Collaborate Disseminate
You might think you understand the concept of BadUSB attacks and know how to defend it, because all you’ve seen is opening a terminal window. Turns out there’s still more …read more Continue reading USB HID And Run Exposes Yet Another BadUSB Surface
In the long ago times, when phones still flipped and modems sang proudly the songs of their people, I sent away for a set of Slackware CDs and embarked on …read more Continue reading Review: Beepy, A Palm-sized Linux Hacking Playground
If you ever looked for open-source e-readers, you’ve no doubt seen [Joey Castillo]’s Open Book reader, but you might not yet have seen the Abridged version he’s building around a …read more Continue reading Open Book Abridged: OSHW E-Reader Now Simplified, Pico-Driven
When examining a project, it’s easy to be jaded by a raw parts list. When the main component is an ESP8266, we might say “oh, another 8266 project. yawn!” But …read more Continue reading Hackable OSHW CardClock Demands Attention
The principles of open-source hardware are starting to make great strides in scientific research fields. [Walker Arce] tells us about his paper co-authored with [Jeffrey R. Stevens], about a dog …read more Continue reading Open-Hardware Dog Treat Dispenser is a Stepping Stone For Behavioral Research
Often, we need to power a 5V-craving project of ours on the go. So did [Burgduino], and, unhappy with solutions available, designed their own 5V UPS! It takes a cheap …read more Continue reading Open Hardware 5V UPS Improves On Cheap Powerbank Design
Over the last few months we’ve been keeping an eye on WiFiWart, an ambitious project to develop a Linux single-board computer (SBC) small enough to fit inside a USB wall …read more Continue reading WiFiWart Boots Linux, Moves To Next Design Phase
When we last checked in on the WiFiWart, an ambitious project to scratch-build a Linux powered penetration testing drop box small enough to be disguised as a standard phone charger, …read more Continue reading WiFiWart Linux Pentesting Device Gets First PCBs
[Rowan Patterson] informed us about a recent ticket he opened over at the Raspberry Pi Documentation GitHub repository. He asked about the the lack of updates to the Raspberry Pi 4’s …read more Continue reading The Compromises of Raspberry Pi Hardware Documentation
If you want to hack around with the communication protocol that USB Power Delivery devices use to negotiate their power requirements with the upstream source, a tool like Google’s Twinkie really helps. With it you can sniff data off the …read more
Continue reading Google-Inspired USB-PD Sniffer for the DIY Crowd