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If my exmil co-workers have taught me anything its that anything and everything can be macgyver'd in a pinch. If jerry rigging was a sport these guys would be r
by jabroni_salad 2y ago
If my exmil co-workers have taught me anything its that anything and everything can be macgyver'd in a pinch. If jerry rigging was a sport these guys would be ranked competitive players.
In this case, your 'threat actor' is servicemen and 'arms race' is like, their whole thing. These guys are bored out of their mind for 95% of their career and will take anything apart if the activity gets them 2 hrs closer to a break.
- lotsofpulp 2y agoI bet they cannot macgyver it if it’s software locked.
- fragmede 2y agobecause they can't run Ida pro and hack it?
- aleph_minus_one 2y agoThere exists Ghidra ... :-)
- plussed_reader 2y agoAnd the years of prep work to be able to run the software effectively.....?
- transpute 2y agoCall bored reverser colleague who helped test Ghidra.
- plussed_reader 2y agoWhere do I get one of those in a public Edu?
- transpute 2y agoThis sub-thread is about "your 'threat actor' is servicemen and 'arms race' is like, their whole thing", but academic researchers at TU Delft, TU Dresden, ETH Zurich & peer institutions might have relevant skills. See the top story on HN front page: air conditioner customer bypasses software-locked broken tablet to run Android control panel app on generic hardware, avoiding $1600 extortionate "repair" fee. Not only did they learn an entirely new reversing toolkit just to solve this one problem, they did a 10-year upgrade of their blog so they could tell the world how they did it. Macgyver would approve. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41386319 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41386319
- transpute 2y agoCreated by ... the military.
- aleph_minus_one 2y agoIt is debatable whether you consider the NSA to be part of the military or to be something separate.
- M95D 2y agoBut the reply is so much more fun if we consider it part of the military.
- lotsofpulp 2y agoNot “in a pinch”.
- dismalpedigree 2y agoYou drastically overestimate the vast majority of military systems.
- lazide 2y agoScrewdrivers and duct taped on wires can be remarkably effective at bypassing switches and relays. And having a random private stand around and poke something with a screwdriver when you want something to explode is, well, pretty much how much of the military works anyway.