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Colin Finck
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Long-time ReactOS developer and Rust enthusiast, bringing both worlds together
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Der für Ende des Jahres geplante Digital Networks Act wird kaum eine Ecke des Internet-Ökosystems unangetastet lassen. Zur Vorbereitung des Gesetzes hat die EU-Kommission die Öffentlichkeit nach ihrer Meinung gefragt. Wir haben uns angesehen, was auf der Wunschliste der großen Ex-Monopolisten steht.
Digital Networks Act: Dieses Internet der Zukunft wünschen sich die mächtigen Telekom-Konzerne
Der für Ende des Jahres geplante Digital Networks Act wird kaum eine Ecke des Internet-Ökosystems unangetastet lassen. Zur Vorbereitung des Gesetzes hat die EU-Kommission die Öffentlichkeit nach ihrer...
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July 25, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Hey friends! I did a TEDx talk and it's now up on the TED Conferences YouTube. It's possibly the best and most important talk I've ever done.

I would ask that you watch it, and please SHARE it broadly and widely. Thank you! youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg #AI #Tech #TED
Tech Promised Everything. Did it deliver? | Scott Hanselman | TEDxPortland
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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July 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Und das, liebe Kinder, ist der Grund, warum man sich bei existenziell wichtigen Werkzeugen am besten mindestens parallel auf lokal gehostete Open Source Lösungen stützt. Wenn #Trump anfängt, die US-Tech-Konzerne in Waffen zu verwandeln, wird es finster. #KritIs
May 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The second part of my #WinDbg deep-dive into the #Windows #bootloader is up: Get ready for a decades-old registry structure, unique sorting algorithms, and lots of corner cases. The result is a modern Rust replacement for @markrussinovich.bsky.social's LoadOrder tool: colinfinck.de/posts/nt-loa...
January 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
For those of you who are also deep into Windows #reverseengineering, #bootloaders, and #WinDbg: My first blog post on researching the Windows driver load order and all its quirks is out, beginning with some WinDbg fundamentals: colinfinck.de/posts/nt-loa...
nt-load-order Part 1: WinDbg'ing our way into the Windows bootloader - ColinFinck.de
There are close to zero reasons to reverse-engineer the Windows driver load order. Which is exactly why I’m doing it. And if you are as crazy as me and want to write a Windows bootloader in Rust, you ...
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January 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The recording from Tom's and my #BlackHat #BHEU talk on Siemens S7 PLC security is now online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-Vo...

Spoiler alert: Things are still not really secure. But we got remarkable layers of obfuscation \o/

Also check out our whitepaper at files.enlyze.com/bheu23/
A Decade After Stuxnet: How Siemens S7 is Still an Attacker's Heaven
...In our presentation, we reverse-engineer the Siemens S7-1500 Software Controller PLC up to the communication protocol and show the violation of fundamenta...
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March 21, 2024 at 8:17 AM
Happy to be talking at #BlackHat Europe next week about some of the things we did in the past 5 years at ENLYZE. If you like to hear about the state of PLC security and multiple layers of obfuscation in modern Siemens S7-1500 PLCs, join Tom's and my talk:

www.blackhat.com/eu-23/briefi...

#BHEU
Black Hat Europe 2023
Black Hat Europe 2023
www.blackhat.com
December 1, 2023 at 4:50 PM