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  Insane Code Flow in Async JavaScript

  What happens under the hood of "asynchronous" JavaScript: await, async, Promise, then.

  js

  programming-tips

  February 1, 2025

  by Dennis A. Babkin
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  Reverse Engineering Virtual Functions Compiled With Visual Studio C++ Compiler - Part 1

  Understanding virtual function tables, vtable, __purecall, novtable, Control Flow Guard.

  compiler

  cpp

  asm

  reverse-engineer

  debugger

  cfg

  msvs

  low-level

  January 10, 2025

  by Dennis A. Babkin
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  Windows Authentication - Credential Providers - Part 2

  Sequence of calls to a credential provider in Windows.

  credential-provider

  win-logon

  com

  win11

  win10

  cpp

  win32

  undocumented

  October 4, 2023

  by Dennis A. Babkin
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  Windows Authentication - Credential Providers - Part 1

  A primer on writing a credential provider in Windows.

  credential-provider

  win-logon

  com

  win11

  win10

  cpp

  win32

  undocumented

  September 20, 2023

  by Dennis A. Babkin

  by Rbmm
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  Secure Programming Practices - Serialization

  Example of secure binary serialization and de-serialization in C++.

  cpp

  serialization

  security

  fuzzing

  September 3, 2023

  by Dennis A. Babkin
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  Trusted Platform Module in Windows - Part 1

  How to use TPM to encrypt and decrypt small blobs of data programmatically.

  windows-internals

  tpm

  cpp

  reverse-engineer

  low-level

  win10

  win11

  August 28, 2023

  by Dennis A. Babkin

  by Rbmm
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  Reverse Engineering - Stepping Into a System Call

  How to step into a SYSCALL with a debugger using kernel binary patch.

  windows-internals

  windows-kernel

  reverse-engineer

  asm

  debugger

  low-level

  undocumented

  win10

  ...

  August 25, 2023

  by Dennis A. Babkin
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  Native Functions To The Rescue - Part 1

  How to make a critical process that can crash Windows if it is closed.

  windows-internals

  undocumented

  win10

  win11

  win32

  reverse-engineer

  low-level

  August 22, 2023

  by Dennis A. Babkin

  by Rbmm
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  Shaky Windows All The Way

  How to perform "title bar window shake" programmatically in Windows.

  windows-internals

  undocumented

  win10

  win11

  win32

  reverse-engineer

  August 21, 2023

  by Rbmm
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  Critical Section vs Kernel Objects

  Spinning in user-mode versus entering kernel - the cost of a SYSCALL in Windows.

  windows-internals

  windows-kernel

  reverse-engineer

  asm

  debugger

  low-level

  undocumented

  mitigation-policy

  ...

  August 19, 2023

  by Dennis A. Babkin
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  Things You Find While Reverse Engineering - AlertByThreadId

  How to put a thread into a kernel wait state and how to wake it up by a thread ID.

  while-re

  windows-internals

  synchronization

  low-level

  undocumented

  August 18, 2023

  by Dennis A. Babkin

  by Rbmm
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  Nuances of a Process Harakiri in Windows

  What is the shutdown-in-progress state of a process?

  windows-internals

  synchronization

  debugger

  low-level

  August 16, 2023

  by Dennis A. Babkin

  by Rbmm
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  Reverse Engineering & Binary Augmentation - Snipping Tool

  Screencasts of the reverse engineering process to make binary patches to modify discontinued Microsoft Snipping Tool.

  reverse-engineer

  asm

  debugger

  low-level

  compiler

  pe

  cpp

  shellcode

  ...

  August 8, 2023

  by Dennis A. Babkin
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  Reverse Engineering - Tips For Beginners

  What do you need to become a software reverse engineer?

  reverse-engineer

  debugger

  low-level

  July 26, 2023

  by Dennis A. Babkin
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  Reverse Engineering - VM Setup - Windows

  How to set up a virtual machine for your reverse engineering work on Windows.

  reverse-engineer

  debugger

  win10

  low-level

  pe

  vm

  vmware

  windbg-preview

  July 23, 2023

  by Dennis A. Babkin