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28 postsAI Agents Take on Embedded RTOS Vulnerability Research
How a Codex-based AI agent, Trail of Bits skills, and a custom GDB stub enabled vulnerability research on an eCos cable modem's RTOS firmware.
Droidsaw: A Rust Tool for Byte-Perfect Android DEX/Hermes RE
Droidsaw is a Rust-based Android reverse engineering tool that reconstructs DEX and Hermes files byte-for-byte, with built-in security auditing.
Hanwha security cameras shipped a GitHub admin token in firmware
A GitHub admin token with access to hundreds of repos was found hardcoded in Hanwha security camera firmware, exposed via a Vite build leak.
CommitBrief — AI code reviews, right in your terminal
A provider-agnostic, local-first CLI that reviews your staged changes, a historic range, or a whole GitHub pull request. Zero telemetry, no server. Free and open source.
commitbrief.comWhy Sony's PS Link USB Dongle Freezes Windows Audio Entirely
A firmware bug in Sony's PS Link USB adapter violates USB spec and crashes Windows audio system-wide. Root cause analysis and workaround inside.
From Silicon to Solver: Reverse Engineering Jane Street's GDSII Puzzle Chip
How a Jane Street puzzle's raw GDSII chip layout was reverse engineered into verified Verilog, recovering 722 gates to solve an 11x11 Star Battle.
Booting Linux on Apple's M4: SPTM, Locked Registers and WFI Bugs
Deep dive into booting Linux on Apple's M4 chip: SPTM hardening, register debugging, and a WFI erratum that breaks ARM64 spec compliance.
Reverse-Engineering Apple's Find My Friends API on Linux
How a developer reverse-engineered Apple's undocumented Find My Friends API on Linux, covering MobileMe tokens, IDS registration, and APNs anisette headers.
How one engineer reverse engineered the Attack Shark keyboard protocol
An engineer reverse engineered the closed Attack Shark keyboard protocol via WebHID, producing an open-source configurator for 523 board models.
Telegram's Hidden Data Centers: Why DC3 Users Vanished
An MTProto-level investigation into why Telegram's DC3 data center appears empty and how DC-detection bots got it wrong.
AI Reverse Engineering Benchmark
AgentRE-Bench assesses AI agents' reverse engineering capabilities. Calibration proves more effective than reasoning depth.