Category Archives: Hacking

Chumby Antics

Posted on September 15, 2007 by caustik

I have been working at Chumby for a few months now. If you have never heard about Chumby – basically, it is a small squishy wifi-internet connected device with a touchscreen and some other nifty hardware features. So, I am … Continue reading →

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Function Hijacking via Export Directory

Posted on August 20, 2007 by caustik

I have been working on a contract that has necessitated the use of function hooking. Basically, I need to intercept an arbitrary program’s usage of a system dll library in order to interject my own logic, and interact with the … Continue reading →

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Ignignokt / Megaman Laser Etches

Posted on February 3, 2007 by caustik

Hehe. Last night we used bunnie‘s laser etcher to put Ignignokt on a Treo cell phone. Classy. Also, I got megaman on mine. Here is a video of the etching of Ignignokt in progress: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/Q1u3H6NpbHQ]

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Windows Genuine Advantage hacking

Posted on September 2, 2006 by caustik

Windows has a great new feature which helps notify you when you may have inadvertently pirated your copy of the operating system. This feature is really handy, because sometimes people will slip and fall and accidentally steal a copy of … Continue reading →

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DOS "debug" fun

Posted on August 20, 2006 by caustik

Sometimes you get the urge to do some programming, but you don’t have access to a compiler. Luckily, virtually every Windows PC in the world has a utility called “debug” installed. This little program lets you input 16-bit x86 assembly … Continue reading →

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Here goes

Posted on August 17, 2006 by caustik

This is my first blog posting. Should get interesting. I won’t bother to explain the title of this blog, because that is sort of the point.

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