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BitLocker is a modern data protection feature that is deeply integrated in the Windows kernel. It is used by many corporations as a means of protecting company secrets in case of theft. Microsoft...
This post is about a VirtualBox escape for the latest currently available version (VirtualBox 6.1.16 on Windows). The vulnerabilities were discovered and exploited by our team Sauercl0ud as part of...
Anti-cheat development is, by nature, reactive; anti-cheats exist to respond to and thwart a videogame’s population of cheaters. For instance, a videogame with an exceedingly low amount of cheaters...
Checking out the new undocumented thread flag and some peculiarities of suspending
Alien Swarm was originally a free game released circa July 2010. It differs from most Source Engine games in that it is a top-down shooter, though with gameplay elements not dissimilar from Left 4...
Recently I disclosed some vulnerabilities to Dropbox and PortSwigger via H1 and Microsoft via MSRC pertaining to Application entitlements on MacOS. We’ll be exploring what entitlements are, what...
The popular anti-cheat BattlEye is widely used by modern online games such as Escape from Tarkov and is considered an industry standard anti-cheat by many. In this article I will demonstrate a method...
BottlEye is a emulation solution for the commercial anti-cheat BattlEye.Download here: https://github.com/thesecretclub/bottleyeWrite-up: https://secret.club...
Today, we will be looking at the “Connected User Experiences and Telemetry service,” also known as “diagtrack.” This article is quite heavy on NTFS-related terminology, so you’ll need to have a good...