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A new HackRF Compatible SDR: Rad1o
Every four years the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) in Germany organizes a special hacker themed camp. For this years upcoming September camp they have announced that all participants will be receiving a...
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Using a HackRF to convert ADS-B packets into Bluetooth packets for reception...
HackRF experimenter Jiao Xianjun has recently posted about his new firmware which allows a single HackRF to receive an ADS-B data packet at 1090 MHz, and then retransmit it as a Bluetooth low energy...
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Micheal Ossmann’s First Look at the Rad1o Badge
Last month we posted about the Rad1o badge, a HackRF inspired software defined radio that is being given out for free to participants of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) camp conference in Germany. The...
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Spoofing GPS Locations with low cost TX SDRs
At this years Defcon 2015 conference researcher Lin Huang from Qihoo 360 presented her work on spoofing GPS signals. Qihoo 360 is a Chinese security company producing antivirus software. Lin works at...
View ArticleReverse engineering a public parking electronic display to play Tetris
Recently we received an email from RTL-SDR.com reader @Ivoidwarranties about his latest project which involved using a HackRF to reverse engineer the RF protocol used by a public parking electronic...
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Another L-Band Antenna Build and comparing L-Band reception on the RTL-SDR,...
Over on Reddit user killmore231 has made a post showing his comparison of L-Band reception with RTL-SDR, HackRF and SDRplay software defined radios. killmore231 built the L-band patch antenna which...
View ArticleHak5: Reverse Engineering Radio Protocols with SDR and the Yardstick One
Over on YouTube the popular security and hacking themed channel Hak5 have created two videos together with Mike Ossmann (creator of the HackRF and Yardstick One) that give a good introduction and...
View ArticleTalk by Micheal Ossmann at Toorcon 2015: Rapid Radio Reversing
Toorcon is a yearly conference that focusus on information security related topics. At the 2015 Toorcon conference Micheal Ossmann (inventor of the HackRF SDR) gave an interesting talk about reverse...
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Hacking the Z-Wave Protocol with a HackRF
Z-wave is a wireless protocol that is used often in applications like smart home and industrial automation. It essentially allows various wireless nodes to connect and talk to one another within your...
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Review: Airspy vs. SDRplay RSP vs. HackRF
When people consider upgrading from the RTL-SDR, there are three mid priced software defined radios that come to most peoples minds: The Airspy (store), the SDRplay RSP (store) and the HackRF (store)....
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Budget HackRF: A $150 HackRF Clone
Back in December 2014 the HackRF Blue came out via a crowd funded Indiegogo campaign as a HackRF board that was $100 cheaper than the official version ($199 vs $299 USD). The HackRF is a 8-bit receive...
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Reverse Engineering the SimpliSafe Wireless Burglar Alarm
SimpliSafe is a home security system that relies on wireless radio communications between its various sensors and control panels. They claim that their system is installed in over 300,000 homes in...
View ArticleMichael Ossmann’s Talk on RF Circuit Design
At the 2015 Hackaday super conference Michael Ossmann (designer of the HackRF SDR and various other RF products) gave a talk called “Simple RF Circuit Design”. His talk explains in very simple terms...
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Receiving Differential GPS Beacons with a HackRF
Differential GPS (DGPS) are signals that exist between 285 – 325 kHz and are used to enhance the accuracy of GPS receivers. The system can improve GPS accuracy from 15m down to 10cm in some cases. It...
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Receiving Iridium Satellites with a HackRF Portapack and Cheap Antenna
Recently Jared Boone, creator of the HackRF portapack posted on his blog about his experience with trying to receive Iridium satellite signals. The HackRF is 8-bit, ~0 – 6 GHz, RX/TX capable SDR, and...
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LimeSDR (Previously Sodera) Now Crowdfunding: $299 100 kHz – 3.8 GHz 12-Bit...
Previously we posted news about the upcoming release of SoDeRa/LimeSDR, a low cost 100 kHz – 3.8 GHz range RX/TX capable software defined radio. Due to copyright reasons SoDeRa have renamed the product...
View ArticleUsing a HackRF to perform a replay attack against a Jeep Patriot
Over on his blog Caleb Madrigal has written a short article that describes how he was able to perform a simple relay attack against a Jeep Patriot vehicle which allowed him to unlock and lock his car...
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Stealing a Drone with Software Defined Radio
PHDays (Positive Hack Days) is a yearly forum with a focus on ethical hacking and security. During this years forum which took place in June, the organizers set up a competition where the goal was to...
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SDR4Everyone: Review of the HackRF
Over on his ‘SDR4Everyone’ blog author Akos has recently uploaded a new post that reviews the HackRF One, and also compares it against the SDRplay RSP and RTL-SDR. In his review he discusses his first...
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Cheating at Pokémon Go with a HackRF and GPS Spoofing
“Pokémon Go” is the latest in smartphone augmented reality gaming crazes. You may have already heard about the game on the news, or seen kids playing it in your neighborhood. To play, players must walk...
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