Category Archives: Security

And now things are scary

Posted on August 28, 2017 by robertwilkie

The article goes over 3 different web search engines to find a face.  Google is of course on top of the list.  I remember “findface” from last year on an article that it was outing folks involved in…well stuff not … Continue reading →

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Take part of a bike frame and use it for a key safe

Posted on August 7, 2017 by robertwilkie

Interesting idea…but what if someone just takes the pipe and cuts the keys loose for later use.  I could actually see making this but I don’t think I would weld the bottom.  Maybe just fold it over? https://www.instructables.com/id/Vehicle-Key-Safe/

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Make your own drone catcher

Posted on August 3, 2017 by robertwilkie

I almost fell over watching this one.  Pretty neat idea (thought range isn’t the greatest).  Guess if you need to capture some drones without killing them, this would do it. https://www.instructables.com/id/Homemade-Drone-Catcher/

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Another ESP8266 wifi jammer

Posted on July 26, 2017 by robertwilkie

Does a de-auth attack.  Seems pretty simple enough.  I wonder how robust it is . Hackaday Prize Entry: Don’t Build This

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EtherApe, good tool to visualize network traffic

Posted on June 27, 2017 by robertwilkie

I had almost forgotten about EtherApe, its a decent tool to show your network activity on a graph.  Its been around forever. EtherApe – Graphical Network Monitor

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Girlscouts get a hacker badge…well a bunch of them

Posted on June 22, 2017 by robertwilkie

Don’t know the details behind them, but it sounds interesting. http://gizmodo.com/girl-scouts-can-soon-earn-cybersecurity-badges-because-1796283484

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Crypto for the IoT

Posted on June 21, 2017 by robertwilkie

This is for real embedded system that have very limited memory and CPU.  Bascially its adding AES to the ESP family over MQTT. Practical IoT Cryptography on the Espressif ESP8266

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Pyrasite, inject your code into running python processes

Posted on June 20, 2017 by robertwilkie

This just…is so bad.  It looks like if you have the same priv’s and the exe’s, you can use this to inject your own code into the running python code. pyrasite – Inject Code Into Running Python Processes

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I forsee folks getting free parking in the future

Posted on June 20, 2017 by robertwilkie

The author figured out how to sniff some of the garage gates and get them to trip using an 433 MHz OOK module and an arduino.  I see a future here where folks use this to bypass parking garage gates. … Continue reading →

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Github Dorks, way to scan your code in git for security issues

Posted on June 9, 2017 by robertwilkie

Mostly for username/password and other credentials.  Not a bad idea since its amazing how many folks hardcode these things into code. Github Dorks – Github Security Scanning Tool

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