Research Worth Reading Week 04/2025

Published: 26 Jan 2025

A lot of long-form content here, packed with valuable insights. Grab a cup of coffee or tea before you dive in!

🎮 Reverse Engineering Call Of Duty Anti-Cheat

If you want to learn more about CoD’s anti-cheat mechanisms, this article is great: Reverse Engineering Call Of Duty Anti-Cheat.

👾 Attacks on Maven proxy repositories

A fantastic example of a CI/CD attack, showcasing how to achieve RCE in Sonatype Nexus and JFrog Artifactory: Attacks on Maven proxy repositories.

🎹 World’s First MIDI Shellcode

Remote Code Execution using MIDI to run code? Yes, please: World’s First MIDI Shellcode.

🚗 Hacking Subaru: Tracking and Controlling Cars via the STARLINK Admin Panel

Check out this fascinating write-up by Sam and Shub on hacking a Subaru admin panel—a must-read for API hackers: Hacking Subaru: Tracking and Controlling Cars via the STARLINK Admin Panel.

📚 AppSec eZine #571

The latest edition of AppSec eZine is here! Read issue #571.

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