device driver

2025-04-12

A device driver is a software component that enables the operating system to communicate with and control specific hardware devices.

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EGID

2025-04-12

Effective Group ID (EGID) determines the current GID permissions a process runs with

https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/setegid.2.html

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electronic keyer

2025-04-12

An electronic keyer is a device used in amateur radio that automates the generation of Morse code (CW) by producing properly-timed dits and dahs when ...

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elfpack

2025-04-12

ellfpack is a packer for ELF files.

https://github.com/dsnezhkov/elfpack

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EUID

2025-04-12

Effective User ID (EUID) determines the current UID permissions a process runs with.

https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/seteuid.2.html

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for fun and profit

2025-04-12

Many cybersecurity-related writeups, con talks, etc used “for fun and profit” in their names, likely due to Aleph1’s classic ...

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ftrace

2025-04-12

frace (function tracer) is a tracing framework built into the Linux kernel that allows developers and administrators to trace function calls, and ...

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hidden kernel module

2025-04-12

A hidden kernel module is a loadable kernel module (LKM) that has been intentionally hidden from standard kernel module listings such as /proc/modules ...

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i386

2025-04-12

i386 refers to the 32-bit 80386 architecture and often as a generic term for 32-bit x86 systems and instruction sets.

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in.telnetsnoopd, OpenSSH LD_PRELOAD vulnerability

2025-04-12

telnetsnoopd and OpenSSH were vulnerable to LD_PRELOAD-based attacks using libroot or similar tools. This dated back to 1997 in the case of ...

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