BlackHat-DC-09-Laurie-Satellite-Hacking.pdfVIP

$atellite Hacking for Fun  Pr0fit! Adam Laurie adam@algroup.co.uk Who Am I? ● Open Source developer / researcher – Bluetooth – RFID – Full Disclosure / White Hat! ● Freelance research / training / lecturing Why Now? ● Jim Geovedi  Raditya Iryandi – Hacking a Bird in The Sky ● Old Skewl – Started doing this in late 90s. – So, err... why did it take so long to publish? Feed Hunting ● Look for interesting satellite feeds – Scan all satellites – Scan all frequencies – Report on mailing lists / forums Poking in the dark Poking in the dark Poking in the dark Poking in the dark There must be a better way! ● Visualisation is your friend – Human Brain likes images ● Recognise food ● Recognise danger ● Recognise friends ● Recognise enemies Visual Representations Visual Representations Visual Representations Time travel – day 1 Time travel – day 2 That was then... ● Proprietary control systems – Undocumented ● Reluctant manufacturers – Special hardware / interface converters ● Motor Control ● Signal Status – to RS232 – Expensive receivers This is now... ● Open standards – DVB Cards – Embedded Linux Receivers ● Dreambox – Tuxbox based – GPL source code – Cross compilers – Alternative firmware ● http://www.i­have­a­ – http://www.dream­multimedia­tv.de/ This is now... ● Web Interface – Select p