Binwalk 1.2 has been released, and in addition to the usual signature / speed improvements, it sports several new features: Recursive file scanning and extraction Entropy and strings analysis Plugin support Recursive Extraction Often files extracted by binwalk need to be further scanned / analyzed. This can now be automated… Continue reading
Binwalk 1.0 has just been released and has been completely re-written as a Python module. This means that not only does it feature smarter scanning and signature processing features that were much, much easier to implement in Python, but it is now fully scriptable. Aside from a few new options… Continue reading
In celebration of the world not ending, a new version of Binwalk has been released. Notable changes: Much improved signatures for several common file types, particularly JFFS2 “Smart signature” keyword support, for more reliable and faster scans Ability to invoke external applications to process extracted files The latter feature is… Continue reading
Being able to run IDA scripts from the command line is very useful, but can be a bit kludgy. Fortunately, idascript was written to simplify this process. Unfortunately (for me), it was written for Windows. Since I work primarily in a Linux environment, I re-wrote the idascript utility in Python…. Continue reading
Binwalk 0.4.5 is now available. This release includes a couple of bug fixes, including a (small) memory leak, and a signature parsing bug which prevented certain signatures from loading properly. A new command line option has been added as well: –dd. This feature instructs Binwalk to extract embedded files that… Continue reading
Working with embedded devices, I end up using TFTP quite a bit. While most operating systems offer TFTP clients, they tend to be a bit archaic and lack simple features that we hacker types might find useful. So of course, I rolled my own. Tfcp is a TFTP client utility… Continue reading
In preparation for our Embedded Device Exploitation classes, I’ve just released my latest project, the Gumbi board: New Gumbi boards, fresh off the press The Gumbi board provides a flexible USB interface to the real world in the form of 64 digital I/O pins – all controllable from the comfort… Continue reading
Reaver Pro is now available in Hak5’s HakShop! Get ’em while they’re hot!
I was recently working on some uClinux-based devices and needed to disassemble some of the binaries in the firmware. Unfortunately, IDA doesn’t have a loader for the bFLT file format used by uClinux: No bFLT Loader Fortunately, I was able to find a bFLT loader over at rockbox.org. Unfortunately this… Continue reading
The decision has been made to open source the Reaver command line tool. The commercial version will contain the all the features the open source command-line tool has along with a web based client, support, and service options. This means that the open source version of Reaver will have much… Continue reading