When investigating my laptop, I stumbled upon something interesting that resulted in privilege escalation. I use a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 1, which has an installed software named Glance, for my day-to-day work. The purpose of this software is to use the advanced web camera to figure out if you are speaking when the…
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Intro I was at my local Target recently and spotted the section near the video games, where there were some little collectable arcade systems and handhelds that play games like Pac-Man, Galaga, and Contra. Whenever I see these types of systems, I like to pick one up to tear it apart and see what’s inside….
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Hidden cameras, spy cameras, nanny cams—whatever you call them, you are under surveillance much more than you may realize. While outdoor perimeter cameras and doorbell cameras are commonplace and have been used for quite some time to monitor property, other nefarious hidden cameras are popping up all over the place. Generally, any camera placed inside…
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Today, we are releasing iHide, a new tool for bypassing jailbreak detection in iOS applications. You can install iHide by adding the repo https://repo.kc57.com in Cydia or clicking here on an iOS device with Cydia installed. Additionally, you can check out the code and build/install it yourself if you prefer. Once installed, iHide will add…
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I have had several occasions when I’ve been performing a pentest against an Android or iOS application, attempting to monitor the traffic with Burp Suite, only to realize that the application is not respecting my proxy settings. Now, if you have a rooted or jailbroken device, there are some ways you can force the application…
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Introduction Why can’t I pwn my friends anymore? It seems like all my Metasploit magic is getting caught—even my modified, secret-sauce payloads. DEP. ASLR. EDRs. Sandboxes. Whitelists. It’s no fun anymore! So, you thought you were a 1337 h4x0r? You thought you had mad ‘sploit-writing, shell-popping skillz? First, you learned Python (so easy), then C…
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Not too long ago, I was at a hardware store and I came across some lights that I wanted to play with because I had a feeling they could be fun for Halloween and make for a decent blog post. Before I purchased the lights, I looked at their online manual and checked to see…
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First, I would like to preface this article by saying that gr-limesuite and the LimeSDR drivers are updated fairly regularly. Some of the issues that I have encountered in the past have been remedied by recent updates. With that said, the information in this article should remain relevant, but the pictures may vary with subsequent…
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This post isn’t attempting to present new research or a new device—that work has already been done, a la Bishop Fox. While an overall design was created, and many others have discussed building such a device, doing so can prove to be challenging. This post will provide you with all that is needed to fully…
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For my first post on software-defined radios (SDRs), I’d like to start off by talking about a few things that most people find out through either experience or spending hours hunting on Google (or never figure out at all, and chalk the problem up to software bugs and hardware gremlins). One thing that I learned…
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