on compilers, decompilers and obfuscation, and what the blog will cover.

Bishop Fox shows how to bypass .NET MAUI's platform packaging to extract readable C# assemblies from Android and iOS apps, then use that shared-assembly insight to uncover critical vulnerability patterns in common business logic.