CackalackyCon

CackalackyCon is a 501c3 non-profit that serves as a community partnership to provide a hacker con that promotes open information sharing, education, and community development. Talks are centered around practical and actionable topics and attendance ranges from passionate enthusiasts to students just starting out.

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Return to R13? More Like Return to GET REKT: Come Learn Mainframe Buffer Overflows

Phil Young
Director of Mainframe Penetration Testing

Once deemed impossible by mainframe wizards of old, buffer overflows have now been unveiled as within reach. A young mainframe hacker’s discovery of overwriting register 13 unveils the potential to control return addresses. Dive into C and HLASM vulnerabilities, witness live exploit examples, and culminate in a remote code execution on a vulnerable mainframe FTP server. This captivating narrative concludes with a docker container offering a self-taught course on these exploits at CackalackyCon.