Category Archives: Security

Build a portable hacking station with RPi

Basically you take an RPi, load it with Kali Linux, and run it off the box with a tiny touch LCD (pricey too).  I think rooting a phone maybe a better solution. http://lifehacker.com/how-to-build-a-portable-hacking-station-with-a-raspberr-1739297918

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How to print out your own keys

Interesting, you first print out tool to measure the different key positions.  Then you go to this site to run the customizer for your key and print it out. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-3D-Print-House-keys/?ALLSTEPS

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Capital One has made there own two factor authentication

Capital One (bank) pushed out an app for two factor authentication, called SwiftID.  It sat least a step forward for a bank to authenticate its users but…I wonder if its a proprietary implementation or if its using something like oauth … Continue reading

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Using security cameras for DDOS

You have to love the IoT’s.  Apparently a bunch of security cameras at a mall where compromised and used as part of a DDOS attack.  One security group caught on that some of the cameras where down the street and … Continue reading

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Hack the fitbit to get into the network

Interesting article where apparently it was found how to hack into a fitbit via bluetooth, and use that to piggyback maleware onto the machine when the fitbit sunk with it.  Its a bit of a tails case backdoor.  What are … Continue reading

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So why are we going with chip based credit cards?

Interesting hack where the criminals found a way to bypass the pin needed in Europe’s chip and pin cards.  Here in the USA we are switching to chip and signature cards (basically just chip cards).  Which would make it a … Continue reading

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A WiFi Jammer at the packet layer?

If I read this correctly, the authors took a cheap dongle and used it to jam wifi signals at the packet layer, not the hardware (wireless) layer for a DOS attack.  I think this way you don’t run afowl of … Continue reading

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This is why you never post up pictures of any PII info on yourself

Interesting and scary article on how the author found that the info on the 2D bar code on your airline ticket has ALOT of info that could be bad for others (ways to get into your airline account for example … Continue reading

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Using a drone to fake out a printer and capture jobs

Some researchers build a drone with a phone attached to it and flew it around office areas.  Why?  The phone would pick up the local WiFi enabled printers, pretend to be them, and intercept any incoming jobs.  Now if they … Continue reading

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GitHub adds support for FIDO

FIDO is a two factor autehntication method (standard too) that is slowly gaining ground.  Apparently GitHub now has native support for it. http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/01/github-launches-support-for-u2f-security-keys/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29

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