Monday 20 October 2008 at 9:32 pm
We’re all (hopefully) familar with the concept of keyloggers, both software and hardware. And you’re probably familiar with TEMPEST (Tiny ElectroMagnetic Particles Emitting Secret Things). It’s relatively easy to build a device to copy the output of a CRT over a moderate distance, allowing you to spy on someone’s computer monitor. But who ever thought of recording and decoding the signals between a wired keyboard and a computer? It turns out not to be that hard at all.
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Tuesday 14 October 2008 at 11:55 pm
I was pretty excited by Esquire’s ePaper cover. The possibilities were limitless, both for where magazines would take this into the future (Playboy?) and for hackers wanting cheap e-paper to play with. It’s been a Fail on both fronts, with the magazine implementation being officially lame, and the paper being very hard to hack. Which isn’t to say there haven’t been some successes in hacking the paper…
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Friday 03 October 2008 at 9:59 pm
If you’ve got $700-$800 laying around and aren’t sure what to do with it, I’ve got an idea. I’d really love a NeoPwn, standard or basic. I just can’t bring myself to spend that much on a phone. Pity.
The phone is a Neo Freerunner open-source phone with BackTrack Linux installed, complete with every hacking tool you might need to pen-test wifi, ethernet, bluetooth, or whatever else your heart desires. It’s pretty much the ultimate geek phone. My wife argues that you’d never really have a chance to use it, and assuming you’re intent on being legal (I am), she’s right. But as most fans of the 2nd Amendment know, it’s not whether you shoot somebody, it’s knowing that you have the power in your hands, and knowing it’s your choice to do good rather than evil.
She says I’m still fourteen inside.
