Innovative thought leader, #phrack author, reversing, exploitation and kernel hacking. Shiva binary patching technology: arcana-research.io/shiva

Joined March 2014
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Good evening. I am excited to announce that Shiva, Arcana Research's advanced binary patching solution has been competitively assessed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and has been deemed "awardable" in the Expedited Research Innovation System (ERIS) Marketplace, making it available to view and easily procurable by the Department of War. Shiva: arcana-research.io/shiva Shiva github: github.com/advanced-microcod… ERIS program: darpaconnect.us/eris @DARPA #DARPA #ERIS #BinaryPatching #innovation #NationalSecurity
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I should have mentioned the Title of my ERIS submission, so that it can be looked up in the ERIS Market place. The title is "Advancing ELF binary patching and microprogram loading for security patching, hardening, and beyond"
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Check out my upcoming Advanced ELF hacking workshop focused on state-of-the-art ELF binary patching techniques to solve real-world binary patching problems with Shiva. eventbrite.com/e/the-art-of-…
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Pleased to announce my upcoming advanced ELF hacking course. 2-day instructor led workshop by ElfMaster Workshop title: "The Art of ELF binary patching in Linux". Become a pro at ELF binary patching with Shiva and learn the fundamental principles necessary to build custom ELF interpreters, loaders, and linkers to solve some of the worlds hardest security problems today. Get the early bird special before April 13th. eventbrite.com/e/the-art-of-… #ReverseEngineering #BinaryPatching
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Slightly older blog-post on Linux APT, virus, and implant detection, take a peek: arcana-technologies.io/blog/… -- Stay tuned for my latest blog series "Introducing ELF binary hacking with Shiva".

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Happy birthday @phrack staff — signed by @thedarktangent. 40 years of hacker history.
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Cover art by @ryan_elfmaster’s son. So cool!
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Very cool interview with Skyper of THC/Teso. youtu.be/sQVLniT9CDY?si=-4CY…

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Granular ASLR in Linux: Function level randomization, randomized PLT entries and randomized global data. implemented as a dynamic security module with Shiva. Coming soon to a repo near you!
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Would you look at that, it's tmp.0ut Volume 4! Happy Friday, hope you enjoy this latest issue! tmpout.sh/4/
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The Sacred Elves with @TomMontalk on Bass Guitar. Releasing our latest mix "Jayden Atreyu": arcana-research.io/static/ja…

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Today @ESET released a paper on "Bootkitty" the first UEFI bootkit for Linux. We didn't even read the paper, we just liked the name and artwork
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Mark your calendars!! Our highly anticipated Off-By-One Conference is returning on the 📆 𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓! Stay tuned for more updates on the CFP and venue! 🙌 #OBO2025 #SaveTheDate #OffensiveSecurity #SecurityConference #Singapore
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