Perusing the #documentation for JPype as it's the translation layer letting me write my #Ghidra script in #Python, and I'm enjoying the conversational style of the introduction in the user guide

https://jpype.readthedocs.io/en/latest/userguide.html#case-1-access-to-a-java-library

Hello! I don't want to #GetFediHired (yet?), but I am looking for contacts who can help me connect and offer a reality check on a potential new career path by telling about their experiences.

I'm currently working as an embedded software engineer , but I'm exploring a transition into IT/OT security — ideally working as a pentester or reverse engineer focusing on embedded devices, IoT, or SCADA systems .

My thread...

#FediJobs #EmbeddedSecurity #ReverseEngineering

Milwaukee M18 Battery Reverse Engineering

https://quagmirerepair.com/milwaukee-m18-battery-reverse-engineering

My latest blog post: VanSpoof v1.0

https://mikecoats.com/van-spoof-v1-0/

I'm happy to announce the v1.0 release of VanSpoof. My VanMoof X3 now starts up, without an e-shifter connected, and does not show an Error 44 status! The bike thinks it's connected to a working, functional, e-shifter!

Ah yes, nothing screams "cutting-edge tech genius" like spending 68 minutes reverse engineering a fan to escape the tyranny of its app. Instead of enjoying clean air, let's devote our weekends to making sure our air purifier can join the unified utopia of Home Assistant—because who needs a social life when you can have a cloud-free smart home?
https://jmswrnr.com/blog/hacking-a-smart-home-device #cuttingedge #reverseengineering #smarthome #HomeAssistant #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated

Recon CFP ends in less than 2 weeks on April 28. Prices for the training and conference increase on May 1st. Register now to save with early bird price. We have already announced a few talks and workshops, and more videos from last year have been released. https://recon.cx #reverseengineering #cybersecurity #offensivesecurity #hardwarehacking @hackingump1 @mr_phrazer @nicolodev @SinSinology @hunterbr72 @clearbluejar @phLaul @oryair1999 @hookgab @TheQueenofELF @So11Deo6loria @i0n1c @pedrib1337 @MalachiJonesPhD @Pat_Ventuzelo @KB_Intel @pinkflawd @Reverse_Tactics @OnlyTheDuck @t0nvi @drch40s @BrunoPujos @mhoste1 @andreyknvl @texplained_RE @jsmnsr @pulsoid @SpecterDev @richinseattle @yarden_shafir @aionescu @hackerschoice @SinSinology @sergeybratus @SpecterOps @oryair1999 @phLaul @trailofbits @HexRaysSA @nostarch

Unlocking secret ThinkPad functionality for emulating USB devices:

https://xairy.io/articles/thinkpad-xdci

"Donald Trump’s tariffs demand a response. Around the world, that response has defaulted to retaliatory tariffs — a strategy with severe and obvious drawbacks. After years of pandemic shocks and greedflation, people around the globe have severe inflation fatigue, and few governments are eager to risk further price hikes. And while the world is rightly furious at Trump’s talk of annexation and other belligerent acts, that anger is unlikely to translate into popular support for higher prices on everyday goods. If there’s one lesson that politicians everywhere have metabolized over the past twenty-four months, it’s that any government that presides over inflationary price rises is likely to be out of a job come the next election.

Luckily there is another policy response to tariffs — one that will substantially lower prices for America’s tariff-clobbered trading partners while incubating profitable, export-oriented domestic tech firms. These firms could sell tools and services to local businesses, to the benefit of the world’s news and culture industries, software firms, and consumers alike.

That response? Repealing “anticircumvention laws” that prohibits domestic firms from reverse-engineering “digital locks.” These anticircumvention laws stop the world’s farmers from fixing their John Deere tractors; they stop mechanics from diagnosing your car; they stop technologists from creating their own app stores for phones and games consoles."

https://jacobin.com/2025/04/ip-anticircumvention-tech-trump-tariffs

Comparing #meta #llama 4 (maverick / scout) vs #qwen 32b for decompilation purposes #r2ai #reverseengineering
PD: groq is the best place to try all these models if you don't have the hardware
PD: qwen-qwq reasoning takes more time, but improves the output, much better than openai/claude/meta for decompilation usecases

If anyone is curious about r2mcp, yes, it now runs in local with openwebui and mcpo #r2ai #radare2 #reverseengineering #llm

When decompiling, function calls may not be immediately obvious due to compilers doing optimizations like built-in functions and unrolling loops. E.g. a strcpy() for a fixed string may become a series of x86 "mov" instructions to avoid function call and loop overhead.

See also: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Built-in-Functions.html

My latest blog post: VanSpoof - Prototype 2 - Shrunken PCBs

https://mikecoats.com/van-spoof-prototype-2-hardware/

The VanSpoof PCB has to be no bigger than 31.5 mm by 21.5 mm to fit. Unfortunately, Molex's SMD footprints are quite wide so the board needed a fair bit of layout work to make everything fit.

I "reverse engineered" a bit of the Bookii digital pen ecosystem.
- can now download books without the official client
- figured out the audio format for custom recordings

Blog posts coming soon™.

At @recon , @nicolodev and I discuss the current state of MBA (de)obfuscation and their applications. We’ll also introduce a new #BinaryNinja plugin for simplifying MBAs in the decompiler.

Details: https://cfp.recon.cx/recon-2025/featured/

I'll also give a training: https://recon.cx/2025/trainingSoftwareDeobfuscationTechniques.html

Ah, the 90s: a time when #cryptography was just a twinkle in MSDOS's eye and "key derivation" meant losing your car keys. Fast forward to 2023, and we're still pretending reverse engineering those ancient binaries is some kind of Indiana Jones adventure. Bravo!
https://www.botanica.software/post/decoding-the-90s #90snostalgia #keyderivation #reverseengineering #techhumor #IndianaJones #HackerNews #ngated

Well, since I was last working on my Time Machine #Pinball reverse engineering project, #Ghidra updates have blown away whatever I did to install mc6800 processor support, and of course I didn't document what I did. Time to pick up the pieces so I can actually get into the meat of the project.

Ideally this time I'll set it up so it isn't overridden when the #flatpak is updated.

Work in progress JNI helper plugin for #radare2 https://github.com/evilpan/jni_helper/tree/master/r2 #android #java #reverseengineering

We emulated iOS 14 in QEMU.
This is how we did it: https://eshard.com/posts/emulating-ios-14-with-qemu