I think the most important part of hacking is having as many windows open as possible. Preferably with scrolling multicolored text.

Sponsored by Amazon, the biggest collector of customer/consumer data on the planet.

You can bug me all you want, I have put a sticker tape on my phone's camera. All you can get is me moaning.

It's called RF imposition. The Russians used this technique to bug the US Moscow embassy in the 70's. At the time, it required a very large antenna to collect the signals. Basically, the vibrations of the molecule of air (i.e. sound) will make any object in the room also vibrate, and that includes electronic circuit boards. As per Maxwell equations, as mentioned by the chap, a vibrating electronic circuit board, even if switched off, will generate an electronic signal. It then becomes just a matter of collecting that signal.

I like how the thumbnail just says motherboard with a guy pointing to a motherboard

0:45 holy shit that setup!

If this guy figured it out what has the NSA been able to do for the last 15 years

what they are doing is super underappreciated. wired devices with embedded systems really need to start insulating components so that no information leaves the device wirelessly

The critical piece of information he gave is that there has to be an entry point into your network, and for him it was a CV containing malware. 80% of attacks are initiated this way, so - secure your endpoints or get decent mail service guys and gals...

This is one of the key reasons why following PCB design guidelines For Reduced EMI is so critical :P

By the way this is second time I see red balloon mentioned in security tech, looks like they're about to become pretty big. Good luck guys.

Properly shielding electronics would make them not vulnerable to this hack. But the hack is still quite clever. All it takes is a thin sheet metal cover over the circuit boards to absorb almost all the emitted radio waves.

Feels like Motherboard is cranking up the paranoia on "everything hackers".

2 hours after this video was posted that guy disappeared from outside his apartment.

Six years later and this exploit has yet to be seen in the wild

"through the network" is the key phrase. It's easy if you have direct access to the devices that you want to exploit if they're 2 feet away from you, like shown in the video, but if you're outside the network, you'll still need to bypass layers of security to get your software through. Still, pretty cool though.

But how powerful (in watts) is the transmission

You could build all this, or pay Google or Amazon for the feeds they continuously collect from devices you use everyday. Even using a VPN Service is of marginal benefit if you’re going to authenticate to any of your online accounts, as those accounts and your devices registering to networks are going identify you when you authenticate. That said, what this team is doing is really important work, as these devices are very vulnerable, and for all of the dollars we spend securing PC’s and Tablets, a good pen test will show you how vulnerable your voice and printing devices are as well...this team takes it to a level.

You could say that every electronic device has it.... because what they are doing is turning an PCB copper path into transmitting antenna by quickly changing voltages and generating EM field. But there is a catch... you would not normally have connected a printer and a VoIP phone on the same corporate network. Meaning it has to go through either managed switch or a router - in which case there is a high chance that there would be a firewall rule to drop the packet.

The problem with these old hacks, is that they are super easy to defend. People who have sensitive data use better printers, and not stupid ones obviously.

For most, if not all embedded devices it's not possible to flash a microcontroller by JTAG or bootloader without extra external hardware. Also, devices without a dedicated antenna wouldn't be abled to transfer any reliable signal... And what about RF shields...

THEY HAD A VIPER MK II IN THAT SHELVE !!!AWESOME GUYS!

So is this hack going to be involved one of the next episodes of Mr Robot? Pretty cool!

please add part 1 in description so i can see full series thank you

3:15.....oh god that look....they've already bugged us all burn everything!

I would work for this guy for free just to gain knowledge

Trust these guys to reference Neuromancer! Excellent work.

Nice! May work well in open areas but not through bunkers of concrete.

LOL WOW THIS KID FIGURED OUT WHAT SOME OF US HAVE BEEN BRUTALIZING FOR 20 YEARS AND MORE

1:02 My phone is very insecure. Most of the time, it can't gather the courage to show me notifications when I get a text message. Unfortunately, phones still aren't accepted in therapy.

Actually, all this is already in play in every household. It is very easy to confirm yourself what this video says. Take that part at 2:25 minutes about switching on the microphone on the phone (i think he mentioned switching the input/output ports). What he meant was just switching on the handsfree on the phone on without you knowing and without having the led light come on. When this happens, the microphone now on just completes the induction loop system that is your home. Now all your conversations are reflected in the magnetic modulations in the wiring in your home. All converted to FR signals etc and software radio will pick this up. But more so is that all the buzzes and pings and white noise sounds in your living space will modulate to your thinking, with that microphone in your phone switched on. Hence your thinking can be known by anybody who is listening or anybody who knows how to read tonal modulations. It is like learning a new language and with time you should be able to listen to your thinking in all the appliances around your home. But that is what they are doing at the moment. If there is such a thing as the funtenna software then they will get them downloaded via either your phone line or your internet line. In some cases they are both the same line. If you want to hear this signal coming into your home to switch on the handsfree for a listen in, you can do this by attaching an induction loop receiver to the access point for your phone line. You only need to tape it to the access point gadget - it will pick up the magnetic fluctuations from the phone access point.

Anything that has RF in it thats embedded, uses the ARM archetechture :D. Lifes good

6:42 "...and what makes it particularly impressive is how it can transmit data using radio frequencies..." wow!...wait...

the London look X D

Motherboard video with a motherboard in the thumbnail. About time.

Is there a video talking about security vulnerabilities in hardware like processors and such.

We had all better behave.

I don't think that any of Maxwell's equation has anything to say about the feasibility of hacking embedded devices. It sounds scholarly though.

I suspected that HR ATS can be hacked trough applications, but didn't think it was as easy as he explained.

wow!, i wish to work and learn from and with these guys they look well talented

Typically the door is wide open. This seems to be a bit excessive.

Some of those guys have setups to die for D:

It kills me how people talk about how they’re so surveilled by the gov but are spied on and robbed (through tech) by their fellow man.

0:59 I didnt know you could bug a racing drone. What are you going to do turn the motors on and off?

Those dudes had no idea what to do with themselves with a cute girl that close to them!

In a world that demands certification to prove our qualifications. How does a hacker prove that he is 'white hat', especially in his alone time.

look into the Nsa ANT catalogue mind blowing

Would the hacker have to have access to the network that the phone/printer is on, in order to send it the software to produce RF signals of the audio?

Finds out massive exploit in phones... Uses a apple keyboard

Nsa has already been doing this years ahead.

Soooo, what programming languages (and overall knowledge) is required in order to do something like this?

With such kind of wireless bugging. Is there any device/method to detect such bugging?

uploaded by "motherboard", tumbnailof a guy pointing on a motherboard....

walala wow its so intresting how we are vulnerable no matter where...

Thats why I don’t use any technology and none in my possession. I am now commenting through a wooden stick and a rock tie to an owl.

0:55, is that guy in his undewear? hahah

*You can't hack our office,we all use Incognito Mode*

this is great for industrial espionage. learn all about their competitors' secrets within comforts of your office.

Hey, he used the word "theory" in the correct context! That's more impressive than the skills, or maybe an indicator of why he has them.

I am so happy to have a hacker as a friend.

For some reason I have the feeling the US goverment has already been using it.

why is motherboard now focusing on fear mongering to the non tech literate? Most hardware hacking relies on being with the machine this means....digital hacking is still a long and time intensive process.

So cool, btw is this openSource?

"Cheap radio is called Tom Cruise..." LoL I'm switching to analog phone after watching this.

Your best defense - is to not have anything worth stealing.

Funny how all of the "common office equipment" was "hacked by software only, never touching it"... Yet every one of them had their cases removed, wires hanging out, ribbon cables jumbled out the sides, alligator clips roughly plugged in supplying power, lol... None of this was done elegantly over a network via software. But instead, all of it is hypothetical via hardware mods, physically turning electronics into radios by adding RF transmitters to them... which is the large PCB hanging off of the ribbon and alligator clips. And if we are really pretending that we are sending RF out of circuitry which has no radio, no antenna, no tuner what so ever... and just glossing over the hardware issues there, pretending you can turn any resister, capacitor, and IC into a transmitter... Well, as a radio engineer who develops tower technologies / installs said tech, I can tell you that they would (if they could) transmit all of about a half an inch in distance... at best. Without dedicated amplifiers, tuned antennas, and a frequency capable of both distance and some level of penetration, it would be hopeless. And seeing as how most inexpensive two way radios, which are built for this task, can't even do all that well in a commercial building environment... i highly doubt your magic phone radio made out of software that looks like PCB's hanging off of ribbon cables out of the back of a busted open but never touched office phone is going to do much better. This entire piece is basically fluff...

0:55 My boy eating Noodles and Sriracha!...

I wonder why signals aren’t encrypted? I guess it could cause latency but signals in which you can easily just read its binary and convert is crazy, and that it’s just a string and not wrapped inside of packets

FEELS LIKE WATCH DOG 2!!!!!!

Don't piss that guy off!!

This is amazing and a great work

Well, moast of these things run some sort of linux and most devices just pass UI commands trough as root. Although this might not work on all devices. since some of them have a full on metal enclosure to reduce EMI. But then again. There is already a Botnet of IOT so I'm not surprised of anything anymore.

Who came here at 2k19

This is amazing. Shame she has no idea what's going on

How did it start with the resume?

Brilliant!

That´s why I don´t let incels inside my office.

It's so easy to snow non technical people with wizbang demonstrations. But how well does the tech actually work in the real world under realistic conditions?

Do you have service in NY? Sounds cool!

I'm love what you do. Please when do you started this.

Mr Robot is real?

0:55 ls ls ls ls oh yeah i'm working l33t h4x0r

All this has been foretold. And this is the type of crap that makes low tech or no tech so much more desirable.

Now that's is what i am talking about. Hacking with a tiny mother board.

Cool shirt bro

The scary thing is that one hacker can "knock-out" a whole country.

I had this idea all the time but didn't knew it was possible.

i'm suspecting my neighbor is running some kind of illegal business famously known as "macau scamming" or "money game". everyday i saw more new recruit coming to his house every morning and never leave the door. they rarely come out and always hiding in house and everyday call for delivery. do you have any tech advice or solution?

the cia invest in this kind of stuff :| and you know who's buddies with the cia? the ceo of niantic (pokemon go). kinda creepy that pokemon go could be used as a trojan horse to plant software on everyone's iphones and android devices. pretty scary if you think about it, and might be a move to bypass apple's encryption (remember the whole fbi lawsuit?). if you have nothing to hide, then you should have nothing to worry about (that will be their argument if this is the case), but is completely losing all of your privacy really worth national security? murders and shootings are a product of society, and if the government doesn't recognise that and take action it is their fault, but people shouldn't have to give up their privacy because a government is lazy.

If Michael Jackson was a Chinese woman, he'd look like this guy.

Beautiful.

Speakers can be microphones. *Takes out buzzer from the motherboard.

These guys are just doing hobbyist shit. Real world scenarios don't allow for you to experiment with cisco phones and open up printers in an office and encode bits to send through the air. Just place a bug in a wall socket or use a glass audio tap and transmit back to yourself. Stop making things 1980 by reinventing the wheel with old tech.

wow id love to meet these guys an collaborate on projects

Next how hackers can steal your lunch from the break room cuz it definitely was not Ron

Thank god they were using a racing drone and not a dji drone. Im likely wrong but was that a vortex 180 racing rone they were working on with a matek power distribution board?

Some how He's looks so happy about it

brilliant!

Yah that bit rate is awesome

So its not the wifi antenna inside the printer sending the signal? It must be?