Fall Research Show and Tell

SP2022 Week 00

misc
research
python
jail
instruction counting
game hacking
web

Meeting Summary

  • Pete Stenger presented his research on same-process Python code execution and how he broke PrairieLearn.
  • Aditya Nebhrajani presented his research on instruction counting side channel attacks and how he wrote an alternative tool to Intel’s Pin using Callgrind.
  • Louis Asanaka presented his research on game hacking through the use of code injection.
  • Daniel He presented his research on how modern web frameworks protect against web attacks, such as CSRF and SQL injection.