Adrian Birsan

Adrian Birsan is a freelance web developer and pentester. Says he: "Technology has always been something which captivates me; I like computer security and software development. I am a pentester on my free time and also own a blog where I post useful information. I am a big supporter of Freedom of Speech and ... I play the guitar m/ " His blog can be found at http://softpill.eu/

Articles from Adrian Birsan

Owned by Chrome - Security Issues with Browser Extensions

August 15, 2013

1. Introduction We are living in an age defined by SPEED. We look always for shortcuts, faster ways, and faster solutions in order to save our time. Supposin

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Rootkits On Your Smartphone

July 30, 2013

While security of mobile operating systems is one of the most researched topics today, exploiting and rootkitting ARM-based devices gets more and more intere

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Facebook Technologies

July 26, 2013

As in any other field, for a win, we should take a look at the successful stories and case studies around us. In this article I would like to talk about opti

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The Liberty Reserve Scandal

June 17, 2013

In this article, we examine the Liberty Reserve money-laundering scandal—a phony story and video as well (it was about another theme, not Budovsky). A Few w

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Hacking MYBB with CSRF

June 5, 2013

1) Some theory I chose an admin-panel plugin, meaning, normally, only the admin will be able to access its functionalities. This is why the exploitation of t

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"Frictionless Sharing": Browser History Leaked into the Cloud

March 29, 2013

I don't want this article to be alarming, and its purpose is not to make you deactivate / delete your Facebook account or make you stop all your social onlin

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On SSL

February 5, 2013

In this article you will find useful information about SSL, Certificates Chaining and the best tricks about defeating SSL (with SSL Sniff, SSL Strip, BEAST,

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