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August 2016

The Joy of CrScreenshotDxe

The Joy of CrScreenshotDxe
The Joy of CrScreenshotDxe

I’ve been playing with an open-source (Github-hosted) utility written by Mr. Nikolaj Schlej called CrScreenshotDxe .  This utility is imple...

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The Binwalk Firmware Analysis Tool

The Binwalk Firmware Analysis Tool
The Binwalk Firmware Analysis Tool

I’ve recently been experimenting with a wicked-fun tool you may find useful called Binwalk :  a “fast, easy to use tool for analyzing and ex...

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