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Flag not yet recovered.</description><category>CTF Writeup</category><category>ctf</category><category>writeup</category><category>perfectroot</category></item><item><title>Binary Exploitation 101 – Tools Setup &amp; Key Commands</title><link>https://f4zzie.dev/notes/binary-exploitation/intro-to-buffer-overflows/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://f4zzie.dev/notes/binary-exploitation/intro-to-buffer-overflows/</guid><description>Introduction to buffer overflow vulnerabilities including tool setup, essential GDB commands, and understanding memory corruption fundamentals.</description><category>Binary Exploitation</category><category>binary-exploitation</category><category>pwn</category></item><item><title>Binary Exploitation Methodology</title><link>https://f4zzie.dev/notes/binary-exploitation/binary-exploitation-methodology/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://f4zzie.dev/notes/binary-exploitation/binary-exploitation-methodology/</guid><description>Complete methodology for approaching binary exploitation challenges, from initial reconnaissance through vulnerability identification to working exploit development.</description><category>Binary Exploitation</category><category>binary-exploitation</category><category>pwn</category></item><item><title>Binary Instrumentation 3 (bin-ins3.zip) Writeup</title><link>https://f4zzie.dev/notes/picoctf-reverse-engineering/08-bin-ins3-writeup/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://f4zzie.dev/notes/picoctf-reverse-engineering/08-bin-ins3-writeup/</guid><description>picoCTF Binary Instrumentation 3 writeup using dynamic binary instrumentation tools like Frida or Pin to trace and solve the challenge.</description><category>picoCTF - 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