Waiter, there is a compiler in my shellcode!

[techman-001]

A very interesting computer security video by Josh Stone at Nolacon 2019.

[tggzzz]

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.

[Ian.M]

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.

[borjam]

So it seems Forth has just been rediscovered

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

[Mr. Scram]

So it seems Forth has just been rediscovered

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

The Church of Forth is calling and it’s only slightly more painful to deal with than Scientology.