I wasn’t going to blog this as it’s a pretty horrid use of the Pi, but I wanted to highlight the security concern! PoisonTap is a Raspberry Pi Zero/Node.js hacking machine. According to the maker’s website, it: siphons cookies, exposes…
Category: Security
New Zealander builds a Raspberry Pi-powered phone mast out of a printer
Here’s an oddity! Julian Oliver, a native of New Zealand, has taken an HP Laserjet 1320 and squeezed a Raspberry Pi 3 and a BladeRF x40 software-defined radio inside. He’s then written the necessary software for it to identify nearby mobile…
Easy penetration testing using your Raspberry Pi and Warberry Pi
It has been possible to do penetration testing using your Pi for some time now, particularly with Kali Linux. However, it has now been made even simpler with a set of scripts known as Warberry Pi. The set of scripts…
Secure your Raspberry Pi-based website with Let’s Encrypt
Over on the Stack Exchange Raspberry Pi blog, Jacob has written an excellent tutorial in which he uses Let’s Encrypt (a free certificate domain authority) to secure a website hosted on a Raspberry Pi. This means that your website(s) will be secured…
Plant watering system using a Raspberry Pi
A self-confessed bunch of students and amateurs have put together a rather cool system for watering plants featuring some soil sensors, an analog to digital converter and a solenoid valve to release the water. You can read all about it,…
Controlling a garage door over the internet using a Raspberry Pi
Don Howdeshell (who previously taught his daughter not to wake her parents up at an un-godly hour using a Pi) wanted to allow his wife to control the garage door from the Android tablet mounted in her car. So, he interfaced…
Hardware hacker uses Raspberry Pi Zero as a selfie-stopper
British security expect Steve Lord has come up with a unique use for the Raspberry Pi Zero. Powered by batteries, the Zero seeks out open wifi networks and then scans network traffic for calls to Instagram, which is what most people…
Hacking from the sky with a Raspberry Pi
Hey! That rhymes! *ahem* At the DEFCON hacker conference in Las Vegas, David Jordan of Aerial Assault showed off his drone that can remotely attack computer networks. It does this courtesy of an on-board Raspberry Pi running Kali Linux. It first…
Developing a home security system with the Raspberry Pi
Matt over at Raspberry Pi Spy started out with a dream when he first got hold of a Raspberry Pi: a home security system. Three years later and dozens of blog posts later, he is now returning to the project…
Apartment door buzzer control with a Raspberry Pi
Jonathan from RoboPenguins.com wanted a way to get into his apartment without needing to remember his key (which he tends to forget). So, he built a circuit to switch the buzzer/access button in his apartment from a Raspberry Pi. He…