Hardware Podcasts

023 - Magic Moonbeams

Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast · 8 Jul 2019 · 32m

What this episode covers

Adam Laurie, known as Major Malfunction, discusses his history with magnetic stripe technology, starting with his 'Magstripe Madness' talk at Defcon 14 and his use of Magnasee liquid to visualize data. He explains how he built early readers using sound cards and F2F encoding, and details his work at the Hardpwn contest where he analyzed Square payment terminals using the Proxmark 3. Laurie also highlights various open-source tools he has developed or uses, including RFIDler, Scapy, KillerBee, and Universal Radio Hacker, to decode and manipulate RF signals.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Square
Products
RFIDler
Tools
Proxmark 3, Scapy, KillerBee, Universal Radio Hacker, HackRF, Fun Cube
Also
Iceman, Adam Laurie

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