Month: January 2018
Hacking the hikvision: part 2
So I first wrote about getting the serial access here, and about some of the access bits here. Today lets talk about toolchains etc. (for those just joining, I have some IOT devices, notably IP cameras, which are now insecure, and there is no, and will be no, firmware upgrade for them from the vendor […]
Hacking the Hikvision: part 1
OK, you voted to not be lazy, and thus I’ve stuck to it. Where am I at with upgrading the DS-2CD2132 hikvision cameras? Well, not super far. We ran into a snag. The new firmware only works in the chinese region. I guess I could accept that, but it does have the english strings in […]
Crypto on the keychain: the Ledger nano s
So yesterday I received my Ledger nano s. Its a hardware crypto-wallet, storing all your hard-earned coins in a safe, secure, offline fashion. Now, i’m not a huge crypto-baron, sitting on billions of $$$ of XRP/XMR/BTC/ETH/…, I’m a casual miner. Still, $ is $, and you want to HODL in style and safety. First, a […]
What is the temperature of a feral cat’s butt?
Said no one ever. Until this post. Imagine what you can talk about in idle conversation now. Earlier I introduced you to outdoor kitty, he inhabits the area in and around my backyard. And he has a little house outside. And, until now, it was presumed warm. Presume no further, through the power of zigbee […]
Upgrading the Insecure Army of Internet Things… onwards to the cameras
OK, you voted for me to ‘not be lazy’ and just find a way to update the firmware on the army of electronics that failed the latest security sweep. OK, so I have, or, am in progress. The NAS, well, that was a bit of a pain in the butt, but I soldered on a […]
