Obfuscation

Techniques for Generating Obfuscated Metasploit Payloads for Android. — When it comes to generating obfuscated Metasploit payloads for Android, the “apkwash” tool can be a valuable asset. This tool allows for the creation of obfuscated payloads, which can help evade detection by anti-virus software. Here’s how to set up and use the tool: Clone the apkwash tool from its…

While developing a website I went down a rabbit hole of attempting to hide the source code from the end user. I quickly learned that this isn’t fully possible. However, there are ways to make it significantly harder and more annoying to view. Option 1- Disable Right Click Through some…

The other day, I was discussing how difficult it is to navigate Google API responses with a friend and we both agreed that they tend to overcomplicate things like putting an object inside another object and so on. …

Meaning, Difference, Types, Examples & a lot more! — There are various types of security jargons that are used to describe different aspects of cybersecurity. A few common and most widely used ones include encryption, encoding, hashing, and obfuscation. Many people often confuse their individual meanings. That's why, today, we’re gonna solve this. Starting with, TLDR; Don’t have time to read? Here’s a video to help you understand the difference between encryption vs encoding vs hashing vs obfuscation in detail.

Javascript deobfuscator is generally a tool that will make a JS code readable again after being processed with obfuscation. Deobfuscation is also known as beautification. We use Javascript obfuscators to make our code more complex and hard to steal. How does JavaScript DeObfuscator work? Obfuscator tools use different obfuscation methods…

Reverse engineering code can be complicated enough, but what can make things really weird is when the instructions you see in code being called do not execute as you expect. …

I put together a quick little demo of covert channels over HTTP and why they can be not exactly easy to pick out when viewing network traffic. This is obviously a toy example and should not be taken as the end all to covert channels, an expert in the field…

In part 01 of this blog post, I covered how you can utilize a function overwrite with shellcode to obfuscate code to make reverse engineering more difficult and to hide capabilities from anti-virus applications. In this addition, part 02, I will be covering additional capabilities utilizing network communications to send…