Author: db

Continued from the earlier post (guess this stream burn my house down) The user manual is hf-lpb100u_user_manual-v1-1 . You can make it fetch and execute a new firmware from anywhere in the world (over http only of course). without authentication. You can also cause it to become a WiFi STA (access point) and generally hijack other wifi…

So a new IP endpoint landed on my home network today, an ‘Anova sous-vide‘. Now i thought i had enough wifi radiation in the house to cook an egg, but apparently I now own a wifi-enabled egg cooker too. So the way this thing works, you plug a stick into the wall outlet, and an…

So last night i built a new machine for @ home. And I learned a few things I thought i would share. First, there is a motherboard form-factor called EE-ATX. That first E matters. Its huge. I bought the biggest case (Thermaltake X9, about the size of a bar-fridge) on the theory that this should…

Recently we’ve been seeing a lot of ‘baidu/…’ links sent via compromised skype contacts. What is happening here is not malware. Instead, your password is known and someone has logged into the web interface to use it. How did your password become known? Recently dropbox was compromised, as was yahoo, and many other large sites.…

OK we’ve all watched Maximum Overdrive (starring the music of AC/DC) a number of times. Great movie. It seems that the movie is on point for our future with the exception that its not Diesel powered, CB-communicating trucks, but instead, light-bulbs slurping WiFi that will be our skynet undoing. Watch this great video of a…