SAT Solvers for CTF - From Theory to Flags
by Reflare Research Team on Dec 9, 2025 5:53:22 PM
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SAT solvers provide intelligent constraint-solving that can systematically explore massive search spaces. Once you learn to translate CTF problems into Boolean formulas, they become one of the most powerful tools available for competition problem-solving, and this translates into real …
When the Gateway Becomes the Breach Point
by Reflare Research Team on Nov 11, 2025 1:15:00 PM
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Across the cybersecurity landscape, SSL VPNs were once trusted gateways for secure remote access. But in breach after breach, they’ve become the most reliable way for attackers to walk straight into the network.
AI Cyber Agents Advance Vulnerability Discovery
by Reflare Research Team on Oct 7, 2025 3:22:28 PM
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Once thought impossible, AI agents are now finding zero-day vulnerabilities in real software. Now, they are exposing critical flaws that traditional tools have missed, which is pushing security from reactive fixes to proactive defence.
Hackers on the Company Payroll
by Reflare Research Team on Sep 8, 2025 9:26:04 AM
There was a time when security teams primarily worried about hackers breaching the corporate perimeter. Today, threat actors have figured out something much simpler: why break in when you can just get hired?
How Online Safety Acts Create More Danger Than They Prevent
by Reflare Research Team on Aug 13, 2025 9:49:11 AM
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Tea's failure to protect their customers exposes a broader problem. Whether platforms gather data voluntarily or to comply with new safety laws, massive databases of government IDs and biometric data are protected by laughably inadequate security.
How to Evaluate Your CTF Program
by Reflare Research Team on Jul 11, 2025 9:41:10 AM
Rolling out an in-house CTF can feel like reinventing the wheel, designing custom challenges is time-intensive, running the platform demands ongoing resources, and unseen organisational biases can skew the learning experience. When budgets tighten, these internal programs, which are e …
How to Solve CTF Crackmes Like Pros
by Reflare Research Team on Jun 4, 2025 2:20:30 PM
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Crackmes aren’t just puzzles; they’re battlegrounds for reverse engineering mastery. From tearing apart broken crypto to decoding custom virtual machines, elite CTF players rely on a blend of math, timing tricks, and deep code intuition.
How Indie Documentaries Are Creating Tomorrow's Cybersecurity Experts (and Cyber Criminals)
by Reflare Research Team on May 13, 2025 3:11:10 PM
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Behind every teenager watching hacker documentaries today is a future CISO, or a future cybercriminal. The storytelling matters more than ever.
Is Security Talent Born or Made?
by Reflare Research Team on Apr 4, 2025 3:55:10 PM
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Are great security professionals naturally talented, or do they become great through training and experience? This is not just an interesting debate; it shapes how we identify, hire, and develop cybersecurity talent at a time when skilled professionals are hard to find.
A Brief Introduction to Zero-Days
by Reflare Research Team on Mar 12, 2025 4:15:49 PM
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Zero-day vulnerabilities, unknown to software vendors and without available patches, create a perfect storm in which attackers gain a critical time advantage.