Obfuscation Principles

Prompts and answers

• How many core layers make up the Layered Obfuscation Taxonomy?
  4
• What sub-layer of the Layered Obfuscation Taxonomy encompasses meaningless identifiers?
  Obfuscating Layout
• What obfuscation method will break or split an object?
  Data Splitting
• What obfuscation method is used to rewrite static data with a procedure call?
  Data Procedurization
• What flag is found after uploading a properly obfuscated snippet?
  THM{koNC473n473_4Ll_7H3_7H1n95}
• What are junk instructions referred to as in junk code?
  Code Stubs
• What obfuscation layer aims to confuse an analyst by manipulating the code flow and abstract syntax trees?
  Obfuscating Controls
• Can logic change and impact the control flow of a program? (T/F)
  T
• What flag is found after properly reversing the provided snippet?
  THM{D3cod3d!!!}
• What flag is found after uploading a properly obfuscated snippet?
  THM{Y0Ur_1NF0_15_M1N3}