Tag: firmware

• Debugging the Windows 11 Boot Process

  2026-04-23

  Debugging the Windows 11 boot process, walking through the tools and techniques to trace startup from UEFI firmware all the way to the kernel, and the code traced down to the core.

• Analyzing Windows Boot: bootmgfw.efi and the Early UEFI Boot Flow

  2025-05-31

  Analyzing Windows boot: bootmgfw.efi and the early UEFI boot flow, tracing how the boot manager hands off to the Windows loader, for anyone reversing similar targets.

• Reverse Engineering the Alienware Keyboard USB Protocol for Custom RGB Control

  2023-10-24

  Reverse engineering the Alienware keyboard's USB protocol to drive custom RGB lighting, decoding the HID reports with Wireshark for full control, with the commands and code included.

• Extracting OEM BIOS WMI Interfaces from ACPI - Recovering Hidden BIOS Management Endpoints

  2020-08-01

  Recovering hidden OEM BIOS management endpoints by extracting WMI and MOF interfaces from ACPI tables, turning firmware black boxes into documented attack surface.