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Assessing the security of a portable router: a look inside its hardware, part deux

December 26, 2018 admin Bus Pirate, eeprom, firmware, Flashrom, hacking, hardware, How-tos, linux, portable router, router

Credit to Author: Jean Taggart| Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 19:15:59 +0000

In part two of our blog assessing the security of a portable router, we will acquire the tools and equipment to make a copy of the firmware on our target router so that we can assess whether there are any vulnerabilities.

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How to build your own motion-activated security camera

October 16, 2018 admin hardware, maker space, makers, Security, security camera, Security world, Technology, tutorial

Credit to Author: Jean Taggart| Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 15:00:00 +0000

Attention makers! Are you looking for a challenging project that not only gets your gears grinding but helps to keep you secure while traveling? Welcome to the build-your-own security camera tutorial.

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Bloomberg blunder highlights supply chain risks

October 10, 2018 admin Amazon, apple, Bloomberg, blunder, cybercrime, hacking, hardware, microchip, signal conditioning coupler, Supermicro, Supply chain

Credit to Author: Adam McNeil| Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0000

A potentially erroneous report from Bloomberg claimed that Chinese spies were able to infiltrate US hardware supplier Supermicro, and therefore, our technology supply chain. Learn how this unverified story could ultimately come true—and what, if anything, can be done to stop it.

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Assessing the security of a portable router: a look inside its hardware

September 10, 2018 admin COM Cable Adapter Module, cybersecurity, End Of Life, EOL, firmware, GND, hardware, PL-2303HXA, PL-2303X, portable router, Px, router, RS232, Technology, Tx, U-boot, UART pins, USB, VCC, wifi

Credit to Author: Jean Taggart| Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 15:00:00 +0000

In this post, we acquire the necessary equipment to analyze the security of an inexpensive portable router, which we access through its diagnostic interface, and poke around inside.

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Two severe vulnerabilities found in Intel’s hardware

January 4, 2018 admin hardware, Intel, meltdown, news, spectre, vulnerabilities, vulnerabilties

Credit to Author: Jornt van der Wiel| Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2018 10:35:01 +0000

Meltdown and Spectre: the two vulnerabilities that threaten every device on Intel, AMD or ARM processors