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Waiter, there is a compiler in my shellcode!
« on: August 25, 2019, 10:29:39 am »
A very interesting computer security video by Josh Stone at Nolacon 2019.

 

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Re: Waiter, there is a compiler in my shellcode!
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2019, 07:20:02 pm »
Care to give us a clue as to why it is interesting?

As it stands it isn't interesting enough for me to spend 50mins of my little remaining life on it.
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Re: Waiter, there is a compiler in my shellcode!
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2019, 09:07:46 pm »
Its not, unless you already have an interest in Forth or a serious interest in PC security.

TLDR: its a minimalist RAM resident Forth kernal, running on a possibly remote Windows target, which does its normal I/O on the host controlling it, similar to an embedded Forth, + the rest of the Forth, as usual written in Forth, + a bunch of Forth utility programs for stealth 'black hat' hacking.
 

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Re: Waiter, there is a compiler in my shellcode!
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2019, 09:18:50 pm »
So it seems Forth has just been rediscovered :)

I was a member of the Forth Interest Group back in the 90's.
 

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Re: Waiter, there is a compiler in my shellcode!
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2019, 09:20:12 pm »
So it seems Forth has just been rediscovered :)

I was a member of the Forth Interest Group back in the 90's.
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