During his participation in the 25C3 Chaos Communication Congress conference on December 28, 2008, Francesco “ascii” Ongaro presented a technical session titled “1.4.2.3 – Tricks that make you smile”, accompanied by official slides published on the event’s website. The document, titled 1254_tricks.pdf, contains a collection of advanced penetration testing techniques, including local privilege escalation without exploits, still-effective level 3 attacks, and unconventional web attack methodologies. The content of the slides demonstrates a practical, creative, and deeply technical approach to offensive security.