Every Android application has a “manifest.xml” file located in the root directory of the APK. (Remember APKs are just zip files.) The manifest file is like a guide to the application.

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Raymond Felch // Preface: I began my exploration of reverse-engineering firmware a few weeks back (see “JTAG – Micro-Controller Debugging“), and although I made considerable progress finding and identifying the […]

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Lawrence Hoffman // So Microsoft is open sourcing PowerShell and putting it on Linux. Realistically Linux already has a full suite of administrative tools and some very powerful scripting languages […]

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Lawrence Hoffman // It’s been one of those crazy busy weeks. I always feel like I didn’t get enough time to read articles, surf Reddit, and attempt to keep up […]

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