Collaborate Disseminate
Many have sought the holy grail of making commercial media both readable and copy-proof, especially once everyone began to copy those floppies. One of these attempts to make floppies copy-proof …read more Continue reading PC Floppy Copy Protection: Softguard Superlok
Recently, [Richard Audette] bought an Akaso EK7000 action camera for his daughter’s no-smartphones-allowed summer camp, which meant that after his daughter returned from said camp, he was free to tinker …read more Continue reading Reverse Engineering The Web API of an Akaso EK7000 Action Camera
What can you do with a cheap Linux machine with limited flash and only a single free GPIO line? Probably not much, but sometimes, just getting root to prove you …read more Continue reading Getting Root on Cheap WiFi Repeaters, the Long Way Around
I’m exploring the world of offensive security and looking for small tool ideas that I could develop to improve my skills. My focus is primarily on reverse engineering and cracking, and I’m also studying IoT, so if there’s anything that int… Continue reading Asking for Offensive Cybersecurity Tool Ideas [closed]
x64dbg is an open-source binary debugger for Windows, designed for malware analysis and reverse engineering of executables without access to the source code. It offers a wide range of features and a plugin system, allowing you to customize and extend i… Continue reading x64dbg: Open-source binary debugger for Windows
On an x86 system the BIOS is the first part of the system to become active along with the basic CPU core(s) functionality, or so things used to be until …read more Continue reading Reverse-Engineering the AMD Secure Processor Inside the CPU
Is your multimeter one of your trusty friends when building up boards, repairing broken gadgets, and reverse-engineering proprietary ones? Is it accompanied by a logic analyzer or an oscilloscope at …read more Continue reading Hacker Tactic: Pimp Your Probes
Remember when dead batteries were something you’d just toss in the trash? Those days are long gone, thankfully, and rechargeable battery packs have put powerful cordless tools in the palms …read more Continue reading Ryobi Battery Pack Gives Up Its Secrets Before Giving Up the Ghost
[Ryan Miceli] had spent a few years pouring over and reverse-engineering Halo 2 when a friend asked for a favor. His friend created an improved Xbox with significant overclocks, RAM …read more Continue reading If You Give A Dev A Tricked Out Xbox, They’ll Patch Halo 2
One can only imagine the wonders held within the crypto labs of organizations like the CIA or NSA. Therein must be machines of such sophistication that no electronic device could …read more Continue reading Laser Fault Injection on the Cheap