Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast

Thomas Roth (aka Stacksmashing) joined us again to chat about all the new projects he’s been working on. We talked about iPhone and Macbook reversing, HexTree.io, the  RP2350 Hacking Challenge, and more! 

Here are links to some of the topics we covered:

• Getting JTAG on the iPhone 15 (video)
• https://t8012.dev/
• 37C3 - Apple's iPhone 15: Under the C
• Marc Zyngier’s Central Scrutinizer 
• Macvdmtool
• Asahi Linux
• AsahiLinux USB-PD Docs 
• Tamarin-C iPhone/Mac bus explorer 
• chipSHOUTER and PicoEMP
• ACE up the Sleeve: Hacking into Apple’s New USB-C Controller 
• Breaking Bitlocker - Bypassing the Windows Disk Encryption
• Cold Boot Attack
• T8012 Team Ace Controller Secrets
• Embedded Systems Village
• Faultier at 1bitsquared US and EU 
• Crowbar (circuit)
• Toorcamp 2024 Keynote Video
• The Hardware Hacking Handbook
• BlackMagic Probe
• Orbcode

Have comments or suggestions for us? Find us on twitter @unnamed_show,  or email us at [email protected].

Music by TeknoAxe (http://www.youtube.com/user/teknoaxe)

We talked to Jesse Michael (@jessemichael) and Mickey Shkatov(@hackingthings) about BIOS/UEFI reverse engineering and more!

Here’s a list of some of the things we talked about:

• Eclypsium
• Driving Down the Rabbit Hole (DEFCON 25 talk about Nissan Leaf exploit)
• Intel WiGig
• BIOS
• Port 0x80
• UEFI
• https://github.com/tianocore/edk2 for UEFI 
• DediProg SF100(And SF600)
• Chip Clips
• chipsec
• UEFITool
• BusPirate
• Tigard
• QEMU
• VMWare Workstation
• UEFI exploitation for the masses (DEFCON 26 presentation)
• One Bootloader to Load Them All (DEFCON 30 presentation)
• BIOS Dehumidifier Function
• Remotely Attacking System Firmware (BlackHat 2018)
• Intel System Studio 2020
• Intel DCI
• USB A/A cable for DCI Debugging
• Damn Vulnerable UEFI (Look out for BlackHat talk)
• UEFI DOOM
• Flappy Bird in UEFI
• UEFI Tetris
• Self-Replicating UEFI App (In 420 bytes!)
• System Management Interrupt
• Unknown Cheats Forum
• System Management Mode
• Edk-devel mailing list
• Xenoh Kovah’s UEFI training videos
• efiSeek for ghidra
• efiXplorer for IDA
• Binary Ninja
• Intel Management Engine
• me_cleaner
• ME analyzer (By platomav)
• CPUMicrocodes (By platomav)
• Coreboot
• 010 Hex Editor
• Stardock Fences (For Icon management)
• Notepad++
• The Newlywed Game
• Streamdeck
• Toorcamp

Have comments or suggestions for us? Find us on twitter @unnamed_show,  or email us at [email protected].

Music by TeknoAxe (http://www.youtube.com/user/teknoaxe)

Ian from DangerousPrototypes (@DangerousProto) joined us to chat about the new BusPirate 5, DirtyPCB’s, and more!

Check out this BusPirate 5 post for pictures of many things we mentioned on the show.

• Ian’s Halloween onion rings (And other instructables)
• BusPirate
• Taobao
• Ian’s Maker Faire 2012 Video
• Seedstudio
• BusBlaster
• Haxelerator
• Bunnie’s “The Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzen”
• Naomi Wu’s updated version of the guide
• OSHPark
• DirtyPCBs
• DirtySLA
• DirtyAcryllics
• DirtyCables
• Arduboy
• Canned Cheese (Alvaro’s recommendation)
• Expressway to Pleasure
• Hacker Camp  Shenzhen
• PCBite
• PIZZAbite
• Sigrok
• Saleae
• Prusa MINI
• Flylin Consulting

  Have comments or suggestions for us? Find us on twitter @unnamed_show,  or email us at [email protected].

Music by TeknoAxe (http://www.youtube.com/user/teknoaxe)

We talked to Laurie Wired (X/Twitter, YouTube, Github) about malware reverse engineering, making youtube videos, and more! Check out her excellent series on Reverse Engineering 101 as well as her many Conference Talks. 

Here are links to some other topics we covered:

• Serial Experiments Lain
• EIEIO instruction 
• Java Native Interface (JNI)
• .ipa file
• Virustotal
• MalwareBazaar
• RetroBar for Windows 
• https://alula.github.io/SpaceCadetPinball/
• Neon White game
• vx underground  trivia
• Operation Triangulation and Video Presentation “What You Get When Attack iPhones of Researchers”
• Dalvik Executable Format (.dex)
• UPX  packer
• Apk file
• Neon Genesis Evangelion
• XcodeGhost
• https://frida.re/
• https://github.com/Ch0pin/medusa

Have comments or suggestions for us? Find us on twitter @unnamed_show,  or email us at [email protected].

Music by TeknoAxe (http://www.youtube.com/user/teknoaxe)

Jen and Alvaro briefly chat with Jacob Creedon outside a restaurant. Sorry for the terrible sound quality 😅! We’ll try to get back on track this year :)

ImHex - Hex editor Jacob mentioned.

Reverse Engineering the MegaII with James Lewis.

James (https://www.baldengineer.com/) joined Jen and Alvaro to chat about MegaII reverse engineering.

Here are links to some of the topics we covered:

• Element 14 Presents Youtube

• Hackster.io News

• MegaIIe Video

• Apple II Versions

• Logo (Programming Language)

• 7400 Series Logic

• PLCC Package

• The MiSTer Project

• Digilent Digital Discovery

• Schmitt Trigger

• Analog Discovery 2

• ElectroBOOM

• KiCad

• JLCPCB

• RP2040

• Checkmate Retro Display

• Unitiblue

• HP/Agilent/Keysight 17600

• Silicon Valley Maps

• James’ HDDG Capacitor Talk (video)

• HALT Testing

Have comments or suggestions for us? Find us on twitter @unnamed_show,  or email us at [email protected].

No guest this time! Jen and Alvaro catch up 😀 NOTE: Alvaro will be at CCCamp in a few weeks https://events.ccc.de/camp/2023/infos/

• Episode 03 - Barbies and Keyboards

• Barbie Liberation Organization

• Small Soldiers Movie

• Toys Movie

• Jumpin’ Jack Flash

• Rust - I Hear People Talk About It (shirt)

• OpenSauce

• Maker Faire Bay Area 2023

• Alvaro’s USB Cable Tester

• Book Recommendations

• ARM Assembly and Reverse Engineering

• Fancy Bear Goes Phishing

• Fatal System Error

• Murdoch’s Pirates

• Cult of the Dead Cow 

• Past guest David teaching the first lady how to solder!

• RECESSIM - Reverse Engineering News on YouTube

• Excellent CAN Injection Write-up (And Great interview with Ken on The Amp Hour)

• Reverse Engineering A Mysterious UDP Stream in My Hotel

• WebOS

• Alvaro’s IR Volume Controller

• DJI Mic

Have comments or suggestions for us? Find us on twitter @unnamed_show,  or email us at [email protected].

Music by TeknoAxe (http://www.youtube.com/user/teknoaxe)

Jen and Alvaro chat with Nika/ic3qu33n about 16-bit MS-DOS malware reverse engineering!

You can find Nika in the following places:

• https://ic3qu33n.fyi/
• https://github.com/nikaroxanne
• https://twitter.com/nikaroxanne
• https://infosec.exchange/@ic3qu33n

Here are links to some of the topics we covered:

• Leviathan Security Group
• Hardware Happy Hour (3H) San Francisco
• BSidesSF Presentation -  MTV Reboot — my Super Sweet 16-bit malware.
• Mikko Hypponen
• Darknet Diaries - Mikko
• Internet Archive Malware Museum
• R2
• IDA
• Rizin/Cutter (Listen to Episode 45 for more info!)
• Masm32
• vx-underground github
• nasm 
• QEMU 
• FreeDOS
• bochs emulator
• Programming Boot Sector Games by Oscar Toledo
• VMware 
• Interview with Spanska (virus author)
• Dark Angel’s Phunky Virus Writing Guide
• Tequila virus 
• Bitsavers.org
• https://ic3qu33n.fyi/ (blog posts!)
• TSRs
• Screen Mode 13h
• Demoscene
• LayerOne
• Creeper virus
• Elk Cloner
• MTVRE 
• Electronics Flea Market
• Ken Shirriff
• ATT 26A
• RECON 2023
• https://ben.the-collective.net/
• https://twitter.com/suidroot

Have comments or suggestions for us? Find us on twitter @unnamed_show,  or email us at [email protected].

Music by TeknoAxe (http://www.youtube.com/user/teknoaxe)

Jen and Alvaro chat with Thomas Roth (@ghidraninja on Twitter) about Airtag reverse engineering, debugging iPhones, and GameBoy RE! You can also find Thomas on his stacksmashing.net, YouTube, and @[email protected]. Here are some links to the topics we covered:

• stacksmashing youtube channel
• Linux on iPod
• Airtag fault injection twitter thread
• Bypassing code protection on NRF52
• Raspberry pi pico PIO
• Joe Grand wallet glitch video
• Wallet.fail
• Lennert’s Starlink terminal glitching DEFCON talk
• DEF CON 29 - Thomas Roth - Hacking the Apple AirTags
• How the Apple AirTags were hacked 
• Hardwear.io NL 2021: Over The Air-Tag: Shenanigans With A Keyfinder by Jiska , Fabian And Thomas
• Kanzi Cable
• Bonobo Cable
• MFi
• IDBus and Lightning
• The Secrets of Apple Lightning - Part 1 (Video)
•  The Hitchhacker’s Guide to iPhone Lightning and JTAG Hacking (DEF CON 30 Presentation) 
• DCSD cable (lightning uart)
• Frida
• Saleae
• Openocd
• Tamarin Firmware Repo
• USB Cable Tester
• Picoprobe rpi2040 swd adapter
• Mario Kart AI training video
• Tetris movie
• Multiplayer tetris
• Webusb
• Online Multiplayer on the Game Boy (video)
• Gameshark
• Ghidra
• ChipSHOUTER-PicoEMP
• F$#k powerpoint there’s no power in the point

Have comments or suggestions for us? Find us on twitter @unnamed_show,  or email us at [email protected].

Music by TeknoAxe (http://www.youtube.com/user/teknoaxe)

David from Cyber City Circuits (@MakeAugusta) joined us to chat about reverse engineering, manufacturing, escape rooms, and more!

Here are links to some of the topics we covered:

• HackerBoxes
• KiCad
• GIMP
• Inkscape
• SVG2Shenzen
• TwinkleTwinkie on Twitter and Mastodon
• 83Redux Twitter Thread (TI-83 RE project)
• Sensor Watch on CrowdSupply 
• arturo182 on Twitter and Mastodon
• http://datamath.org/
• https://tiplanet.org/
• DigiHack Thread (Digimon Reversing Project)
• Joe Grand’s pizza finder
• Joe's PCB Deconstruction Techniques YouTube Playlist
• electronicstwitter.com 
• #newprop on Twitter
• ChatGPT

Have comments or suggestions for us? Find us on Mastodon @[email protected], Twitter @unnamed_show,  or email us at [email protected].

Music by TeknoAxe (http://www.youtube.com/user/teknoaxe)