Format your light bulbs!
Approximately 2 years ago, I bought a Xiaomi YeeLight bulb (color) for my bedroom. It is one of those IoT smart bulbs that connect to the WiFi and can be controlled with a phone app / Google assistant.
Fun with an oscilloscope, ESP32 DACs and the DVD logo
A few months back I finally bought an oscilloscope, I bought it off a friend that was not really using it anymore (which was evident by the sheer amount of spiders inside the case).
Dissecting a Mailgun credentials phishing attack
Ever since I made my blog public, I started getting spam emails to my “@giddi.net” account. Interestingly, most of the spam emails I get to that account are not just standard spam or phishing, but specific phishing attempts for my Mailgun credentials.
A look inside a digital pregnancy test
While searching my local pharmacy shelves for a product, I came across some pregnancy tests, I normally don’t really pay attention to this kind of stuff since, as a boy, I don’t thing I can get pregnant.
Reversing a CANbus odometer filter/manipulator
Intorduction A while back, I watched a video on YouTube by Big Clive in which he showed and tore down a device that is used to manipulate the mileage displayed on an odometer of a car.
Breaking bad CD-ROM DRM Protection
While everybody in my area are preparing for Passover and doing some cleaning, I came across a bunch of CD-ROMs that have be left on a wall near my house for the public.
First attempt downloading and decoding NOAA images
Introduction In the past few years I have wanted to explore the world of different signals from space. Now, I know that my phone can pickup signals from space, and I use it every day… it’s called GPS.