Understanding Path Resolution in Windows

Understanding Path Resolution in Windows for Vulberability Research & Exploit Development.. Going beyong the traditional content :)

2025-07-2010 min read

Understanding Mini-Filter Drivers for Windows Vulnerability Research & Exploit Development

Just wanted to understand what they are, How they work, How to write such drivers, How they are different from the legacy drivers etc etc.

31-03-202510 min read

Understanding Callback Registration Mechanisms in Windows

This blog post is on Callback Registration Mechanisms, where we will be talking more about its internals rather than just covering the already well-known callback routines.

03-03-20258 min read

Understanding Deferred Procedure Calls (DPCs) for Windows Vulnerability Research & Exploit Development

DPCs are a mechanism that allows code running at a high interrupt request level (IRQL) to defer execution of lower-priority work until the processor returns to a lower IRQL.

02-02-20257 min read

Understanding Memory Descriptor Lists (MDLs) for Windows Vulnerability Research & Exploit Development

I had no idea what they were, since I had never heard of them before. I remember reading those posts multiple times (I swear!), diving through MSDN, checking a few Stack exchange pages, and eventually managing to grasp how they worked.

25-01-20257 min read

Understanding HalDispatchTable for Windows Vulnerability Research & Exploit Development

This blog post is on HalDispatchTable, where we will be talking more about its internals instead of just saying “Oh, it’s part of the Hardware Abstraction Layer that deals with hardware stuff” and moving on, we’re going deeper

2025-01-168 min read

Understanding IOCTLs for Windows Vulnerability Research & Exploit Development

Following up on my previous post about the role of RFCs in vulnerability research, I thought it would be nice to explore IOCTLs, a crucial element in vulnerability research, exploit development, and reverse engineering Windows drivers.

14-12-20247 min read

MS13–018: The TCP Bug That Made Windows Wait… and Wait… and Wait…

After my previous posts about RFCs in 0-day research, I thought it would be great to shift the focus to N-day research.

03-11-202409 min read

Uncovering 0-Days: The Crucial Role of RFCs in Vulnerability Research and the Recent Windows TCP/IPv6 Exploit

But as the title suggests, this post is all about the importance of understanding RFCs, especially if you’re diving into vulnerability research.

05-10-202408 min read

Crafting Chaos: A deep dive into developing Shellcode Loaders!

I thought of creating a shellcode loader which upon executing will make a connection to my server, downloads the shellcode and executes it.

24-03-202404 min read

Build it Before Breaking it !! — PART 2

In this blog, we will be going through on how to setup Constrained Delegation lab.

24-10-202304 min read

Build It Before Breaking It !!

So, You want to be a red teamer? Then You have to create your small Active Directory Home Lab right now!

17-09-202305 min read