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If you're into (a) data and (b) understanding your body as an ever-evolving, chaotic, interconnected system of dynamic relationships and feedback loops — the Polar Vantage M2 Multisports Watch is a bargain investment you won't regret making. Training your mind to think in systems and stop looking for linear explanations . is difficult Personally, I prefer the warm familiarity of my old , all-or-nothing thought patterns. "either/or" that's manageable. "If this, then that" — Chaos, complexity, and interconnectedness? Infinitely manageable. less Or, so I thought — at least until I trialled the Polar Vantage M2 Multisports Watch for a couple weeks. "A system is a set of related components that work together in a particular environment to perform whatever functions are required to achieve the system's objective." — Donella Meadows Systems thinking asks us to synthesize understandings of component parts, the relationships between them, how those dynamics might impact upon the constituents that make up what we perceive to be the whole. and and In other words: every "thing" is in some way dependent on or impacted by every other "thing" within any given realm — and it's useful to consider those interconnections, particular when your intention is to make a meaningful intervention within that system. IMHO, there's no greater tool for exploring systems thinking than the human body. when I asked my Osteopath to explain her profession to me last Tuesday, she said: For example: "The body's mandate, as a system, is to heal itself. Our assertion is that the body will do exactly that — so long as there's nothing blocking the necessary flows between the various parts and systems that make up the body as a whole. My job, as an Osteopath, is to assess the body system holistically, and then to identify and help unblock any areas that may be causing bottlenecks in the body's natural processes of healing and repairing itself." Expanding on a similar train of thought, Hacker Noon Technology Blogging Fellow (and 6th year medical student) Gimbiya Galadima recently wrote a great piece about the necessity of . a seven-scope classification for talking about wellness My favourite line: " not When doctors talk about being well, they don't mean being sick. " As Gimbiya , "wellbeing" should be understood (at ) as the sum total of how you're doing physically, emotionally, behaviourally, relationally, mentally, environmentally, spiritually. explains least and Sounds intimidating? Fear not. The exciting thing about living in 2021 is that there are hacks and apps aplenty to help you more manage and optimize the system that is YOU. A quick note on cheap and easy biohacks that definitely work "Biohacking" had its peak moment in the sun pre-pandemic, back in 2019, when the term was popularized by Jack Dorsey and the rest of his bored, rich Bay Area friends. (For the record: Hacker Noon in fact had the scoop on biohacking way back in 2017, when we published this viral story entitled How to biohack your intelligence — with everything from sex to modafinil to MDMA .) For a hot minute there, we were all convinced we should be intermittent starving in between regular dopamine fasts and daily DNA injections using CRISPR. almost Thankfully, biohacking doesn't have to be that complicated. Sometimes defined as biohacking is a game you can start playing today, backed by nothing more than the simple understanding that 'Do-It-Yourself Biology', when you take care of the little things, the big things take care of themselves. and are two of the cheapest, easiest biohacks you can use to optimize the system that is your body — and yet, both are often a lot easier than done. Restful sleep intelligent exercise How the Polar Vantage M2 makes biohacking your body's systems visible (and sustainable) One of the foundational principles of systems thinking is interconnectedness. Interconnectedness looks at how the elements within a system relate to one another. From there, are identified — aka areas that may provide opportunities for strategic intervention. key leverage points Unlike a smart watch, Polar's latest Multi Sports Watch isn't going to run your life with needless notifications 24/7 (unless you want it to). Instead, the Vantage M2 zones in the within your system, so that you can identify areas where intervention might be necessary or beneficial. key leverage points And here's where things get exciting — if you're into systems thinking and data visualization. especially Here are a few of the systems you can optimize for yourself using the mighty Polar Vantage M2: Select and stick to a training program or goal. Polar Flow (the app you use in conjunction with the watch) comes with an awesome calendar functionality you can use to plan and remind yourself of upcoming training sessions. I opted to plug in one of , and I really appreciated it when the app informed me I wasn't fit enough to train for a 21km within two months 😄 Polar's preloaded running program templates Strength training and mobility is key: cross-train for a few minutes a day. IMHO one of the best features of the Vantage M2 is the native cardio, supportive, strength and mobility routines, varying anywhere from a few minutes to an hour. If you're the kind of person who goes hard on the run but skips the cool down, the FitSpark™ feature is going to help you integrate and synthesize these important practices, simply by removing the friction involved in deciding to do when you want to work on your core strength, static and dynamic mobility, or circuit fitness. what Sleep better, move / think / live / eat / pray / love better. Good sleep is imperative to the system powering your overall wellbeing, as any insomniac will happily tell to you. Nightly Recharge™ measures — in incredible detail — how well you recovered from the energetic demands of day. I've used this to become 10x more consistent about my sleeping schedule, which was a goal that felt out of reach for me for a long time. I've also stopped having a glass of wine unless the occasion truly calls for it, which is new. We've all heard about the detrimental affect of alcohol on your sleeping patterns, but witnessing the destructive pattern up close and personal was ultimately what it took for me to shift something small and important; a key leverage point I'd previously been aware of only in the abstract. Remember: only that which gets measured gets improved Trialling the really got me thinking about how much value a systems-based approach can add to the process of product design. Polar Vantage M2 I'm currently nursing a high hamstring tendinopathy so I've really only scratched the surface of its potential, but I'm blown away by how the Polar App provides 27/7, 360° overview of the feedback loops I need to understand in order to optimize my training programs and daily routines. If you're a novice to intermediate-level type fitness person, this is the wearable tech investment you need to level up your efforts and start taking your wellness goals Ten out of ten, would recommend. seriously. In addition, the Polar Vantage M2 really wins on price. If you're considering forking out for the latest Apple Watch you want the health and training data, I'd advise you to save yourself the cash and . because strongly buy the Polar Vantage M2 instead P.S. Definitely go for the Gold/Champagne bc you're bougie like that; make no apologies. Listen to the latest episode of This Week on Planet Internet You can catch me hyping the around 25 minutes in, but I recommend you listen to the whole episode — it's a goodie. Polar Vantage M2 You can listen to this episode of This Week on Planet Internet (a production of The Hacker Noon Podcast ) on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Google Podcasts , or wherever you get your pods. Check out the on Hacker Noon Polar Company News Page With , we're cataloguing breaking news about companies like , , and more from around the web via Bing News API, along with mentions of their technologies in Hacker Noon stories — creating a hub for the media's relationship with the world's top tech companies. Hacker Noon's new Tech Company News Pages Bose Apple Netflix Check out the Polar Company News Page , and . here apply to get your own company news page on hackernoon.com here

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Hey Hackers! Acclivity Agency has been nominated in HackerNoon's Startups of The Year 2024  awards in Ottawa, Canada under the  Business  category. Please vote for us here: Ottawa, Canada Startups of the Year 2024 Startups of the Year 2024 - Creative Agency Startups of the Year 2024 - Marketing Startups of the Year 2024 - Media Production Read more about us below to understand why we deserve your vote. Website  -  Facebook  -  Instagram  -  X  -  LinkedIn What sets your startup apart from other marketing agencies? Our interactions with our clients are strategist-led, which offers a lot more value and immediate return on our clients' time and investment. We don’t use traditional account managers or project managers, which shifts the focus from marketing as a work product to marketing as a sync product. We also don't necessarily hire marketers. We tend to hire folks with industry expertise and then teach them the marketing component or put them into marketing roles. This adds extra value to our clients because it offers a different vantage point than where they’re coming from. Acclivity Agency is also female-owned and operated. This is significant in traditional B2B spaces and industries as we provide a different perspective than male-dominated organizations, which is valuable specifically for the industries we serve. Many clients are surprised by the breadth of our services and how we use other tools to achieve marketing results that would not normally fall under the marketing umbrella. We use many things, like SEO, PR, and events, that many folks don't automatically include in the marketing umbrella. We leverage these to get different results. We have all these skills in-house, so we do a lot more for our clients than many agencies that specialize in these spaces. What lessons have you learned? One of the biggest lessons we learned as a B2B marketing agency is that you can do your best work, but if a client can’t see on their bottom line how you’ve impacted them, eventually, they will look at marketing as an expense. Early on, there were times when we took on clients, we focused on creating content and making sure everything was pretty, and we still got fired. Even though every time we’d ship something, the client would say they loved it, we still got fired. Now, when we go into clients, we don’t do anything we can't put on the dashboard. It is unquestionable the impact we're having on your business. You can see exactly how much money we're making you or how much we're impacting your business. With that mindset, we provide high transparency for our clients, which makes our jobs easier. We know which numbers we need to move to keep the clients happy and to impact their business. Why did you decide to participate in HackerNoon’s Startups of the Year event? What would it mean for your startup if you won? Representation and leading by example are important, and those are some of the things that we showcase by being in the competition. We're also doing cool stuff, and we want to tell our story. Representation matters, and it’s important to see women in leadership, especially in tech positions. We think it’s important to showcase businesses that value flexible work and remote work. Occasionally, we get some crunchy deadlines, but for the most part, we have twenty percent training and professional development time that we allot to everybody. We focus on developing relationships internally through coffee chats and team cards, and we get a lot of positive feedback from the team that we support work from anywhere. By putting it out there and saying, “you can run an agency - it can be profitable, it doesn't have to be stressful, it doesn't have to upset people's work-life balance, it can be fulfilling, it can be enjoyable. It can be challenging in all the best ways. It can be successful, and it can be run by a woman even if it's in a male-dominated industry.” We lead by example and show people that it can be done. It doesn't have to be the way of old agencies, where interns get burnt out every two months because they're running like crazy, and the account managers swap out every six months due to stress. What future plans do you have for your business startup? Where do you see it in 3-4 years? We've never done our own marketing. All our business to date has been referral, word of mouth, and personal networking, just from people working with us, seeing our work, and knowing who our clients are. One of the things we wanted to do, which we've made progress on in 2024, is start our own marketing. We spend all our time and energy on our client marketing and kind of ignore our own. Based on the success, growth, and established brand benchmark we’ve seen, we would like to have our own robust marketing by the end of 2025. How has the business sector changed in recent years? How do you believe it will change in the future? There's a lot of experimentation with AI, but sometimes you have to wade through the weeds to get to the good stuff. You must make mistakes using it, figure out the prompts and the engineering, and go through this growing pain until you get that refined output and that tool that is really going to change how we do business. We think because we have a big focus on content, communications, and digital platforms, we must work with AI. We know some people are like, “Aren’t you worried it’s going to take your job?”. No, we’re not, because it’s only going to take people’s jobs that do generic tasks that have been done a million times. We work and serve an industry of innovators, where people invent new things and solve new problems. AI is still a long way away from being able to write content or figure out positioning and marketing copy for completely novel solutions. AI is a trend  we’re stoked about and not worried about. If we stick with our innovative market type of client, there’s always going to need to be a human that translates. We really like the shift towards relationships again. It’ll be interesting to see where social platforms land by the end of 2025. We’ve got a few big movement pieces in progress right now, such as the big exit from X and redistributing themselves on Threads and BlueSky and similar. Eventually, we think there will be subgroups that land in each one of those. We can get people to consume content, but the population's desire and demand is that they want connections; they want relationships again. If social platforms continue to feed empty content, we think people are going to start seeing that as 100% toxic. You’re going to see an entire generation just decide that something's not cool anymore. We’re already seeing this trend in platforms that offer that human connection, belonging, and align with people’s identity. There's an interesting battle going on between the technologies that are out there currently. Any closing words? Remain awesome. Vote for us today! Hey Hackers! Acclivity Agency has been nominated in HackerNoon's Startups of The Year 2024 awards in Ottawa, Canada under the Business category. HackerNoon's Startups of The Year 2024 HackerNoon's Startups of The Year 2024 Business Business Please vote for us here: Please vote for us here: Ottawa, Canada Startups of the Year 2024 Ottawa, Canada Startups of the Year 2024 Startups of the Year 2024 - Creative Agency Startups of the Year 2024 - Creative Agency Startups of the Year 2024 - Marketing Startups of the Year 2024 - Marketing Startups of the Year 2024 - Media Production Startups of the Year 2024 - Media Production Read more about us below to understand why we deserve your vote. Website - Facebook - Instagram - X - LinkedIn Website Facebook Instagram X LinkedIn What sets your startup apart from other marketing agencies? What sets your startup apart from other marketing agencies? Our interactions with our clients are strategist-led, which offers a lot more value and immediate return on our clients' time and investment. We don’t use traditional account managers or project managers, which shifts the focus from marketing as a work product to marketing as a sync product. We also don't necessarily hire marketers. We tend to hire folks with industry expertise and then teach them the marketing component or put them into marketing roles. This adds extra value to our clients because it offers a different vantage point than where they’re coming from. hire folks with industry expertise Acclivity Agency is also female-owned and operated . This is significant in traditional B2B spaces and industries as we provide a different perspective than male-dominated organizations, which is valuable specifically for the industries we serve. Acclivity Agency is also female-owned and operated Many clients are surprised by the breadth of our services and how we use other tools to achieve marketing results that would not normally fall under the marketing umbrella. We use many things, like SEO , PR , and events , that many folks don't automatically include in the marketing umbrella. We leverage these to get different results. SEO PR events We have all these skills in-house, so we do a lot more for our clients than many agencies that specialize in these spaces. What lessons have you learned? One of the biggest lessons we learned as a B2B marketing agency is that you can do your best work, but if a client can’t see on their bottom line how you’ve impacted them, eventually, they will look at marketing as an expense. B2B marketing agency Early on, there were times when we took on clients, we focused on creating content and making sure everything was pretty, and we still got fired. Even though every time we’d ship something, the client would say they loved it, we still got fired. Now, when we go into clients, we don’t do anything we can't put on the dashboard. It is unquestionable the impact we're having on your business. You can see exactly how much money we're making you or how much we're impacting your business. With that mindset, we provide high transparency for our clients, which makes our jobs easier. We know which numbers we need to move to keep the clients happy and to impact their business. Why did you decide to participate in HackerNoon’s Startups of the Year event? What would it mean for your startup if you won? Representation and leading by example are important, and those are some of the things that we showcase by being in the competition. We're also doing cool stuff, and we want to tell our story. Representation matters, and it’s important to see women in leadership , especially in tech positions. We think it’s important to showcase businesses that value flexible work and remote work. women in leadership Occasionally, we get some crunchy deadlines, but for the most part, we have twenty percent training and professional development time that we allot to everybody. We focus on developing relationships internally through coffee chats and team cards, and we get a lot of positive feedback from the team that we support work from anywhere. By putting it out there and saying, “you can run an agency - it can be profitable, it doesn't have to be stressful, it doesn't have to upset people's work-life balance, it can be fulfilling, it can be enjoyable. It can be challenging in all the best ways. It can be successful, and it can be run by a woman even if it's in a male-dominated industry.” We lead by example and show people that it can be done. It doesn't have to be the way of old agencies, where interns get burnt out every two months because they're running like crazy, and the account managers swap out every six months due to stress. What future plans do you have for your business startup? Where do you see it in 3-4 years? We've never done our own marketing. All our business to date has been referral, word of mouth, and personal networking, just from people working with us, seeing our work, and knowing who our clients are. One of the things we wanted to do, which we've made progress on in 2024, is start our own marketing. We spend all our time and energy on our client marketing and kind of ignore our own. Based on the success, growth, and established brand benchmark we’ve seen, we would like to have our own robust marketing by the end of 2025. How has the business sector changed in recent years? How do you believe it will change in the future? There's a lot of experimentation with AI, but sometimes you have to wade through the weeds to get to the good stuff. You must make mistakes using it, figure out the prompts and the engineering, and go through this growing pain until you get that refined output and that tool that is really going to change how we do business. We think because we have a big focus on content, communications, and digital platforms, we must work with AI. We know some people are like, “Aren’t you worried it’s going to take your job?”. No, we’re not, because it’s only going to take people’s jobs that do generic tasks that have been done a million times. We work and serve an industry of innovators , where people invent new things and solve new problems. AI is still a long way away from being able to write content or figure out positioning and marketing copy for completely novel solutions. We work and serve an industry of innovators AI is a trend  we’re stoked about and not worried about. If we stick with our innovative market type of client, there’s always going to need to be a human that translates. We really like the shift towards relationships again. It’ll be interesting to see where social platforms land by the end of 2025. We’ve got a few big movement pieces in progress right now, such as the big exit from X and redistributing themselves on Threads and BlueSky and similar. Eventually, we think there will be subgroups that land in each one of those. We can get people to consume content, but the population's desire and demand is that they want connections; they want relationships again. If social platforms continue to feed empty content, we think people are going to start seeing that as 100% toxic. You’re going to see an entire generation just decide that something's not cool anymore. We’re already seeing this trend in platforms that offer that human connection, belonging, and align with people’s identity. There's an interesting battle going on between the technologies that are out there currently. Any closing words? Remain awesome. Vote for us today! Vote for us today!

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Many of the templates are made by the community, so if you’ve got a great setup, you can even submit your own. Head to the Notion Gallery to explore templates for travel planning, budgeting, study schedules, and more – they’re all free and easy to personalize! Check out all their options here. Here’s how you can submit  your template to the Notion gallery: To submit a template to the gallery, go to notion.so/templates and click the Submit a template button in the upper right corner or visit notion.so/submit-a-template. Fill out the form (including your public template link, template name, template descriptions, and template category) to share your template with the Notion community! About Startups of The Year Startups of The Year 2024 is HackerNoon’s flagship community-driven event celebrating startups, technology, and the spirit of innovation. Currently in its third iteration, the prestigious Internet award recognizes and celebrates tech startups of all shapes and sizes. This year, over 150,000 entities across 4200+ cities, 6 continents, and 100+ industries will participate in a bid to be crowned the best startup of the year! Millions of votes have been cast over the past few years, and many storieshave been written about these daring and rising startups. Notion is excited to sponsor the Asia, Africa, and South America regions and the Media, Web3, Healthcare, Education, and Engineering industries, supporting thriving startups around the globe. Here’s their message for all of the participants: “Startups are the heartbeat of Notion. We build for them and with them, constantly iterating on tools that empower them to focus on innovation and creativity,” said Anastasia Crew, Head of Notion Startups. “We are proud of this partnership with HackerNoon and excited to support the next generation of groundbreaking companies.” Notion is trusted and loved by thousands of startups as their connected workspace—from building product roadmaps to tracking fundraising. Try Notion with unlimited AI, FREE for up to 6 months, to build and scale your company with one powerful tool. Get your offer now! That's it for this week! Stay Creative, Stay Iconic. The HackerNoon Team We're back with another Company of the Week feature! Weekly, we spotlight a standout tech brand from our tech company database , ranking S&P 500 companies and top startups. Company of the Week tech company database This week, we proudly present Notion , the connected workspace that allows teams to easily share documents, take notes, manage projects, and organize knowledge—all in one place. Users can create and customize beautiful documents, roadmaps, knowledge bases, and more, helping them work smarter and faster. Notion is trusted and loved by a global community of individual users, startups, and enterprises, including Pixar, Headspace, Codeacademy, Loom, Vanta, and Clay. Notion This year, Notion has partnered with us to sponsor the Startups of The Year Awards ! Startups of The Year Awards Get Your Tech Company Page on HackerNoon! Get Your Tech Company Page on HackerNoon ! Get Your Tech Company Page on HackerNoon Get Your Tech Company Page on HackerNoon Meet Notion: Fun Fact Notion’s template gallery is a goldmine for organizing personal and professional life - from managing finances and health to team projects and knowledge bases, there’s a template for everything. Many of the templates are made by the community, so if you’ve got a great setup, you can even submit your own. Head to the Notion Gallery to explore templates for travel planning, budgeting, study schedules, and more – they’re all free and easy to personalize! Check out all their options here . here Here’s how you can submit  your template to the Notion gallery: To submit a template to the gallery, go to notion.so/templates and click the Submit a template button in the upper right corner or visit notion.so/submit-a-template. Fill out the form (including your public template link, template name, template descriptions, and template category) to share your template with the Notion community! To submit a template to the gallery, go to notion.so/templates and click the Submit a template button in the upper right corner or visit notion.so/submit-a-template . Fill out the form (including your public template link, template name, template descriptions, and template category) to share your template with the Notion community! notion.so/templates notion.so/submit-a-template About Startups of The Year About Startups of The Year Startups of The Year Startups of The Year 2024 is HackerNoon’s flagship community-driven event celebrating startups, technology, and the spirit of innovation. Currently in its third iteration, the prestigious Internet award recognizes and celebrates tech startups of all shapes and sizes. This year, over 150,000 entities across 4200+ cities, 6 continents, and 100+ industries will participate in a bid to be crowned the best startup of the year! Millions of votes have been cast over the past few years, and many stories have been written about these daring and rising startups. Startups of The Year 2024 many stories Notion is excited to sponsor the Asia , Africa , and South America regions and the Media , Web3 , Healthcare , Education , and Engineering industries, supporting thriving startups around the globe. Here’s their message for all of the participants: Asia Africa South America Media Web3 Healthcare Education Engineering “Startups are the heartbeat of Notion. We build for them and with them, constantly iterating on tools that empower them to focus on innovation and creativity,” said Anastasia Crew, Head of Notion Startups. “We are proud of this partnership with HackerNoon and excited to support the next generation of groundbreaking companies.” “Startups are the heartbeat of Notion . We build for them and with them, constantly iterating on tools that empower them to focus on innovation and creativity,” said Anastasia Crew, Head of Notion Startups. “We are proud of this partnership with HackerNoon and excited to support the next generation of groundbreaking companies.” Notion Notion is trusted and loved by thousands of startups as their connected workspace—from building product roadmaps to tracking fundraising. Try Notion with unlimited AI, FREE for up to 6 months, to build and scale your company with one powerful tool. Get your offer now! Notion is trusted and loved by thousands of startups as their connected workspace—from building product roadmaps to tracking fundraising. Try Notion with unlimited AI, FREE for up to 6 months , to build and scale your company with one powerful tool. Get your offer now ! Try Notion with unlimited AI, FREE for up to 6 months Get your offer now ! That's it for this week! Stay Creative, Stay Iconic. The HackerNoon Team

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Let’s dive into analyzing the OWASP Uncrackable Level 1 app! This can be solved in two ways, Using Frida (not required here!)
Using normal code analysis and writing your own code from that. I’ll show you both ways. So, let’s buckle up for both ways to solve this challenge. Using Frida Root Detection Upon opening the app, it closes due to root detection, as shown below: To understand why, we can decompile the APK using jadx. In the AndroidManifest.xml, the Launcher activity is defined as owasp.mstg.uncrackable1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0"
    package="owasp.mstg.uncrackable1">
    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="19"
        android:targetSdkVersion="28"/>
    <application
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:allowBackup="true">
        <activity
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            android:name="sg.vantagepoint.uncrackable1.MainActivity">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>
</manifest> In MainActivity, we find the code responsible for detecting the root and closing the app using System.exit(0);. private void a(String str) {
    AlertDialog create = new AlertDialog.Builder(this).create();
    create.setTitle(str);
    create.setMessage("This is unacceptable. The app is now going to exit.");
    create.setButton(-3, "OK", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() { // from class: sg.vantagepoint.uncrackable1.MainActivity.1
        @Override // android.content.DialogInterface.OnClickListener
        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialogInterface, int i) {
            System.exit(0);
        }
    });
    create.setCancelable(false);
    create.show();
}


@Override // android.app.Activity
protected void onCreate(Bundle bundle) {
    if (c.a() || c.b() || c.c()) {
        a("Root detected!");
    }
    if (b.a(getApplicationContext())) {
        a("App is debuggable!");
    }
    super.onCreate(bundle);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
} Bypassing Root Detection Let’s write a frida script to hook and bypass this check. Java.perform(function() {
    var hook = Java.use("java.lang.System");
    hook.exit.implementation = function() {
        console.log("Root Check Bypassed!!! 😎");
    };
}); App Functionality Once bypassed, the app presents a text field and a verify button. Clickingverify shows a message: That's not it. Try again. By searching for this string in the code, we find the verification logic: Let’s take this as a reference to move ahead and find this string in the code. After searching this out, you can see a code like below which seems like a comparison between input value and some hard-coded value. Analyzing the Verification Logic We need to inspect the a method to understand the comparison. public class a {
    public static boolean a(String str) {
        byte[] bArr;
        byte[] bArr2 = new byte[0];
        try {
            bArr = sg.vantagepoint.a.a.a(b("8d127684cbc37c17616d806cf50473cc"), Base64.decode("5UJiFctbmgbDoLXmpL12mkno8HT4Lv8dlat8FxR2GOc=", 0));
        } catch (Exception e) {
            Log.d("CodeCheck", "AES error:" + e.getMessage());
            bArr = bArr2;
        }
        return str.equals(new String(bArr));
    }

    public static byte[] b(String str) {
        int length = str.length();
        byte[] bArr = new byte[length / 2];
        for (int i = 0; i < length; i += 2) {
            bArr[i / 2] = (byte) ((Character.digit(str.charAt(i), 16) << 4) + Character.digit(str.charAt(i + 1), 16));
        }
        return bArr;
    }
} The bArr value is what our input is being compared to. The sg.vantagepoint.a.a.a method is an AES decryption method. public class a {
    public static byte[] a(byte[] bArr, byte[] bArr2) {
        SecretKeySpec secretKeySpec = new SecretKeySpec(bArr, "AES/ECB/PKCS7Padding");
        Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES");
        cipher.init(2, secretKeySpec);
        return cipher.doFinal(bArr2);
    }
} Hooking the AES Cipher Function We can hook this function to get the string value var a = Java.use('sg.vantagepoint.a.a');
a.a.implementation = function (p0, p1) {
    console.log('p0 (byte array): ' + bytesToString(p0));
    console.log('p1 (byte array): ' + bytesToString(p1));
    
    var result = this.a(p0, p1);
    console.log("Result ->", bytesToString(result))
    return result;
};

function bytesToString(bytes) {
    var result = '';
    for (var i = 0; i < bytes.length; ++i) {
        result += String.fromCharCode(bytes[i]);
    }
    return result;
} Running the Script Execute the script to see the byte array as a string. (base) C:\Users\booyaa\uncrackable\level> frida -U -l ./hook_level1.js -f owasp.mstg.uncrackable1
     ____
    / _  |   Frida 16.2.3 - A world-class dynamic instrumentation toolkit
   | (_| |
    > _  |   Commands:
   /_/ |_|       help      -> Displays the help system
   . . . .       object?   -> Display information about 'object'
   . . . .       exit/quit -> Exit
   . . . .
   . . . .   More info at https://frida.re/docs/home/
   . . . .
   . . . .   Connected to LE2001 (id=4a298ca9)
Spawned `owasp.mstg.uncrackable1`. Resuming main thread!
[LE2101::owasp.mstg.uncrackable1 ]-> Hooked exit()
Root Check Bypassed!!! 😎
p0 (byte array): ﾍvﾄￋￃ|amﾀl￵sￌ
p1 (byte array): ￥Bbￋ[ﾚￃﾠﾵ￦ﾤﾽvﾚI￨￰t￸.￿ﾕﾫ|v￧
Result -> I want to believe
Process terminated
[LE2101::owasp.mstg.uncrackable1 ]->

Thank you for using Frida!
(base) C:\Users\booyaa\uncrackable\level> And there we have it; the final string: I want to believe. Using just Python and no rooted device or Frida. # level1.py

import base64
from Crypto.Cipher import AES
from Crypto.Util.Padding import unpad

def a(key, cipher_text):
    cipher = AES.new(key, AES.MODE_ECB)
    return unpad(cipher.decrypt(cipher_text), AES.block_size)

def b(hex_string):
    return bytes.fromhex(hex_string)

try:
    key = b("8d127684cbc37c17616d806cf50473cc")
    cipher_text = base64.b64decode("5UJiFctbmgbDoLXmpL12mkno8HT4Lv8dlat8FxR2GOc=")
    returned_bytes = a(key, cipher_text)
    print("Solved: ", returned_bytes.decode())
except Exception as e:
    print("AES error: ", str(e)) Thanks for following along! Cheers 🍺 Let’s dive into analyzing the OWASP Uncrackable Level 1 app! OWASP Uncrackable Level 1 This can be solved in two ways, Using Frida (not required here!) Using normal code analysis and writing your own code from that. Using Frida (not required here!) Using normal code analysis and writing your own code from that. I’ll show you both ways. So, let’s buckle up for both ways to solve this challenge. Using Frida Using Frida Root Detection Upon opening the app, it closes due to root detection, as shown below: To understand why, we can decompile the APK using jadx. In the AndroidManifest.xml , the Launcher activity is defined as owasp.mstg.uncrackable1 . AndroidManifest.xml owasp.mstg.uncrackable1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0"
    package="owasp.mstg.uncrackable1">
    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="19"
        android:targetSdkVersion="28"/>
    <application
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:allowBackup="true">
        <activity
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            android:name="sg.vantagepoint.uncrackable1.MainActivity">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>
</manifest> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0"
    package="owasp.mstg.uncrackable1">
    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="19"
        android:targetSdkVersion="28"/>
    <application
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:allowBackup="true">
        <activity
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            android:name="sg.vantagepoint.uncrackable1.MainActivity">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>
</manifest> In MainActivity , we find the code responsible for detecting the root and closing the app using System.exit(0); . MainActivity System.exit(0); private void a(String str) {
    AlertDialog create = new AlertDialog.Builder(this).create();
    create.setTitle(str);
    create.setMessage("This is unacceptable. The app is now going to exit.");
    create.setButton(-3, "OK", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() { // from class: sg.vantagepoint.uncrackable1.MainActivity.1
        @Override // android.content.DialogInterface.OnClickListener
        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialogInterface, int i) {
            System.exit(0);
        }
    });
    create.setCancelable(false);
    create.show();
}


@Override // android.app.Activity
protected void onCreate(Bundle bundle) {
    if (c.a() || c.b() || c.c()) {
        a("Root detected!");
    }
    if (b.a(getApplicationContext())) {
        a("App is debuggable!");
    }
    super.onCreate(bundle);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
} private void a(String str) {
    AlertDialog create = new AlertDialog.Builder(this).create();
    create.setTitle(str);
    create.setMessage("This is unacceptable. The app is now going to exit.");
    create.setButton(-3, "OK", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() { // from class: sg.vantagepoint.uncrackable1.MainActivity.1
        @Override // android.content.DialogInterface.OnClickListener
        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialogInterface, int i) {
            System.exit(0);
        }
    });
    create.setCancelable(false);
    create.show();
}


@Override // android.app.Activity
protected void onCreate(Bundle bundle) {
    if (c.a() || c.b() || c.c()) {
        a("Root detected!");
    }
    if (b.a(getApplicationContext())) {
        a("App is debuggable!");
    }
    super.onCreate(bundle);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
} Bypassing Root Detection Let’s write a frida script to hook and bypass this check. frida Java.perform(function() {
    var hook = Java.use("java.lang.System");
    hook.exit.implementation = function() {
        console.log("Root Check Bypassed!!! 😎");
    };
}); Java.perform(function() {
    var hook = Java.use("java.lang.System");
    hook.exit.implementation = function() {
        console.log("Root Check Bypassed!!! 😎");
    };
}); App Functionality Once bypassed, the app presents a text field and a verify button. Clicking verify shows a message: That's not it. Try again. verify That's not it. Try again. By searching for this string in the code, we find the verification logic: Let’s take this as a reference to move ahead and find this string in the code. After searching this out, you can see a code like below which seems like a comparison between input value and some hard-coded value. Analyzing the Verification Logic We need to inspect the a method to understand the comparison. a public class a {
    public static boolean a(String str) {
        byte[] bArr;
        byte[] bArr2 = new byte[0];
        try {
            bArr = sg.vantagepoint.a.a.a(b("8d127684cbc37c17616d806cf50473cc"), Base64.decode("5UJiFctbmgbDoLXmpL12mkno8HT4Lv8dlat8FxR2GOc=", 0));
        } catch (Exception e) {
            Log.d("CodeCheck", "AES error:" + e.getMessage());
            bArr = bArr2;
        }
        return str.equals(new String(bArr));
    }

    public static byte[] b(String str) {
        int length = str.length();
        byte[] bArr = new byte[length / 2];
        for (int i = 0; i < length; i += 2) {
            bArr[i / 2] = (byte) ((Character.digit(str.charAt(i), 16) << 4) + Character.digit(str.charAt(i + 1), 16));
        }
        return bArr;
    }
} public class a {
    public static boolean a(String str) {
        byte[] bArr;
        byte[] bArr2 = new byte[0];
        try {
            bArr = sg.vantagepoint.a.a.a(b("8d127684cbc37c17616d806cf50473cc"), Base64.decode("5UJiFctbmgbDoLXmpL12mkno8HT4Lv8dlat8FxR2GOc=", 0));
        } catch (Exception e) {
            Log.d("CodeCheck", "AES error:" + e.getMessage());
            bArr = bArr2;
        }
        return str.equals(new String(bArr));
    }

    public static byte[] b(String str) {
        int length = str.length();
        byte[] bArr = new byte[length / 2];
        for (int i = 0; i < length; i += 2) {
            bArr[i / 2] = (byte) ((Character.digit(str.charAt(i), 16) << 4) + Character.digit(str.charAt(i + 1), 16));
        }
        return bArr;
    }
} The bArr value is what our input is being compared to. The sg.vantagepoint.a.a.a method is an AES decryption method. bArr sg.vantagepoint.a.a.a public class a {
    public static byte[] a(byte[] bArr, byte[] bArr2) {
        SecretKeySpec secretKeySpec = new SecretKeySpec(bArr, "AES/ECB/PKCS7Padding");
        Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES");
        cipher.init(2, secretKeySpec);
        return cipher.doFinal(bArr2);
    }
} public class a {
    public static byte[] a(byte[] bArr, byte[] bArr2) {
        SecretKeySpec secretKeySpec = new SecretKeySpec(bArr, "AES/ECB/PKCS7Padding");
        Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES");
        cipher.init(2, secretKeySpec);
        return cipher.doFinal(bArr2);
    }
} Hooking the AES Cipher Function We can hook this function to get the string value var a = Java.use('sg.vantagepoint.a.a');
a.a.implementation = function (p0, p1) {
    console.log('p0 (byte array): ' + bytesToString(p0));
    console.log('p1 (byte array): ' + bytesToString(p1));
    
    var result = this.a(p0, p1);
    console.log("Result ->", bytesToString(result))
    return result;
};

function bytesToString(bytes) {
    var result = '';
    for (var i = 0; i < bytes.length; ++i) {
        result += String.fromCharCode(bytes[i]);
    }
    return result;
} var a = Java.use('sg.vantagepoint.a.a');
a.a.implementation = function (p0, p1) {
    console.log('p0 (byte array): ' + bytesToString(p0));
    console.log('p1 (byte array): ' + bytesToString(p1));
    
    var result = this.a(p0, p1);
    console.log("Result ->", bytesToString(result))
    return result;
};

function bytesToString(bytes) {
    var result = '';
    for (var i = 0; i < bytes.length; ++i) {
        result += String.fromCharCode(bytes[i]);
    }
    return result;
} Running the Script Execute the script to see the byte array as a string. (base) C:\Users\booyaa\uncrackable\level> frida -U -l ./hook_level1.js -f owasp.mstg.uncrackable1
     ____
    / _  |   Frida 16.2.3 - A world-class dynamic instrumentation toolkit
   | (_| |
    > _  |   Commands:
   /_/ |_|       help      -> Displays the help system
   . . . .       object?   -> Display information about 'object'
   . . . .       exit/quit -> Exit
   . . . .
   . . . .   More info at https://frida.re/docs/home/
   . . . .
   . . . .   Connected to LE2001 (id=4a298ca9)
Spawned `owasp.mstg.uncrackable1`. Resuming main thread!
[LE2101::owasp.mstg.uncrackable1 ]-> Hooked exit()
Root Check Bypassed!!! 😎
p0 (byte array): ﾍvﾄￋￃ|amﾀl￵sￌ
p1 (byte array): ￥Bbￋ[ﾚￃﾠﾵ￦ﾤﾽvﾚI￨￰t￸.￿ﾕﾫ|v￧
Result -> I want to believe
Process terminated
[LE2101::owasp.mstg.uncrackable1 ]->

Thank you for using Frida!
(base) C:\Users\booyaa\uncrackable\level> (base) C:\Users\booyaa\uncrackable\level> frida -U -l ./hook_level1.js -f owasp.mstg.uncrackable1
     ____
    / _  |   Frida 16.2.3 - A world-class dynamic instrumentation toolkit
   | (_| |
    > _  |   Commands:
   /_/ |_|       help      -> Displays the help system
   . . . .       object?   -> Display information about 'object'
   . . . .       exit/quit -> Exit
   . . . .
   . . . .   More info at https://frida.re/docs/home/
   . . . .
   . . . .   Connected to LE2001 (id=4a298ca9)
Spawned `owasp.mstg.uncrackable1`. Resuming main thread!
[LE2101::owasp.mstg.uncrackable1 ]-> Hooked exit()
Root Check Bypassed!!! 😎
p0 (byte array): ﾍvﾄￋￃ|amﾀl￵sￌ
p1 (byte array): ￥Bbￋ[ﾚￃﾠﾵ￦ﾤﾽvﾚI￨￰t￸.￿ﾕﾫ|v￧
Result -> I want to believe
Process terminated
[LE2101::owasp.mstg.uncrackable1 ]->

Thank you for using Frida!
(base) C:\Users\booyaa\uncrackable\level> And there we have it; the final string: I want to believe . I want to believe Using just Python and no rooted device or Frida. Using just Python and no rooted device or Frida. # level1.py

import base64
from Crypto.Cipher import AES
from Crypto.Util.Padding import unpad

def a(key, cipher_text):
    cipher = AES.new(key, AES.MODE_ECB)
    return unpad(cipher.decrypt(cipher_text), AES.block_size)

def b(hex_string):
    return bytes.fromhex(hex_string)

try:
    key = b("8d127684cbc37c17616d806cf50473cc")
    cipher_text = base64.b64decode("5UJiFctbmgbDoLXmpL12mkno8HT4Lv8dlat8FxR2GOc=")
    returned_bytes = a(key, cipher_text)
    print("Solved: ", returned_bytes.decode())
except Exception as e:
    print("AES error: ", str(e)) # level1.py

import base64
from Crypto.Cipher import AES
from Crypto.Util.Padding import unpad

def a(key, cipher_text):
    cipher = AES.new(key, AES.MODE_ECB)
    return unpad(cipher.decrypt(cipher_text), AES.block_size)

def b(hex_string):
    return bytes.fromhex(hex_string)

try:
    key = b("8d127684cbc37c17616d806cf50473cc")
    cipher_text = base64.b64decode("5UJiFctbmgbDoLXmpL12mkno8HT4Lv8dlat8FxR2GOc=")
    returned_bytes = a(key, cipher_text)
    print("Solved: ", returned_bytes.decode())
except Exception as e:
    print("AES error: ", str(e)) Thanks for following along! Cheers 🍺

Uncrackable - Level 1 | OWASP

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