Category Archives: Security

Project to turn an RPi into a Stingray

Posted on December 21, 2018 by robertwilkie

Well not fully one.  But it does act as an IMSI catcher. https://github.com/Oros42/IMSI-catcher It Might Be Possible To Build A Stingray With A Raspberry Pi  

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CA has IoT security reg’s for 1/2020

Posted on December 19, 2018 by robertwilkie

Interesting law in California, of course its pretty vague from what I understand on what “reasonable security feature” is. https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2018/11/new_iot_securit.html

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Hacking Vending Machines (the modern way)

Posted on October 25, 2018 by robertwilkie

This guy basically reverse engineered the app in Android that had “credit” for buying stuff on a vending machine, and how to give himself credit. Hacker Pops Top On NFC Vending Machines

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ID’ing a 3D printer

Posted on October 24, 2018 by robertwilkie

Interesting work on how to figure out the printer an object came from.  Its like the old days with printers to try and ID them (before they started hiding serial numbers and such in each print). Researchers discover a new … Continue reading →

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Turn your digispark into a rubber ducky

Posted on September 26, 2018 by robertwilkie

The hacking tool.  Looks like someone ported the tools to the ATiny, in this case the DigiSpark system, which runs from $1.5 to $8.   Its not as fancy as the original, but it will do the job. DIY Rubber Ducky … Continue reading →

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Fizz for TLS

Posted on August 7, 2018 by robertwilkie

Facebook apparently came up with a wrapper around OpenSSL for TLS1.3.  It looks interesting. https://github.com/facebookincubator/fizz

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Places to register your bike so if its stolen

Posted on August 1, 2018 by robertwilkie

You may have a chance to recover it. https://bikeindex.org/ https://project529.com/garage/  

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HP has a bug bounty for its printers

Posted on July 31, 2018 by robertwilkie

Unfortunately its thru private invite only with bugcrowd.com.  I remember looking at HP systems a few years back and, well this might be a good way to bring in some extra cash. https://www.zdnet.com/article/hp-will-give-you-10000-to-hack-your-printer/

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Simple TV remote jammer

Posted on July 12, 2018 by robertwilkie

No CPU needed, just a simple circuit that pretty much floods IR. http://www.instructables.com/id/TV-Remote-Jammer-Circuit-555-Timer-Projects-Simple/

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FontCode, interesting proposal to embed messages in a message

Posted on May 23, 2018 by robertwilkie

If I read it correctly, the proposal is to tweak the letters in a typed letter to have an embedded message within it.  Its like a form of stenography.  It looks like the authors only have a prototype and write-up … Continue reading →

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