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Tag: hacking

Hackbat: This Raspberry Pi hacking tool is what the Flipper One could have been

2024-05-092024-05-09 Danie
A bvlack coloured circuit board with a small OLED display mounted on top. On the right side of the board are five black press button switches, with one in the centre and four other switches spaced evenly around it.

The whole thing runs off of a Raspberry Pi RP2040 and open-source code. It has modules for NFC, SD card, and Wi-Fi communication, plus it features a miniature display so you can tell what it’s […]

Bloghacking, opensource, raspberrypi, technology

Hacking BLE to Liberate your Exercise Equipment eg for the Domyos EL500 elliptical trainer

2024-01-052024-01-05 Danie
Diagram representing how the Bluetooth protocol notifications communicate back and forth between an elliptical trainer and an Androi device with a RF connector.

It’s a story we’ve heard many times before: if you want to get your data from the Domyos EL500 elliptical trainer, you need to use a proprietary smartphone application that talks to the device over […]

BlogBLE, exercise, hacking, technology

Next level Hack: Hackers can steal cryptographic keys by video-recording power LEDs 18 metres away without any probe or radio connections

2023-06-132023-06-13 Danie
surveillance cam smartcard reade

By carefully monitoring characteristics such as power consumption, sound, electromagnetic emissions, or the amount of time it takes for an operation to occur, attackers can assemble enough information to recover secret keys that underpin the […]

Bloghacking, security, technology, vulnerability

BrutePrint: This $15 hacking device could be your fingerprint scanner’s worst nightmare, although they need physical access for a few hours

2023-05-262023-05-26 Danie
Fingerprint visible on a blue coloured glass background

Researchers have devised a low-cost smartphone attack that cracks the authentication fingerprint used to unlock the screen and perform other sensitive actions on a range of Android devices in as little as 45 minutes. Dubbed […]

BlogBrutePrint, hacking, security, technology, vulnerabilities

ESET Research Report: How I could’ve stolen your corporate secrets for $100

2023-05-122023-05-12 Danie
Text from executive summary of the report

Yes, it is not just hard drives that need to be wiped. Network routers also contain storage with even more valuable information, especially when it relates to accessing that network, or other 3rd party networks. […]

Bloghacking, routers, security, technology

KeyDecoder is an open source Android app that can generate all the necessary bitting info to duplicate a key from just an image

2023-01-232023-01-23 Danie
Close view if a metal key, with measurements shown for dept and width of various teeth

Luckily for the paranoid among us, the image must be taken with the key laying flat without a keyring on an ISO/CEI 7810 ID-1 ID or credit card. A passerby can’t just snap a photo […]

Blog#keydecoder, #lockpicking, hacking, security, technology

Flipper Zero: Hottest Hacking Device of 2022? Either ways, it does show why you don’t want to lock an RFID safe with your credit card

2022-10-222022-10-22 Danie
Screenshot 20221022 232447

The Flipper Zero is the ultimate multi-tool for pentesters, geeks, ethical hackers and hardware hobbyists alike. One pocket-sized device combines multiple tools: RFID, RF, Infrared, HID emulation, GPIO, Hardware debugging, 1-Wire, Bluetooth, Wifi and more. […]

1 CommentBlog#flipperzero, hacking, RFID, security, technology

The O․MG Elite cable is a scarily stealthy hacker tool – Is that phone charger doing more than you think it is?

2022-08-272022-08-27 Danie
omgCable 0001.0

It’s just an ordinary, unremarkable USB cable — or that’s what a hacker would want you to think. “It’s a cable that looks identical to the other cables you already have,” explains MG, the cable’s […]

Bloghacking, keylogger, security, technology

The new USB Rubber Ducky is more dangerous than ever – The beloved hacker tool can now pwn you with its own programming language

2022-08-172022-08-17 Danie
rubberDucky.0

To the human eye, the USB Rubber Ducky looks like an unremarkable USB flash drive. Plug it into a computer, though, and the machine sees it as a USB keyboard — which means it accepts […]

Blog#rubberducky, hacking, security, technology

Hacker liberates Hyundai head unit, writes custom apps for a Hyundai Ionic D-Audio 2V dash

2022-07-192022-07-19 Danie
hadimg headunit hack feat

Greenluigi1 bought a Hyundai Ioniq car, and then, to our astonishment, absolutely demolished the Linux-based head unit firmware. By that, we mean that he bypassed all of the firmware update authentication mechanisms, reverse-engineered the firmware […]

Blog#hyundai, cars, hacking, technology

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