One doesn’t always have the luxury of sipping tea comfortably while hacking a piece of hardware at a fully-equipped workbench, where every tool is within reach. To address this, [Zokol] shares an early look at a hardware hacking toolkit-in-progress, whose purpose is to make hacking sessions as productive as possible while keeping size and weight within reasonable limits. There isn’t a part list yet, but there are some good tips on creating your own.
To create an effective hardware hacking toolkit, special attention should be paid to the types of responsibilities you want to perform and in what order. Once a critical workflow is identified, a set of complementary machinery and hardware resources can be assembled to meet the requirements. long-awaited wishes. The purpose is to have the machinery to go as far as imaginable in a single session, and to identify any specialized apparatus that will be needed later. In this way, follow-up sessions can be as effective as you can imagine.
Since hardware hacking involves examining (and probably converting the behavior of) electronic devices, [Zokol] notes that the first step is to start with external interfaces. This means that all common cables and adapters should be part of a hardware hacking toolkit, otherwise the query may end very early. The next step is to open the device. Therefore, common equipment and means are needed to take care of things like adhesives. Then diagnostic equipment like multimeters come into play, and that equipment becomes more specialized as the research progresses. It’s a very practical way to approach the challenge of what to bring (and what not to) in a hardware hacking toolset, and we’re excited to see what the definitive edition will be like.
Hardware hacking sometimes involves hardware that can’t be opened without damaging it. The Google Stadia controller is one such piece of hardware, and [Zokol] addressed the problem of how to permanently disable the microphone by figuring out exactly where to drill a hole.
I’ve got all the gear I want. . . What I want to know is where to store those tool bags pictured!
Search for BUBM on aliexpress/amazom.
Thank you!
I thought they looked strangely familiar. . . I can verify that they are excellent examples for this kind of thing; I’ve used one for electronics before.
If you know how to use a sewing machine, do it yourself. Just stay away from elastics and zippers, use Velcro and snaps instead. A used FIBC, also known as a large bag, can provide a tough fabric and can be received loose in the food industry.
Pro Kit and iFixit (seen in the photo). (Quasi) military/tactical or eoc panels/organizers (Baribal Poland has a great form of customization on its page). Bags and organizers for photographers.
I bring my belongings in a box. That’s exactly what I’m here for!
Same here
If you want to spend money and get even higher quality, look at maxpedition.
To do my job, I make do with a passport, a Gigabit network connection, and an adapter in my backpack with my computer and what seems like a hundred connecting cables.
To do my hobbies, everything has to come on my bench and vice versa. I’ve been tempted to buy one of those pocket-sized glasses for a long time.
I saw the multi-tool in the center to the right of the first photo. It looks like a Leatherman Squirt ES4. However, no Leatherman logo is visible. The Leatherman ES4 seems to be discontinued. Is there an ES4 clone available?
Yes, there are, says Leatherman on the 2 black 1/4″ tip sticks
Good tool, I have one. It’s the best for electronics. If you turn the equipment over, you realize that it doesn’t have a logo, you only have it on one side.
I don’t see a hammer anywhere, I can’t make curtains without a hammer.
Where is the logic analyzer?
This is the black square with rounded edges with saleae. There is an excellent Chinese clone that doesn’t have the promotional price, although it is a little slower.
I would like to find out more about the stuff he collected there. Most of it, I know but maybe someone of you might be so kind to fill the gaps:
The photo was taken in 2019, when I was preparing for a hardware hacking occasion here in Finland. In fact, we didn’t know much about the targets to hack, so I had to take as many as I could.
In the end, we were able to hack a Tesla X and a bunch of IoT objects, while the event was broadcast live on national television. Interesting moments:D
Rest of the table
(in order from left to right, top to bottom)
THANK YOU! We have almost the same apparatus for some details:
Do you have any experience with the Jtagulator? I’m thinking of a construction one because they only charge between $50 and $170.
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