“ROP Gadget Unleashed” delves into the intricacies of Return-Oriented Programming (ROP) and its significance in modern exploitation techniques. The article elucidates how attackers leverage existing code snippets, or “gadgets,” within a program’s memory to craft malicious payloads, thus circumventing traditional security mechanisms like Data Execution Prevention (DEP). By chaining these gadgets together, which typically end…
1. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) 1.1 What is AI? Artificial Intelligence (AI) involves the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, particularly computer systems. These processes include learning (acquiring information and rules for using the information), reasoning (using rules to reach approximate or definite conclusions), and self-correction. AI can handle tasks that typically require…
DLL hijacking is a technique where an attacker exploits the way applications load Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs) in Windows. When an application is launched, it searches for necessary DLLs in specific directories. If an attacker places a malicious DLL with the same name as a legitimate one in a directory that’s searched first, the application…