Tag: Security-Oriented C

It's been a while since I wrote up an article for this series but I did say that I'd be ...

Welcome to the final tutorial of the series on standard C. This article will cover the linked list abstract data ...

Hello again, readers! In our previous crypter tutorial, we looked at how we could obfuscate our malware (or any program) ...

How's it goin'? In this tutorial, we will learn about the security issues of the popen and system functions. I've ...

Welcome to a tutorial on crypting technology. In this article, we will be discussing types of crypters, how they work ...

Welcome to a tutorial on XOR encryption. We'll be looking at what XOR is and how we can use it ...

Hello there! This will probably be the final tutorial on functions where we will be looking over a method called ...

Hey guys, in this tutorial, we are going to learn about the heap segment and how to use it for ...

What's up, peeps? In this quick tutorial, we will be looking at structs, a special kind of data type. What ...

Hello again, and welcome back to another tutorial on functions, this time, covering recursion. What Is Recursion?Recursion is the calling ...

Welcome to an introduction on writing basic malware, an optional sub-series in which I expose you to malware and its ...

Hello readers, in this tutorial, we will be discussing how to perform file operations such as reading and writing. Types ...

What's up readers? Today I'll be introducing to you a new vulnerability called the Format String vulnerability (in case you ...

Before we begin learning about another vulnerability, we are going to explore printf in a bit more detail. This will ...

What's up readers? We have ever so slightly touched upon this concept of scope with variables but still don't really ...

In many programs on Linux, you'll come across programs which allow you to specify additional arguments instead of just simply ...

In previous tutorials we have encountered these things called pointers and addresses but we still don't know what they really ...

Welcome back to another tutorial on functions. Last time, we looked inside memory to see what functions looked like in ...

In the last tutorial, we learned how to make functions and how they work on the high level. This time, ...

Welcome to a tutorial explaining functions. This article will help clarify some things we have already been exposed to such ...

Welcome finally, to a tutorial on buffer overflows! At last we have reached an exciting part of this series where ...

Hey readers! This tutorial will be the entry point for the introduction of buffer overflows. Something like requesting user input ...

Okay guys and gals, this will be a quick tutorial on using the incredibly helpful man pages. What Are Man ...

What's up guys! It's time to discuss strings in more detail. ReviewJust a revision in case you have forgotten about ...

Before I continue with a topic on strings, we first require some fundamental understanding of how memory works, i.e. what ...

Welcome to another C tutorial. We will be looking at arrays, discussing what they are, when they are used and ...

Hello again! In this tutorial, we are going to go over something called "operators" which will help us build upon ...

Welcome back to control structures, part two featuring the three types of loops. Here we go! What Is a Loop?Loops ...

Welcome back to another C tutorial, this post covering the first part of control structures, if statements. Let's get right ...

Hey there, reader! In this tutorial we are going to explain how values are stored in variables as either signed ...

Hello again, reader! In this post, we are going to cover some data types and how to declare variables. It ...

Hello there, reader! If you've clicked on this How-to then it means you are interested in learning some C programming ...