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Running a Tesla Model 3 on Autopilot off the Road with GPS Spoofing
Regulus is a company that deals with sensor security issues. In one of their latest experiments they've performed GPS spoofing with several SDRs to show how easy it is to divert a Tesla Model 3 driving...
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Tracking Company Jets with ADS-B to Give an Edge to Hedge Fund Investors
Financial news site Bloomberg recently ran an article about how hedge fund managers are using ADS-B to track private company aircraft in order to help predict the next megadeal between companies. They...
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Dronesense: A LimeSDR Based Drone Detector and Jammer
Over on the LimeSDR CrowdSupply blog, Ogün Levent has submitted a short article about his "Dronesense" project. Dronsense is a spectrum-scanning and jamming system based on the LimeSDR. The LimeSDR is...
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Using an RTL-SDR, RF Fingerprinting and Deep Learning to Authenticate RF Devices
Every device that transmits radio waves has a unique and identifiable RF fingerprint which occurs due to the very slightly variations in the hardware manufacturing process. This means that devices...
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Using a Drone and HackRF to Inject URLs, Phish For Passwords on Internet...
There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. At this years Defcon conference security researcher Pedro Cabrera held a talk...
View ArticleHacking Iridium Satellites With Iridium Toolkit
Over on YouTube TechMinds has uploaded a video showing how to use the Iridium Toolkit software to receive data and audio from Iridium satellites with an Airspy. Iridium is a global satellite service...
View ArticleUsing a HackRF SDR to Sniff RF Emissions from a Cryptocurrency Hardware...
At last years Chaos Communication Congress (35C3) Conference, leveldown security presented their findings on multiple security vulnerabilities present in cryptocurrency hardware wallets....
View ArticleYouTube Video: Reverse Engineering with SDR
Over on YouTube Black Hills Information Security (aka Paul Clark) has uploaded a one hour long presentation that shows how to use a software defined radio to reverse engineer digital signals using GNU...
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Vancouver Broadcasts Hospital Patient Data Over Unencrypted Wireless Pagers
Canadian based researchers from the "Open Privacy Research Society" recently rang the alarm on Vancouver based hospitals who have been broadcasting patient data in the clear over wireless pagers for...
View ArticleAn Introduction to Pagers with the HackRF PortaPack and an RTL-SDR
Over on YouTube user HackedExistence has uploaded a video explaining how POCSAG pager signals work, and he also shows some experiments that he's been performing with his HackRF PortaPack and an old...
View ArticleTutorial on Performing a Replay Attack with a HackRF and Universal Radio Hacker
Over on YouTube channel Tech Minds has uploaded a short tutorial video that shows how to perform a replay attack with a HackRF and the Universal Radio Hacker software. A replay attack is when you...
View ArticleDEF CON 27 SDR Talks: Antennas for Surveillance, Ford Keyfob Hack, Smart TV...
Talks from this years DEF CON 27 conference which was held back in August are now available on YouTube. DEFCON is a yearly conference that a focuses on information security topics and often includes...
View ArticleUsing a HackRF to Investigate Why WiFi on the Raspberry Pi 4 Doesn’t work...
The Raspberry Pi 4 launched with it's fair share of problems, but a new problem seems to have been recently discovered and documented. It turns out that the Pi 4's WiFi stops working when running at a...
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The Toosheh Project: An Outernet-like Service for Iran and the Middle East
If you've been following our blog over the years, you'll know that we've mentioned the "Outernet" (now known as "Othernet") service a few times. Othernet is a satellite service that wants to provide...
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RTL-SDR and HackRF Used in Mr. Robot – A TV Drama About Hacking
A few readers have written in to let us know the role SDRs played in the last season of "Mr. Robot". The show which is available on Amazon Prime is about "Mr. Robot", a young cyber-security engineer by...
View ArticleSignalsEverywhere: The Ethics of Decoding and Sharing Private Information...
Over on the SignalsEverywhere YouTube Corrosive has uploaded a new video that addresses the ethics about decoding private information with SDRs. The radio spectrum is full of private communications...
View ArticleUsing a HackRF for GPS Spoofing on Windows
Over on the TechMinds YouTube channel a new video titled "GPS Spoofing With The HackRF On Windows" has been uploaded. In the video TechMinds uses the GPS-SDR-SIM software with his HackRF to create a...
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Bypassing Chamberlain myQ Garage Doors with a Jamming SDR Attack
McAfee Advanced Threat Research have recently uploaded a blog post describing how they investigated Chamberlain’s MyQ Hub, a “Universal” IoT garage door automation platform. Such a device allows you...
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Gaining Access to Windows on the Flex 6500 SDR Transceiver and Installing...
The Flex 6500 is a now discontinued (only refurb units available for US$2,600) transceiver SDR made for amateur radio use. Together with the optional Maestro control panel, it forms a fully standalone...
View ArticleOpening a Parking Barrier with a HackRF Portapack and a Replay Attack
Over on YouTube user kwon lee has uploaded a video demonstrating a replay attack against a parking barrier arm. The tools he uses are a HackRF and Portapack running the Havok firmware. A replay attack...
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