It's Time for Operating Systems to Rediscover Hardware
Keynote address exploring the need for operating systems research to re-engage with modern hardware realities, proposing strategies to address the disconnect between OS design and current technology.
ATGP - Intro For New WCTFers
Explore wireless capture techniques, legal considerations, and essential tools for effective signal reconnaissance and analysis in this comprehensive introduction.
Power BI CI - CD with Tabular Editor
Automate Power BI Dataset and Analysis Services Tabular model development using Tabular Editor, GIT, and Azure DevOps. Learn to implement continuous integration and delivery for efficient BI solution management.
Extending Service Mesh to the Edge
Explore extending service mesh to edge computing, optimizing resource use and WAN connections. Learn about Clovisor project, utilizing eBPF, SDWAN, and Envoy for efficient edge/cloud network policies.
SIG CLI Intro and Updates
Overview of SIG CLI projects, including kubectl and kustomize CLIs. Covers contribution process and successful onboarding strategies. Includes Q&A session for audience engagement.
Power Management Challenges in IoT and How Zephyr RTOS Meets Them
Explore Zephyr RTOS's innovative power management solutions for IoT devices, addressing challenges of limited resources and diverse applications to maximize battery life in unattended operations.
To RTOS, or Not RTOS - That is the Question
Explore the pros and cons of RTOSes vs. bare metal approaches for embedded computing and IoT, comparing popular open-source options and os-less frameworks to help choose the right approach for your project.
A Month Off - Migrating a Robot Controller from the Proprietary INtime RTOS to Linux
Explore the journey of migrating a robot controller from INtime RTOS to Linux, including technical challenges, realtime requirements, and implementation strategies for system objects and processes.
Zephyr Project - Unlocking IoT Innovation with an Open Source RTOS
Explore Zephyr OS: an open-source RTOS for IoT innovation. Learn about community growth, technical updates, and future plans for this fast-evolving embedded system project.
The Battle for OSINT - Are You Team GUI or Team Command Line
Explore OSINT techniques using GUI and command-line tools. Learn advanced Twitter strategies, Facebook analysis, and specialized platforms for comprehensive digital investigations.
The Sandbox Roulette - Are You Ready For The Gamble?
Explore application sandbox vulnerabilities and evasion techniques through a "Sandbox Roulette" demonstration, comparing various commercial solutions and their effectiveness against different exploit vectors.
Bochspwn - Identifying 0-Days via System-Wide Memory Access Pattern Analysis
Innovative approach to discovering kernel vulnerabilities using CPU-level instrumentation and memory access pattern analysis. Introduces "Bochspwn" project, which identified numerous Windows kernel vulnerabilities.
Hacking Like in the Movies - Visualizing Page Tables for Local Exploitation
Visualizing page tables to break ASLR and find vulnerabilities across operating systems. Includes an Android ASLR bypass and insights for Windows, Linux, and iOS.
Smashing the Font Scaler Engine in Windows Kernel
Exploring vulnerabilities in Windows Font Scaler Engine, including its structure, smart fuzzing methods, and potential attack vectors. Demonstrates new TrueType font vulnerabilities on Windows 8 and 7.
A Stitch in Time Saves Nine - A Case of Multiple Operating System Vulnerability
Explore CPU vulnerabilities and their exploitation across multiple operating systems. Learn about the "sysret" instruction flaw, its impact, and mitigation strategies for system security.
Injectso - Modifying and Spying on Running Processes Under Linux
Explore advanced techniques for modifying and monitoring active Linux processes, focusing on injection methods and real-time surveillance strategies.
Processing Streaming Data with KSQL
Explore KSQL, a SQL-like language for Apache Kafka, enabling powerful stream processing applications with ease. Learn its benefits and see live coding demonstrations.
Git from the Ground Up
Explore Git's inner workings, demystify complex commands, and gain insights to debug challenging scenarios. Learn about Git internals and version control history.
Game of Loom 2 - Life and Deadlock of a Virtual Thread
Explore virtual threads in Java 21 through Conway's Game of Life implementation. Dive into internal details, performance implications, and potential pitfalls of this new feature.
Into the Hive of eBPF
Explore eBPF's fundamentals, architecture, and real-world applications in cloud-native environments for enhanced observability, security, and performance analysis without code instrumentation.
Detection and Blocking with BPF via YAML
Explore BPF-based monitoring and blocking using YAML configurations with OSS Tetragon. Learn to enhance system security without writing BPF code, including event logging and multi-channel notifications.