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Maxim Menshikov

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Maxim Menshikov — cybersecurity expert and static analysis researcher in Porto, Portugal. I build static analysis, security and developer tools that find real bugs and vulnerabilities in large, production codebases.

SecurityDev tools / editors / IDEsCReverse engineeringEmbedded / microcontrollers

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22 from 26 May 2016 to 12 Oct 2026
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2026 4

  1. What the future holds for IDEs?
  2. Oct 13, 2013 · 1 min Hello, world! Finally I decided to spend some time setting up website for all my developments. Some of you may know me as ultrashot from xda-developers.com, some may be aware... LifeRead →
  3. Full Unlock sources are public
  4. Oct 20, 2013 · 1 min Windows 8.1 RTM Preview->RTM upgrade way is a boring topic to discuss. I am more wondering why Microsoft couldn’t implement it as incremental update automatically installable via Windows Update. Instead, typical... ThoughtsRead →

2024 2

  1. Changing landscape
  2. Oct 25, 2013 · 1 min Major giveaway Finally I found time to upload most of source codes of latest projects. Unfortunately, uploading of all projects isn’t possible due to technical and ethical reasons, but if... AnnouncementsRead →

2021 15

  1. CMake to Microchip Studio project file generation
  2. A library for parsing printf format
  3. Dec 24, 2013 · 2 min Merry Christmas!/Happy new year!/whatever I decided to write one-for-all post about year results. Not that russians celebrate Christmas – but since most of readers do, that would be a better idea to... LifeResearchThoughtsRead →
  4. Nov 24, 2013 · 1 min Dynamics 2.0 anniversary Hi all. Time passes by, we get older, and so do our projects. One year ago we released Dynamics 2.0 ROM. It is so far the biggest ROM... AnnouncementsRead →
  5. Cognitive load reduction as a debugging aid
  6. Feb 1, 2014 · 9 min Как это работает: Full Unlock (WP7) Интересовались ли вы когда-нибудь, как работает Full Unlock (“Полная разблокировка”) для Windows Phone 7? Меня много раз спрашивали об этом, но, кажется, время рассказать это пришло только сейчас.... How it worksRetrospectsПо-русскиRead →
  7. Implicit knowledge breaks your software
  8. Feb 1, 2014 · 7 min How it works: Full Unlock (WP7) Have you been wondering how full unlock for Windows Phone 7 works? I’ve been asked multiple times, but it seems like right time to talk about has just... How it worksRetrospectsRead →
  9. How learning Linux makes you a better programmer
  10. Mar 25, 2014 · 3 min OSBuilder8: the development process Usually I don’t post any details of projects being actively developed. But this time I decided to do that just to let you know that I am still... AnnouncementsResearchRead →
  11. Does programming have anything to do with mathematics?
  12. Mar 25, 2014 · 4 min OSBuilder8: процесс разработки Я обычно не публикую подробности о проектах, находящихся в активной разработке. Но я решил напомнить читателям, что я всё ещё жив. Как обычно, всё началось с идеи: «может,... AnnouncementsResearchПо-русскиRead →
  13. Faulty keyboard joins scientific index
  14. Apr 30, 2016 · 1 min OpenSWAN tips and tricks IPSec is a nice technology providing secure access to other subnets or hosts. Recently I had to work on many different configurations for openswan. I can’t say documentation... ResearchRead →
  15. May 26, 2016 · 1 min Escape from Windows 10 I am not much dependent on operating system: I have been using Linux distributions for years for work (and in some way developing Linux distribution), and I still... UncategorizedRead →

2016 1

  1. Feb 7, 2021 · 1 min Dell XPS 15 9560 and Samsung 980 Pro SSD Just a friendly reminder that XPS 15 9560 (2017) works great with Samsung 980 Pro SSD albeit the laptop has PCIE 3.0 interface versus recommended PCIE 4.0. Read →