The MOS 6502 CPU, which was designed in 1975 and powered systems like the Apple II, the Atari 2600, the Nintendo NES and the Commodore 64 for two decades, has always been subject to intense reverse engineering of its inner workings. This talk by Michael Steil presents the way from a chip package to a […]
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Breaking SSL on embedded devices
Developers use embedded devices all the time, often without implementing security measures. When they do, they often rely on SSL. As revealed by the LittleBlackBox project there exists a collection of thousands of private SSL keys extracted from various embedded devices. These private keys are stored in a database where they are correlated with their […]
Reverse engineer a LED light bulb
Hack a Day successfully reprogrammed the ATMEGA controller in a commercial LED light bulb. See the reverse engineering in part 1.
Hacking Kinect with a USB analyzer
Ladyada explores the Kinect protocol using a USB analyzer. While we know the Kinect has already been cracked, this is a good example of how USB analyzers can be a helpful (though costly) addition to a workbench.
Roadmap to reversing the Xbox 360
Bunnie Huang (Bunnie’s Blog) reverse engineered the Xbox 360 and had been called as an expert witness in a case (USA v Crippen) charging violations of the criminal provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The case was dismissed after the first witness testified, so in order to publicly summarize the technical facts on […]
Hacking RGB Christmas lights
Deep Darc has successfully reverse engineered the operation of a 50-light set of GE multicolor Christmas lights. His work involved snooping the protocol used on the LEDs data bus line and exploration of the remote control unit, resulting in source code allowing control of the display of colors and patterns by an Attiny13A. Via Wonderhowto.
Speed radar demo using toy radar gun module
Here’s another cool tech video by Jeri Ellsworth, this time illustrating how speed radar works using parts from a toy radar gun. Also refers to similarly using a satellite TV LNB module.
Reverse engineering an LCD
rossum guides us through reverse engineering several LCD displays. Via Hack a Day.
Open source Kinect driver $2,000 bounty
Adafruit is offering a $2000 bounty on an open source driver for the new Kinect controller for the XBOX360. Evidently is caused a bit of a stir.
HVR-1600 Performance and Reverse Engineering
Check out this epic battle between man and I2C EEPROM. Devin wanted to fix a bug in the Linux driver for his HVR-1600 TV tuner card. He suspected that the Linux driver didn’t configure the board correctly, so he sniffed the I2C-based configuration traffic under Windows with a Saleae Logic. There’s a great overview of […]