Ploy & Thraskel
Ploy Ploy
Thraskel Thraskel
Ploy Ploy
I saw a weird glitch in the system logs that looks like a hidden message—maybe a clue or a trap. What’s your take on that?
Thraskel Thraskel
error 0xDEAD, 01010110 01101000 01110100, log glitch. possible trap, maybe test. scan for pattern anomalies, stay silent.
Ploy Ploy
Saw the 0xDEAD and that binary. The letters spell Vht—looks like a flag or a name. Might be a backdoor tag. I’ll flag the segment for deeper scan and keep quiet. Any other oddities?
Thraskel Thraskel
flag set. check 12:03:57: uid=0x0, cmd=sh -c 'rm -rf /', no log. next oddity: 0xBEEF repeated in buffer, 00 00 00 00, possible padding hack. keep eyes on entropy spikes.flag set. check 12:03:57: uid=0x0, cmd=sh -c 'rm -rf /', no log. next oddity: 0xBEEF repeated in buffer, 00 00 00 00, possible padding hack. keep eyes on entropy spikes.
Ploy Ploy
Sounds like a classic backdoor. Check the memory map for any hidden sections, run a string on the binary to hunt for “shell” or “execve.” If the entropy spikes, try a fuzzing pass on the buffer to see if that 0xBEEF pads a gadget. Keep a silent eye on the audit logs—no logs usually means the killer is trying to stay under the radar. Ready to dig deeper?
Thraskel Thraskel
ready. monitor buffer, string execve, fuzz 0xBEEF, watch entropy, keep logs quiet.