Collaborate Disseminate
Is it possible to edit and alter the capabilities of an app downloaded from an app store? For instance, could someone download Zoom and then manipulate it and change its functionality to be able to perform extraordinary tasks, such as read… Continue reading Is it possible to alter an established application’s functionality? [closed]
There was even a day not too long ago when printers appeared to be going the way of the dodo; remember the “paperless office” craze? But then, printer manufacturers invented …read more Continue reading A Look Inside the Space Shuttle’s First Printer
Is it possible to use Battleye or other similar software as anti-hacking software (eg anti-memory dump, injection protection, silent phone etc) for non-gaming commercial applications?
Hacking games and commercial applications use very simi… Continue reading Battleye or similar for commercial non-gaming applications [closed]
The processing power of modern game consoles is absolutely staggering when compared to the coin-op arcade machines of the early 1980s. Packed with terabytes of internal storage and gigabytes of …read more Continue reading Supercon 2023: Bringing Arcade Classics to New Hardware
Ah, generic unbranded IP cameras. Safe, secure? Probably not. [Alex] has been hacking around with one of his very own, and he’s recently busted the thing wide open. Determining that …read more Continue reading Hacking an IP Camera To Run Your Own Software
An air data computer (ADC) is a crucial part of an avionics package that can calculate the altitude, vertical speed, air speed and more from pressure (via pitot tubes) and …read more Continue reading Reverse-Engineering a Shahed-136 Drone Air Data Computer
Ticketmaster is having a rough time lately. Recently, a hacker named [Conduition] managed to reverse-engineer their new “safe” electronic ticket system. Of course, they also had the recent breach where …read more Continue reading Ticketmaster SafeTix Reverse-Engineered
Whereas the CPUs and similar ASICs of the 1970s had their transistors laid out manually, with the move from LSI to VLSI, it became necessary to optimize the process of …read more Continue reading Looking At Standard-Cell Design in the Pentium processor
Reverse-engineered schematics are de rigeur around these parts, largely because they’re often the key to very cool hardware hacks. We don’t get to see many mechanical reverse-engineering efforts, though, which …read more Continue reading Hackable Ham Radio Gives Up Its Mechanical Secrets
Interesting:
By reverse-engineering how Ticketmaster and AXS actually make their electronic tickets, scalpers have essentially figured out how to regenerate specific, genuine tickets that they have legally purchased from scratch onto infrastructure tha… Continue reading Reverse-Engineering Ticketmaster’s Barcode System