ThinkPad X1 Carbon Turned USB Device Through Relentless Digging

The Thinkpad in question, with a Linux shell open on its screen, showing that the device mode has been successfully enabled

In what’s perhaps one of the most impressive laptop reverse engineering posts in recent memory, [Andrey Konovalov] brings us an incredibly detailed story of how he’s discovered and successfully enabled …read more Continue reading ThinkPad X1 Carbon Turned USB Device Through Relentless Digging

Hacking USB Hack Chat

Join us on Wednesday, February 26 at noon Pacific for the Hacking USB Hack Chat with Kate Temkin!

For all its aggravating idiosyncrasies, the Universal Serial Bus has been a game-changer in peripheral connections for nearly a quarter of a century now. What was once simply a means to connect …read more

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Hands-On: GreatFET is an Embedded Tool that Does It All

There’s a new embedded hacking tool on the scene that gives you an interactive Python interface for a speedy chip on a board with oodles of GPIO, the ability to masquerade as different USB devices, and a legacy of tricks up its sleeve. This is the GreatFET, the successor to …read more

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